9 - Rebecca Jones on PTSD and the Hidden Toll of Crime Scene Work

Former CSI Rebecca Jones shares her personal journey with PTSD, while shedding light on the broader mental health impact of crime scene work.

⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode discusses traumatic topics including child and infant death, and includes personal accounts of PTSD. Listener discretion is advised.

In this episode of The Crime Scene Insiders, we speak with Rebecca Jones — former Crime Scene Investigator with 15 years’ frontline experience and now Deputy Head of the School of Life Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University.

Rebecca offers a rare and deeply honest insight into the emotional toll of crime scene work. She reflects on the impact of dealing with harrowing cases, the long-term effects of repeated exposure to trauma, and her own journey with post-traumatic stress disorder.

This is a powerful conversation about the human side of forensic work — the resilience, the challenges, and the importance of acknowledging mental health in professions that face trauma every day.

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