What jobs are out there for someone with a Bacjelor's degree in criminal justice? How much money can I expect?
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Police officer or correctional officer.\n\nMost larger departments while may not require it, normally only hire those with them.\n\nIt will depend,  better departments in GA for  example will start a police officer at about 35,000 a year.\ncorrections start at about 25000 a year.\n\nOf course in GA smaller departments pay only abuot 7 or 8 dollars a hour.\n\nHere in TN, in my county the police make about 9 dollars a hour with no benifits.
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get a degree in economics, then study law.\n\nif you want to do anything with business, get a business degree.\n\nif you want to help people get a degree in social work, but even people with masters in that make about $45-55 thousand.\n\nTo become successful...take a course of study where you need to get licensed.  The license restricts others from competing with you.\n\nDoctor, lawyer, ect...\n\nOr learn a trade like plumbing, welding, computers...ect.\n\nLook at Microsofts web page and see who they are hiring, what skills they are looking for.\n\nThe end result is that higher education is expensive, look at one book for class, easily over $100.\n\nDon't waste your time...taking Art History....or else you will be working at Mc Donalds!
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There aren't a lot of options other than becoming a police officer.  If you want to go to the federal level just get a job and get your experience out of the way.  Make sure you get a foreign language, being fluent in a foreign language will help.  I am in investigations and never had to work the road, but these jobs are few and far between.  I don't do homicide and very little narcotics.  Your best bet is to "pay your dues" and work the road for a bit.
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Stick with you major. Law enforcement agencies don't really care what your major is most of the time. If you ever look at a job announcement for a law enforcement job, no matter if its local, county, state, or federal, they will say that they want someone with a degree, thats all. They never say a major. All they care about is what  being able to get a degree says about you. It says that you are responsible and have a work ethic. If you are chosen they will teach you what you need to know for the job, so your major is not important. Also, having a biology major with open doors in a law enforcement agency because you could work doing forensics and stuff like that, where as someone with a criminal justice or criminology degree wouldnt be able to do. I majored in Criminal Justice and I like it, but now that I know about what agencies require I would have majored in something else knowing I would have the same chance to get a job in law enforcement.
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yes and you will most likely have to take a college entry exam. Don't let it stop you. I got my GED, got my associates in Private Investigation and just received my Bachelors in Criminal Justice. I  am now a Supervisor for a Security Company making $16 bucks an hour with a raise on the way. Like NIKE says: just do it! You will NEVER regret it. Honestly.
44047
I worked as a bartender/bar manager for the 10 years before I became a middle school reading teacher.  I wanted to teach and I enjoy the time off even though the pay is not that great.
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Get  into  Criminal  Justice
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Look for a criminal justice degree with a secondary major in a science field.
124295
Go to your state's Department of Corrections or Department of Justice website and select "Employment" or "Career Opportunities"\nAnd please don't become one of those COs who enforces rules capriciously...treat everyone fairly and reasonably and you'll have the respect of everyone on the block.\nGood luck
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You might start with your parole/probation officer or perhaps the Chamber of Commerce for your area.\n\nTuk
1053516
I just got my bachelor's in criminal justice. If you're into it, you can go to police academy and get in some sort of police department or work for a prison or jail. I'm going for my masters because I don't want to do law enforcement. It seems that law enforcement is all you can do with an associates or bachelors. It's a great degree though. I love it. Good luck!
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Around 40, 000/ year per prisoner.  I have attached an articel that I found to be interesting... hope you do too.
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Like any career, Law Enforcement has its ups and down. \n\nThe good...the pay is decent, the benefits are good, and the retirement is good. Every shift is deifferent and you'll get to experience things in a year that most people don't experience in a lifetime. Also ,there's the satisfaction of taking criminals off the street.\n\nThe bad...cops tend to have a high divorce rate, alcoholism rate, and suicide rate (although I don't have the statistics to back any of those up). Forget about any sort of privacy in your life cause everything you do is scrutinized (just take a look at some of the Q&A on this web site) both publicly and privatly. \n\nYou have to be very selective about where you eat out and if you live where you work, keep a close eye on your family (especially if its a small town). Don't expect to be appreciated for arresting the armed robber who just robbed someone at gun point. Instead plan on getting an excessive force complaint that the handcuffs are on too tight and then expect your employer to take it seriously and put you in an internal affairs investigation.\n\nPlan on working nights, spending very little time with your family (which may explain the high divorce rate), being called out in the middle of the night, and then spending your days off in court. \n\nStill, its one of the best, most rewarding jobs in the world and there's nothing else I'd rather do.\n\nAs far as making detective...in the vast majority of police and sheriff's departments, you wont be detective for at LEAST 6 or 7 years, and thats being optimistic. It takes hard work and lots of dedication.
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It depends on the city. \n\nhttp://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=Police+Officer&l=New+Jersey&as_ettl=Police+Officers\nThe above site will give you a general idea. If you plan to work in Law Enforcement, you think about more then pay.\n\nState Police link\nhttp://www.njsp.org/recruit/recruit.html
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Not a hard question but a tough choice.   If you enjoy a lot of people interaction in the workplace and helping others, go with human resources.  If you want to help society, go with Criminal Justice but understand the downside of such a career, such as inherent danger, rapid burnout and rejection from others.  If you want to make money period and try get ahead, go with business.  All these careers have great location possiblities, vary in job security and don't require a lot of technical knowledge unless your business aspirations need computer expertise.
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I think paralegals are in demand. Look at this sue happy nation we live in and it just gets worse. Johnman is correct - make sure your course is ABA or at least the state you live in bar association approved. Paralegals in effect are becoming somewhat of private investigators as far as records research and so on. Research is the fun part in my opinion... Pay can be good. Depends on the area you live in and the firm you work for.
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In most areas the actual min requriements is just a high school education,  but lets talk realistic\n\nBeing a state parole officer is a highly sought after position, most are employed though the state depart of Correction, so about 20 percent of all correctional officers already in the system will be applying for that position,  \n\nI have found that there is about 300 to 400 applications for any one opening ( more in some areas)\n\nSo you will need at least a Bachlelors degree and you can look into social work degree ( often better than criminal justice, since although it is a CJ job, you are considered to be there to "help" them by administration.\n\nNext you may have to get a job as a police officer first while trying for a position.\n\nnext there will be a test, written, only the top scores even get called in for a interview. so beating others on the test is of utmost importance.