what kind of jobs can you get with a criminal justice degree?
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Police officer, probation officer, corporate security for large companies, investigator for large law firms.
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There are courses you can take. The best bet would be to start somewhere in CJ (Criminal Justice).
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College degree in criminal justice.  Volunteer as a reserve officer in your city/town/county.  No heavy drug use.  No criminal history.  Good physical shape.
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Hi, I have 2 Bachelor's degrees in Psychology and Sociology. I have been emplyed as a probation officer for 18 yrs. The law enforcement field hires with these degrees.
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I studied Animal Sciences. I took some Ag Econ classes. There are a number of things you could do with this degree including, but not limited to:\n• Management\nCorporate/Cooperative Executive\nRegional Sales Manager\nRetail or Wholesale Manager\nFarm Manager/Operator\nSmall Business Owner\n• Finance\nFinancial Analyst\nFutures Broker\nLoan Officer\n• Marketing and Sales\nSales Representative\nCommodity Merchandiser\nInternational Trade Specialist\n• Resource Economics and Management\nNatural Resource Economist\nNatural Resource Manager\n• Public Service and Policy\nPublic Policy Analyst\nPolitical Lobbyist\nLocal Government\nCounty 4-H or Extension Agent
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Sociology is a great option! \n\nAny undergrad degree in the arts and letters is good choice if she wants a graduate degree in Criminology.\n\nAs for careers, she can work as a counselor in a correctional facility or a state hospital. She can work as a counselor for a county agency. She can work for the government, be it local, state or federal.
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not necessarily, but a college degree (especially in criminology) will increase your chances of getting hired. however, you CAN apply for it, if you are at least a high school graduate. my uncle is a police officer, he didn't graduate college but he WAS in college -- he studied, then quit. \ntry taking some criminology classes in a community college -- so that you will gain information about the career. and good luck
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Not necessarily.  Criminology would be defined as crime science or the study of crimes and criminals.  Criminal Justice is the application of criminal laws to the prosecution of crimes and the perpetrators thereof, in other words police work.  Somewhere between those two would be criminal forensics or forensic science.\nYou need to decide whether you want to be a police officer, a scientist or a pshychologist.
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With a BS in Crimiology you can get a job in a police department as a police officer,  in a prison as a correctional officer.  You may get a job in social services or in youth services.\n\nIf you include additional materials to include work in a crime lab.   \n\nAreas of teachings and mangement can be included with higher degrees.
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If you're smart enough to think about college, you should be resourceful enough to know how to find out what colleges offer criminal justice courses and majors.\n\nMost famous one is John Jay in New York - look around to get more.
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The ones I know about are teaching, a writer for books, newspapers, etc, try publishing houses, all sorts there like proof reader on a big scale\nsome use these degrees to get into law school\ncould be part time instructor most anywhere, even preschool, some states require education classes as well. my daughter got a position as a sub teacher in one of the southern states with even less. might try govt positions, you can most likely get foot in door, political assist is open from what I have seen. a masters with only a few education class can get you into a 2 yr college job
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Hi, It sounds as if you will be working in law enforcement. I can see some opportunities for you with a police department in a major city or with a state crime laboratory.\n\nFrom experience doing analytical chemistry, I can say the work is rewarding. It is so nice when you have solved a problem. The downside is that crime lab chemists in many states make far less than school teachers. The same is true for many analytical chemists in other areas.\n\nWorking in a crime lab gives you two career routes. One is to gain more education and become a manager of a laboratory. I did that and it is very rewarding intellectually but the cash could be better. The other career path has you becoming a specialist in some area and solving good technical problems while you make far less than many other professions.\n\nIf you go into law enforcement, you will be collecting evidence at crimes scenes as part of the police and receive pay pretty similar to a cop on the beat. I do not denigrate this profession as evidence handling and management is critical to prosecuting cases. \n\nI would encourage you to go into the lab side of this. You will get to the field if my experience counts for anything. I have degrees in chemistry and wound up troubleshooting food plants and production. Even wound up doing some legal work and engineering. I studied for a long time and got a license as a Professional Engineer. That is a way to keep interested and active.\n\nYour interests would serve society well. I hope you do not expect to make a lot of money with your education but I didn't get into chemistry for the money. Oh, another possibility has occurred to me. If you gain credentials as a forensic chemist, a law firm might wish to hire you if the practice was large enough. This would require a major city and major law firm. Good luck, my friend
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enter       Online criminal justice classes  in search engine. they have a lot of sites come up to look at.  good luck
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Well, one of my specialties is as a forensic document examiner.  I work on contract with a lot of people in law enforcement and most of them consider their work to be pretty mundane!  It's not the kind of thing you see on T.V. So if you're thinking of a career in some branch of forensic science, be prepared to spend a lot of time standing around, taking notes, and performing a good deal of laboratory work.  When I take a contract job my tools are a microscope, a scanner, and a computer.  \n\nHowever, compared to direct market sales or working in an insurance agency this stuff is pretty cool.  There are many pathways you can take, from a crime scene specialist all the way up to a medical examiner or a police detective/FBI agent.  It all depends on how good you are at science and how much schooling you want to deal with.  With a B.A. in criminal justice or biology or some related field you could be a crime scene specialist.  A lot of the training is on the job - in fact there is no degree for document analysis. \n\nCrime scene work pays the least and it can get pretty gross, but if you want to be in the big middle of an investigation, there you go.  From there on up you have other tiers of work.  You could get a degree and become a cop or apply for admission to the FBI.  This requires a lot more schooling and excellent grades.  You could also get an M.A. or a PhD in a field like physical anthropology and work as a forensic anthropologist.  This work is very cool but also very competitive.  Forensic psychology is another good field, but these areas that are highly specialized require a lot of schooling.  For instance I'm 32 and still working on my PhD.  \n\nIt depends on your aptitude for science and education.  Take a look at how much of that you're willing to handle and go from there!
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I have a CJ degree also. Right after college I worked at the pardons and paroles office. It's a good job for someone right out of college.
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court clerk\nlegal assistant\noffender support worker\npostal service investigator\ncriminal investigator\nbailiff \nlaw enforcement administrator\ncommunity relations officer\npolicy advisor\nimport specialist\nalarm investigator\nloss prevention specialist\nparalegal assistant\npolice officer\ncriminologist assistant\ndeportation officer\nvictim services specialist\ncourt reporter\npublic safety officer\ncustoms inspector\nvolunteer manager\ncorrections officer\npre-trial services officer\ncampus security officer\ninsurance investigator\nyouth care worker\nrecruiting officer\npenologist assistant\ncredit investigator\nsecurity detective\nstore detective\n \n\nHere's more on the subject\nhttp://www.umanitoba.ca/student/counselling/WhatCanIDo/criminology.html
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with a criminology degree you can work for any type of law enforcement agency.  With psychology you can do research, or be  a counselor.  If you are attending a college, they should have some sort of list of what types of jobs are usually filled with different types of degrees.