Within the next year or so I plan on going to college for Criminal Justice in Nashville TN, applying to a dept. (possibly Nashville Metro PD), then ultimately becoming a Homicide Detective.
I'm excited to start this but while making my plans I keep coming up against one pretty big wall. Everyone I talk to in Law Enforcement keeps claiming that instead of studying for a degree in CJ it is better to study something geared more towards a specific activity or job I want in the future. Example: FBI agent specializing in illegal banking activities might study Computer Sci. or Accounting.
My friend wants to be a CSI and is currently studying Criminal Justice. Her classes have studied the workings of the Justice system, taken tours of the jail, gone on ride-a-longs, practiced extracting DNA, and received real finger printing kits. All things relating to her future career. So I'm just wondering what IS the CJ degree for if NOT Law Enforcement!? And is it actually looked down upon in LE.
2007-08-26
08:20:45
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