What would be the best carrier to take with a 4 yr degree in criminal justice? a well paid carrier?

Answer 1

With a four year CJ degree you are rather limited. Most jobs available will not pay big bucks. CJ graduates may find a job in adult probation, prisons, and juvenile probation. None of those pay well. Like most social service career paths, higher paying jobs in CJ usually require a graduate degree. Go to the Department of Labor's website and look at the information there concerning careers in CJ.

Answer 2

Considering the vast majority of the answers seem to be from people NOT in law enforcement, let me give you an insiders point of view. First of all, unfortunately a criminal justice degree is not the best choice. If you plan on beginning as a uniform patrol officer, you will learn what you need to know in the academy. I have friends that teach CJ classes, they are the first to admit that most of the stuff is useless.

If you hope to become a Special Agent with one of the various Federal law enforcement agencies, a CJ degree is even less useful. Nothing learned in a CJ class is going to prepare you for conducting a complex narcotics or money laundering investigation.

Constitutional law, search and seizure, terry stops....you will learn all this at the academy. Knowing why a crime is malum per se will not help you articulate probable cause before a magistrate or judge. Additionally, you will have the same skill and knowledge set of everyone else that just received their shield.

My suggestion, major in something challenging. Study accounting and sit for your CPA. Become a computer guru so you can conduct forensic computer investigations. Find a department or agency you want to work for and talk to some of their officers or agents and see what their academic backgrounds are.

Good luck

Answer 3

Depends on where you want to be ? On the front line or behind the scenes.

Police Officers, depending on where you live, make a great living. In Southern California, they have good starting salaries and great benefits -- the down side to this, is depending on your area, its extremely dangerous. I would look for a smaller community to start off with and then see if you like the work.

Most agencies only require a high school diploma or at the most, an associates degree.

Answer 4

The market is flooded on criminal justice degrees, really you should think about something else

Answer 5

continue on get law degree 4 yr college will get you mid level entry anywhere you apply and no FBI Secret Service At&f DHS most have law degrees or are accountants unless you become an 1811 plain sap investigator

Answer 6

you are going to be doing badly on the interview with the departments. Did you're taking a civil provider attempt? even inspite of the incontrovertible fact which you exceeded the tests there could desire to be others with bigger scores or with hiring alternatives like veteran.

Answer 7

Just a CJ degree ? If you added crime scene photographing or something else to it. CSI team's, other jobs w/ in a police dept. You could work for prison system's. A law office.. What are you looking for ?

Answer 8

I've been partial to the USS Midway only because my dad was stationed on it. I don't remember how much he was paid. He was an ENC.

Oh, you meant career. For you, it's not an English major.

Answer 9

sounds like lawyer to me.
or maybe u can join the FBI or CIA, maybe even secret service.
but criminal law? i think lawyer.
they actually pay pretty good u know.
and the pension and benefits later.

gimme 10 points?

Answer 10

I'd recommend law school as well.

A summer course in spelling would help.