I hear if you major in criminal justice it's only good for going into the police academy is that true?

Answer 1

No, it's not true. There are many other options.

Forensic experts, private investigators, bail bondsman, even legislators can benefit from a CJ background.

And many CJ grads go on to law school and become either prosecutors or criminal defense attorneys.

Answer 2

Criminal Justice programs arent even good for that. Police departments want the new recruits to learn it their way and not some college professors way. I'm not sure where all the criminal justice programs hype came from, but I would personally get a degree in something else to get into a department, (Most only require 60-120 credit hours and not necessarily a degree) Besides we'll need to do something when our 20 years is up..

Answer 3

No, there are many careers you can go for with a criminal justice degree.
Such as:
Dispatchers
Probation/Parole officer
Case managers
Security Guard
Detetective
Correctional Officer
Airport Security
Court Mediator
Forensics...
here's a website that gives you alot of options..

Answer 4

it will only be good to the employer who asks for a degree