It also provides you with a strong vocational foundation for employment in areas related to criminal justice. You might think that graduates of the Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice mainly enter policing. However, the majority of graduates gain employment outside of police services. Career opportunities are very broad. Just as the range of criminal justice agencies is diverse, so too are the sorts of jobs which graduates of Criminology and Criminal Justice might undertake in these organisations.
Careers range from hands on law enforcement to positions in policy and administration.
For example, as a community corrections officer you will be supervising and counseling offenders on probation or parole. As a research officer you will study crime problems and make recommendations for action to relevant bodies. As a community conference convenor you will mediate between offenders and crime victims to help negotiate a just outcome. Through the Field Placement subject in the degree, students have the opportunity to gain first-hand experience of the sorts of work which can be undertaken in the criminal justice system. An important aspect of the Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice is the inclusion of a cross-disciplinary major and elective subjects in the degree structure.