Criminology degree

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Anyone done or know someone with a crim degree and what they then went on to do?

Me. Left uni & have always worked in social housing since. Had several roles there & really enjoy it.

I do. I work in criminal justice.

What type of role please?

It's a bit outing. Mental health care in customs

In my maternal family there are 4 of us with criminology degrees. 1 works in social housing, 1 worked at a prison before working for a drugs rehabilitation charity, 1 is a project manager at a uni & the other is a forensic psychologist.

All got their interest in criminology from their nan.

Being a psychologist requires a totally different degree and path to qualification . It’s not possible directly from a criminology degree - assuming they are qualified of course!

Yup, me. Joined the police as a civilian, then became an officer, then left to join the Civil Service.

I do.
She's a police officer now.

Sorry if it’s a silly question, but why do quite a few people seem to go into jobs in social housing after doing this degree (judging by responses here)? Interested as dd is considering Criminology for A level

@Violet80 Housing is a job dealing with people and doesn’t have any particular degree requirement. It’s more to do with actually getting a job than a must have career. Could be useful for housing legalities I guess but most people can learn them. Criminology is law lite. I’d definitely swerve it at A level. What are the other possibles?

I did criminology and criminal justice. It is a social science, not 'law lite'.
I had offers for prison services, court services and victim support.

Yes but you cannot practise law . Some people seem to think it’s the same- criminal being the issue. I cannot see any advantage in studying it at A level. Too niche. There’s a lot of social science grads but not enough jobs. Hence varying answers on this thread but no real high flyers.

My DD has a criminology degree. She worked in a prison for a few years but now works for a charity.

That’s not a direct result of the Criminology degree though. criminology doesn’t qualify one as a SW or barrister
A masters must have have been taken to qualify in SW and Law

Criminology is not law lite. Not in least
Criminology is a social science

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@Zone2NorthLondon They would need to do a law conversion course to to be a barrister. As my earlier point. Then most likely a criminal barrister not serving much. High end earnings in commercial not available probably.

Yes , agree with you