What are the career prospects for criminology?
NARESH Chennai Graduates of criminology find careers working in prisons, the police service in areas of community safety and crime prevention. The demand for professionals with expertise in this area is growing. Some graduates enter directly into the labour force in law enforcement, delinquency prevention and control services, crime prevention, corrections, probation or parole, criminal justice administration, and research. Like other social science majors, undergraduate criminology majors also are employed in non-crime related sectors such as: health and social services (e.g., in substance abuse and rehabilitation counseling); community work (e.g., in child welfare agencies); and federal, state, and local government (e.g., in urban planning and housing). They work in law, public policy, social work, business, theology, and urban planning. Graduate degrees lead to teaching and/or research positions in universities or colleges, governmental agencies, business and industrial firms, resea
