Degree Issues~ Undecided about Bachelor Degree

Unfortunately there is a "Social Work" major for undergraduates.

Once upon a time Education majors scored lowest on the SAT's. Now Social Work Majors do.

I've dealt with only two probation officers--and that was fifteen years ago--but my impression from those encounters and newspaper stories on hiring problems and turnover in the field suggest that perhaps the "paper" requirements for hiring are frequently waived.

I do cover the Amendments but in a course on the Legal System and also in a more practical sense. (Ex. Police knock on your door, you invite the officer into your home. He sees a pile of marijuana on your table and arrests you. Is this a legal search.) I would cover all the interpretations of the various amendments and Supreme Court decisions. I also use a book in my Juvie class that is called Significant Cases.

Hi Meridas...Nice to meet you...

Yes, we have covered alot of latin terms, already...we've kinda laxed on that in the last week or so, but were still covering the 4th amendment, along with the exclusionary rule, which I understand the reasoning behind that.

I think what I meant when I stated that post was: With what latin terms we were having to learn, versus what I will have to learn if I continue with a BA in CJ, I don't know if I have what it takes to make it.

I question myself sometimes on the area of study that I have decided to take on.

makemeshiver33 wrote:

Hi again!
What is the name of the course where you are covering all this latin and ammendments in depth?? It might help me to figure out if it is more that class or your program. I only cover that info that in depth in a few places. Other classes I teach like corrections, criminology, family violence, etc get much more into theory (the why part) and tend to be more interesting. I recently taught a course on Corrections where we mostly covered problems in the correctional system and tried to look for solutions - lots of theory but NO latin at all!!




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Criminal Procedures & Contempary Issues in Criminal Justice....Criminology is next...already finished Interpersonal Communication in Criminal Justice along with Juvenile Justice Procedures.

Another frustration with CJ is I'm just not sure what to do with it once I finished...to go on and apply myself towards a BS or BA in CJ, or to work towards a Sociology Degree......

The state that I live in I have wondered if it wouldn't pay better to work towards a Sociology Degree instead.

Well forensic psychology seems appropriate. But if you really want to be a pioneer, think about founding a new forensic science. FORENSIC SOCIOLOGY!

This is not an attempt at humor. There may be some credence to such a new area of forensics. Look at the problems with the middle East societies and cultures.

Forensic Sociology: Evidence, Implication and Responsibility

Explores the similarities between sociology and crime scene investigation by examining how isolated and seemingly random pieces of data are actually embedded in larger frames of social and informational significance. Considers how these larger patterns of association can provide predictive relevance and meaning. Beginning with Durkheim's foundational work on suicide, the course explores the interpretive approach called semiology, the science of reading signs. Several CSI tools, such as forensic facial reconstruction and fingerprinting, illustrate the empirical and philosophical implications of this method.