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Diver1
Just wanting to know if anyone has completed a B.A in criminology and criminal justice???
Laura
Reply By: Kev M - Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 at 21:20
Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 at 21:20
Are you wanting to become a Copper??
Kev
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Follow Up By: Diver1 - Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 at 21:26
Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 at 21:26
better than a copper! I'd just go to
Goulburn if just a constable was on the mind.
Never heard of anyone saying that they have completed this course and what job they got into....had a look at the job thing and youth crime sector looks good.
Laura
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Follow Up By: Kev M - Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 at 21:30
Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 at 21:30
I think my BIL did something similar and is now a Detective in training. Not too sure as what course he actually did though.
Kev
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Follow Up By: Diver1 - Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 at 21:35
Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 at 21:35
detecctive sounds about right for this course - its got a lot of sections you can cover and expand on.....if there werent as many kiddies running around the house id do a dbl and do psychology....criminal psychology....now that would be fun!!
LAura
ps...you watching the footy???? Bugger manly getting anouther try - come on cowboys!!
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Follow Up By: Kev M - Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 at 21:39
Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 at 21:39
I now support who ever wins tommorow. I hate Manly with a passion it's a bit like Collingwood I suppose LOL
I think the Ref won the game for Manly though, which I really hate. I don't mind a side getting beaten as long as the ref doesn't play a part.
I hope he doesn't do the GF
Kev
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses - Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 at 21:42
Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 at 21:42
Kev, don't you say that to Mrs Al will you, about Collingwood being like hating Manly............ Your Dark side will have lots of dents before you start.
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Follow Up By: Diver1 - Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 at 21:43
Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 at 21:43
I support tomorrows winner too. I hate manly too just like i hate all the afl teams apart from prt
adelaide (although Ive only watched 1 full game - or even apart of 1 game :-( )
Need to go to bed......Have a good night....
Laura
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Follow Up By: Kev M - Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 at 21:46
Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 at 21:46
John,
I have to be very careful after Al's Roo's lost as
well, It will end up with 2 dark sides LOL
Lyn sent me some pics of the latest conversion Al has done, a single cab GXL very nice.
Kev
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Follow Up By: Kev M - Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 at 21:47
Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 at 21:47
Laura,
You will miss the cricket LOL
Kev
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (Qld) - Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 at 22:19
Saturday, Sep 22, 2007 at 22:19
Laura
psychology....criminal psychology.. to me that sounds like one would be reading the brain of a crim.... What I would like to know is ...how do you read a brain when it's not there.
Doug
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Follow Up By: BIG_red87 - Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 00:40
Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 00:40
haha Doug it's only the ones that get caught that have no brains ;)
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Reply By: BIG_red87 - Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 00:38
Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 00:38
Diver
My mate is studying criminology and psychology to eventually become a detective. Here in WA there is a strong relationship between Edith Cowan University and the nearby police academy.
Personally i'm about to finish a B.A majoring in Communications and Psychology - what areas interest you?
Big Red
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Follow Up By: BIG_red87 - Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 00:41
Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 00:41
and no - despite the automatic hyperlink i'm not studying for a degree in HF radios and sat phones ;)
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Follow Up By: Diver1 - Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 15:37
Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 15:37
Hey Big_red87.
Would love to be a detective so thinking psychology. But also like the idea of youth crime or even indiginous crime - something that wont make me work in a major city!! I want regional work!! It would be great to get into forensics but I aint got the brain for science!
The course is through
Griffith via open universities and done by correspondance.
Cheers,
Laura
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Follow Up By: Kev M - Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 15:39
Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 15:39
Laura,
You don't need brains for Forensic science, you need someone elses ha ha
Kev
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Follow Up By: Diver1 - Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 15:42
Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 15:42
LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!ROTFLMAO!!!!
So true....
Gotta go....footy!!
Laura
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Follow Up By: BIG_red87 - Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 16:48
Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 16:48
Despite what a lot of people may think there is also quite a lot of science involved in a psychology degree. People have a perception of psychologists as people who sit in a chair and repeat the cliche usual "and how does that make u feel..." bullchit.
Studying psych does actually involve a fair amount of science. There's biology in terms of understanding the way neurotransmitters work in the brain etc. There's also a lot of maths and statistics used to interpret extremely complex sets of data gathered from the numerous different testing procedures.
It's definately an interesting course but many people do find that what they learn is not what they were expecting.
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Reply By: Scoey (QLD) - Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 08:50
Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 08:50
Hi
Laura,
I am Scoey's other half (he told me about your question on here). I completed a Bachelor of Justice Studies with a double major in Criminology and Justice Policy in 2004. I was aiming to end up in Rehabilitation and work with the prisons. When I finished my degree I found it very hard to find any information about anything to do with Rehab jobs and ended up leaning that you pretty much had to know someone who knew someone who could get you a VOLUNTEERING role in the prison - from there you hoped that you could get a paying job after volunteering for a while. Not sure what you are hoping to get into from the degree? Most of my friends used it as a stepping stone into Law. Others used it as a stepping stone into the Police Force as QLD does not allow people in their early 20's to apply - the want life experience - so that is one of the main reasons they developed the degree - something to do while waiting around basically! The rest of us who did not want Law or the Police were pretty lost - we had no help from the uni in where to look/apply for jobs either. I am now back at uni - studying a Post Graduate degree in education - need I say more? I gave up on the first degree as I did not want to be in Law or the Police Force and could not find anything else that I could get into with the degree. One more thing which might suggest a lot to you - a girl I did the first degree with is also doing education with me after having the same issues I did - she never worked in the field either.
I'm not sure what the NSW degrees are like but I have heard that
Griffith has a better version than the QUT one I did.
Good luck!
Anna
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Follow Up By: Diver1 - Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 15:41
Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 15:41
Thanks Anna
Looks like a dip ed could end up the way I go - all options open. I looked at the prison side of the course and thought that Crime prevention would be good to aim for whether its youth or indiginous not sure...... Ive always like the idea of detective work too so majoring in Psychology would be a goer...
The course is through
Griffith via Open universities correspondance...
Laura
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Reply By: Hairy (NT) - Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 11:54
Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 11:54
Havent actaualy completed one...but might know were you could buy one cheap!
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Follow Up By: BIG_red87 - Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 12:23
Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 12:23
haha now in two ply - hope you've got a bodyguard ;)
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Reply By: Patrol22 - Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 15:49
Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 15:49
Laura - major in crim will prepare you for a number of jobs ... police, prisons, politician, board of directors, chariman of the board, starting up a telecommunications company......etc etc :-)
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Follow Up By: BIG_red87 - Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 16:52
Sunday, Sep 23, 2007 at 16:52
haha...director of taxation...
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