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Criminologists often support law enforcement's efforts by analyzing evidence.Criminology uses the scientific method to study crime, and criminal justice uses the law to address it. -
Laboratory results are often important in criminal prosecutions.Criminology is practiced in laboratories, research facilities and social science settings, and criminal justice is practiced primarily in the courts. -
Criminologists frequently also teach in scientific fields.Demand should be steady for criminology technicians and forensic scientists, including finance; demand for criminal justice jobs, particularly law enforcement officers and criminal attorneys, is expected to grow slightly (see Resource 1). -
The media has portrayed criminology and criminal justice as exciting.Criminologists in mass media are often portrayed as high-tech scientists or super-psychologists, and criminal justice jobs are portrayed as exciting, action-packed and dangerous. -
The criminal act produces the need for both fields.Theories in criminology deal with what makes people commit crimes, and criminal justice theories center on how the system should interact with criminals and the society in which they function. -
Success in both fields requires time and hard work.Both fields have realities less glamorous than literature or television portrays. The labs are not so well equipped, arrests hinge on long hours and a little luck, and trials can be short with few fireworks.
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drewgasaway said
on 11/18/2009 Great article