Although there are thousands of career options, I am only interested in a few. Those few are, being a prosecutor and a profiler. I'm interested in these career options because in a way they all help people. Either I’ll be saving lives or I’ll be preventing bad things. I’m also intrigued by them because I will always be learning new things and meeting all sorts of people.
In the following pages, I will be describing each career option mentioned above. I will also be giving my opinion as to why these careers are some of the best careers there are. Not only that, but I will also be deciding what my main career path will be along the way.
The first career option we’ll be going into is being a Prosecuting Attorney. A Prosecuting Attorney represents …show more content…
There are only a few cons that worry me about this career. They would be, I will make enemies, I'll have a hard time starting after college/university and it takes a while to finish the career. Other than that, this would be the perfect starting career in my life.
The next career I will be talking about is being a Criminal Profiler which is an FBI agent in the BAU. Criminal profilers review evidence at crime scenes to figure out how a crime took place. This evidence helps profilers determine details about a suspect such as the person's height and the dominant hand the perpetrator used during the crime. Criminal profilers may also work on older unsolved cases to develop a suspect profile in which law enforcement can use during an investigation.
Profilers may work within a police department, the federal government or independently as a consultant. They may research and analyze case files at the request of the police, attorneys or the families of crime victims, and then offer their opinion on the type of suspect they should be looking …show more content…
Degree programs in criminal justice are available with a concentration in forensic investigation and provide training in criminology, criminal procedures, law enforcement, criminal law, evidence gathering, social psychology and criminal investigation. Graduate degree programs in forensic psychology also provide the educational background needed to work as a profiler.
Individuals may also become criminal profilers through the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The FBI's Behavioral Science Unit offers training in criminal behavior, psychopathology, crisis management, death investigation management and criminology to law enforcement officers, the U.S. military, new FBI agents and other personnel, government intelligence officers and
In the following pages, I will be describing each career option mentioned above. I will also be giving my opinion as to why these careers are some of the best careers there are. Not only that, but I will also be deciding what my main career path will be along the way.
The first career option we’ll be going into is being a Prosecuting Attorney. A Prosecuting Attorney represents …show more content…
There are only a few cons that worry me about this career. They would be, I will make enemies, I'll have a hard time starting after college/university and it takes a while to finish the career. Other than that, this would be the perfect starting career in my life.
The next career I will be talking about is being a Criminal Profiler which is an FBI agent in the BAU. Criminal profilers review evidence at crime scenes to figure out how a crime took place. This evidence helps profilers determine details about a suspect such as the person's height and the dominant hand the perpetrator used during the crime. Criminal profilers may also work on older unsolved cases to develop a suspect profile in which law enforcement can use during an investigation.
Profilers may work within a police department, the federal government or independently as a consultant. They may research and analyze case files at the request of the police, attorneys or the families of crime victims, and then offer their opinion on the type of suspect they should be looking …show more content…
Degree programs in criminal justice are available with a concentration in forensic investigation and provide training in criminology, criminal procedures, law enforcement, criminal law, evidence gathering, social psychology and criminal investigation. Graduate degree programs in forensic psychology also provide the educational background needed to work as a profiler.
Individuals may also become criminal profilers through the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The FBI's Behavioral Science Unit offers training in criminal behavior, psychopathology, crisis management, death investigation management and criminology to law enforcement officers, the U.S. military, new FBI agents and other personnel, government intelligence officers and