Criminal Justice Dissertation Ideas

[sanantone]

Then, you should do something that plays to your strengths.



Unless I am misunderstanding the term, I am going to have to disagree with you there. For instance, in my state, quite a bit of money is spent on reducing recidivism via inmate education and placement services. I disagree that this should be in the purview of a law enforcement agency to run, but that's how it is done here.

Also, consider legal aid and public defender services. Both are a social service provided to the community. Both fall under the provenance of the court system.

Another thought, but I think you've demonstrated you hold no interest in edgy or provocative subjects, but I personally feel that alcoholism is a cottage industry here. You take a group that historically have no money, and no support, and run them through a meatgrinder that really doesn't lend itself well to reducing their urge to self medicate via beeeers. They pay the court. They pay the jail. They pay a private counseling service. They pay a probation officer. They lost their car. Because they went to jail, they lost their job.

*NOT* saying I'm soft on drunks. I had one of the highest conviction rates in my jurisdiction. I'm saying the area might be ripe for some groundbreaking research into, I dunno, something new that might adequately punish a person while at the same time not stand on their neck.

I got ideas. I just don't know what would be worthy of a doctorate review board.

Also, I will say, I have Federal friends in Texas that say there are state jobs that won't even accept a criminal justice degree, so I am intrigued by the notion you will be a doctor in it... :patriot:

Social services is related to CJ when it is related to CJ. Social services being offered to immigrants vs nonimmigrants is not related to CJ. I'm not trying to avoid edgy and provocative subjects. I have no interest in doing research that pits one political party against another. I have no interest in doing research that tries to further some kind of partisan political agenda.

As far as state jobs that won't accept a CJ degree, different positions require different degrees. You're not likely to get an IT job with the state government with a CJ degree. You aren't likely to get it with an English degree either. On the other hand, you aren't going to get a caseworker position with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department with an IT degree. CJ degrees are listed as preferred or required for many positions in social service, court, and corrections agencies. The Texas Department of Public Safety regularly lists positions that prefer or require a CJ degree among a list of other related degrees. The same applies to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Governor's Office.