Bachelor of Social Science

Becoming a criminologist can offer a number of different career options. You may specialise in crime prevention, cybercrime, terrorism, juvenile justice, and law enforcement, or you may work in victim support services or offender rehabilitation and reintegration. Seek (2021) has projected a job growth of 12 per cent in the next 5 years.

Correctional officers enforce rules and regulations inside prisons, maintain the security of inmates, staff and facilities, and supervise daily activities. Correctional officers may specialise in offender diversion programs, prison industrial programs, dog squads and field supervision of offenders on worksites outside a prison setting. A projected job growth of 6.8 per cent is forecast over the next 5 years, with a typical salary of upwards of $80k according to Seek (2021).

Probation and parole officers seek to reduce the risk of reoffending They may work with people serving probation or parole out in the community, undertaking community service or in-home detention. According to Seek (2021), the projected job growth in the next 5 years is over 17 per cent, with an average salary of $85k to $110k.

By completing a major in Counselling Interventions and Psychology at Bond University, students can expand their career opportunities in this field. The number of people working as Counsellors grew very strongly over the last 5 years: from 19,200 in 2014 to 31,200 in 2019. The projected growth in Counselling jobs is expected to be 24.8% in 5 years.