Criminal Lawyer or physcologist!!

pixiegaga

Helloo everyone!!!

I'm 16 and in 5th year..:O

Looking at possible careers and i need help. In school my carreer guidance teacher is what I refer to as 'simple' he thinks boys should study engineering and girls should study either nursing or just become a teacher. I hate this presumption and try to talk to him about other carreers but he either dosnt seeem to know or care and now here I amm!!!
I have my heart set on one of four jobs and had a strain in the last few I months that I will move to Canada..west coast
I'd like to look more into the job of a criminal lawyer or criminal physcologist. If my leaving works out ok I'll study law and take classes on criminal law and justice and if i decide to do physclogy I'll study criminal minds ect.
I was just woundering if anyone knows what these jobs are like, what the courses involve and if they even exist/have places in our little Ireland. I recently found out canada has a low crime rate so may have to consider a relocation!! Read crime rate in Las Vegas is on the up however!! And the only ice there is in the drinks glasses

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JuliusCaesar

Hi Pixie,

for the psychology side, it's called Forensic Psychology.

Info from the Psychological Society of Ireland on different aspects of psychology jobs here.
More info from the British Psychological Society here.
It is of course a post-graduate specialism, after you've done psychology as a primary/undergraduate degree.

"Forensic psychologists work in a variety of areas including prisons, probation services, special secure hospitals, rehabilitation units and in private practice. Responsibilities include the assessment of offenders prior to sentencing, management of offenders during sentence and in the community upon release, risk assessment and sex offender treatment programmes. Forensic psychologists also act as expert witnesses and give evidence in court.

This is a growing area in psychology and in order to become a forensic psychologist, candidates must have a primary degree in psychology and an accredited postgraduate degree in forensic psychology and/or supervised professional experience in a forensic setting."