Being a criminologist technician can be very hard. It is indeed very hard psychologically at times. You need to be empathetic, understanding, and resilient. On the other hand, it can be an extremely rewarding job. In this area, you are your own work tool. Working with human beings is something very rewarding, you never stop learning more.
What do criminologist technicians do in general? They intervene with the clientele(child, teenagers or adults depending on the environment), they do a lot of accompaniment with them, they can also do some psychosocial monitoring and some meetings.
Observe, analyze and evaluate people's behavior. Contribute to the supervision and support in the social reintegration of the people for whom he or she is responsible. Develop and implement prevention, screening, intervention and re socialization programs. Organize and lead activities oriented towards the rehabilitation of people.
Educator in rehabilitation centers for minors. Worker in community resources (organizations for people experiencing homelessness, people with addiction problems, women in difficulty, victims of crime, youth center, mobile intervention unit. School Counsellor. Facilitator in transition houses. Street Worker. Youth centers. Correctional Officer in Detention Facilities.
To become a criminologist technician, you first need to have a high school diploma. Then, it's a three-year college course in a program called " Criminology intervention technique " here in quebec.
It depends on the job. Criminologist technicians has multiple choices regarding where to work. In general, it can go from $27,76 to $31,00 an hour.
As a criminologist technicians, additional training is most necessary in every place you will work. Having to work with children, teenagers, adults, criminal or victims can sometimes be challenging, and we need to adapt. For example, many formations are given to the workers to specialize them in different issues towards the clientele.
Work overload and burn out. Symptoms related to secondary post-traumatic stress (vicarious trauma) and compassion fatigue.
0%. Criminologist technicians could never be replaced by robots. Psychosocial work and the helping relationship can never be done by robots in my opinion. Empathy and psychology are a must in this field. It's not a robotic thinking of doing.
Most of the Criminologists and criminologist technicians I know have done many posts. It's a commune thing to do in this field. In addition, it is an easier thing to do for practitioners who continue their studies after CEGEP. Workers with a bachelor's or master's degrees are much more likely to get better positions with better salaries of course. In general, it's around the age of 60-65 that people retire.
To conclude, I am personally almost done with the technique. Right now, I'm during my last semester before being a full-time intern in a Crime Victims Assistance Center. I've never doubted my place in this program, every experience I had matches my expectations. I'm graduating in 2025 and my goal is to continue working with the victim people. I really do see myself work with them.
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