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Yes, I will definitely recommend John Jay. John Jay is different than most school in that its practiced based, as oppose to theory based. Most of your professors are former CJ practitioners along with an acquired Ph.D. So, you get taught by people who have experience in the field, as oppose to fully scholars who only have experience in researching without field experience. I came from Florida State which also has an excellent criminology program, yet, different from John Jay. I hope this helps, let me know if you have any other questions.

Hello future criminologist of the world, I am currently a graduate student at John Jay (almost done!). So, I'm debating whether I should pursue a doctorate degree or not, and this dilemma has brought me back to that initial question of, why did I choose this field of study? I mean people ask me that quite often and almost always tend to confuse it with Forensic Science. "Oh is it like CSI kinda deal?" - NO people! Anyway, I was hoping some of you will share some of the reasons why you chose to be Criminologist? Thanks!