Jeanine Webber: The Bachelor of Applied Arts in Criminal Justice is a four-year
degree. It is an interdisciplinary professional degree and it prepares students for a variety
of careers within the criminal justice system. Students prepare through the four years
for careers in a variety of areas.
Nelusha Cooray: I've had opportunities to meet people within the field, like judges,
ex-offenders, ex-victims and the professors do all of that 
 so we get a sense of 
what we're going into and what our life will 
 be like in this type of career.
It's just amazing because I don't think you can find that experience anywhere else.
The mock trial conducted at Humber, it's highly complex because first of all
students have to be assigned roles, contrive a case and then prepare the case,
prepare all the evidence and then present the case.
So it's a great learning experience for someone intending to go into
the criminal justice field.
Rosa Figueroa: There's two internships in the program and 
 the first one that I did was at
the Kingston Penitentiary and I went in as a 
 student parole officer and we dealt with
a lot of the inmates face-to-face. From that internships onwards I decided that
this was exactly what I wanted to do 
 and it really helped me clarify exactly
where within the justice system I wanted to work in.
Daniel Gaetan: The room we're in currently, it's setup up like an interrogation room
so you kind of have a perceptive of 
 where the police officers are coming from
and how to learn to talk to people with 
 this close distance and keeping eye contact 
and all the stuff like that.
Nelusha: The faculty here are very educated. They either obtain a master's and/or PhD
within the field that they're teaching so they're not only teaching us the theoretical
aspects, they're teaching us based on their life experiences too
which brings so much more into the classroom.
Rosa: A lot of times in my current role 
 I do work with people who have gone
through the criminal justice system already. I can actually relate everything that I learned
there into my settings now and apply it 
 to each situation that I'm faced with.
Jeanine: I think one of the things that's 
 really unique is our approach to teaching.
I think we're very much focused on building relationships with
our students and helping them from day one 
 to the end of the program, develop
and become very clear on where they want to go into the field.
Nelusha: It's giving me the knowledge and the hands-on experience
that I need in order to be successful in my career.
