criminologist

Criminologists study conditions pertaining to humans such as the social and psychological aspects that could lead them to commit criminal acts. They observe and analyse different factors ranging from behavioural conditions up to social background and environment of suspects in order to advise organisations on the prevention of crime.

The most in-demand skills for this role include criminology, forensic psychiatry, mathematics, research design, scientific literature, statistics. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives criminologist a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.