behavioural scientisttocriminologist
A behavioural scientist already meets 79% of what the criminologist role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
79%
33.6/ 100
1 Share of the criminologist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the behavioural scientist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A criminologist role treats 40 of its required skills as things a behavioural scientist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- anthropology
- apply for research funding
- apply knowledge of human behaviour
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- apply statistical analysis techniques
What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 48 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A criminologist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a behavioural scientist background worth leading with.
- already held create criminal profiles information skills
- already held observe human behaviour information skills
- already held demography social sciences, journalism and information
- already held assist police investigations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held anthropology social sciences, journalism and information
- already held criminology social sciences, journalism and information
All 48 carried skills, including the 40 the criminologist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held analyse legal evidence required
- required, not held review criminal acts required
- optional, not held develop criminology theories optional
- optional, not held document evidence optional
- optional, not held document interviews optional
- optional, not held examine crime scenes optional
- optional, not held manage database optional
- optional, not held monitor security measures optional
- required, not held conduct forensic evaluations required
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held advise on legal decisions optional
- optional, not held present evidence optional
- required, not held criminal law required
- optional, not held legal research optional
- required, not held forensic psychiatry required
- required, not held mathematics required
- required, not held use data processing techniques required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a criminologist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 conduct forensic evaluations skill · sector specific
- 02 forensic psychiatry knowledge · sector specific
- 03 analyse legal evidence skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 48 skills that carry over
- already held anthropology knowledge
- already held apply for research funding skill
- already held apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
- already held apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities skill
- already held apply scientific methods skill
- already held apply statistical analysis techniques skill
- already held communicate with a non-scientific audience skill
- already held conduct research across disciplines skill
- already held criminology knowledge
- already held demonstrate disciplinary expertise skill
- already held develop professional network with researchers and scientists skill
- already held disseminate results to the scientific community skill
- already held draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation skill
- already held evaluate research activities skill
- already held increase the impact of science on policy and society skill
- already held integrate gender dimension in research skill
- already held interact professionally in research and professional environments skill
- already held manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data skill
- already held manage intellectual property rights skill
- already held manage open publications skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held manage research data skill
- already held mentor individuals skill
- already held operate open source software skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held promote open innovation in research skill
- already held promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities skill
- already held promote the transfer of knowledge skill
- already held psychology knowledge
- already held publish academic research skill
- already held research design knowledge
- already held scientific literature knowledge
- already held scientific research methodology knowledge
- already held sociology knowledge
- already held speak different languages skill
- already held statistics knowledge
- already held synthesise information skill
- already held think abstractly skill
- already held write scientific publications skill
- already held apply blended learning skill
- already held apply teaching strategies skill
- already held assist police investigations skill
- already held create criminal profiles skill
- already held demography knowledge
- already held observe human behaviour skill
- already held teach in academic or vocational contexts skill
- already held write research proposals skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held develop security concepts optional
- optional, not held international security studies optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held develop security concepts optional
- optional, not held international security studies optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held advise on legal decisions optional
- optional, not held develop criminology theories optional
- optional, not held document evidence optional
- optional, not held document interviews optional
- optional, not held examine crime scenes optional
- optional, not held legal research optional
- optional, not held manage database optional
- optional, not held monitor security measures optional
- optional, not held present evidence optional
28 held skills the criminologist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role animal behaviour knowledge
- not needed by the target role applied zoology knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply clinical psychological treatment skill
- not needed by the target role apply systemic design thinking skill
- not needed by the target role assess animal behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role biology knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct public surveys skill
- not needed by the target role conduct qualitative research skill
- not needed by the target role conduct quantitative research skill
- not needed by the target role create individual treatment programmes skill
- not needed by the target role develop scientific theories skill
- not needed by the target role develop solutions for harmful behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role disability care knowledge
- not needed by the target role empirical analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role experimental psychology knowledge
- not needed by the target role inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
- not needed by the target role multidisciplinary research knowledge
- not needed by the target role oversee animal management skill
- not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
- not needed by the target role phenomenology knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide clinical psychological counselling skill
- not needed by the target role provide technical expertise skill
- not needed by the target role psychological counselling methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role psychological treatment measures knowledge
- not needed by the target role quantitative analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role report analysis results skill
- not needed by the target role research human behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held forensic psychiatry required
- required, not held criminal law required
- required, not held mathematics required
- optional, not held international security studies optional
- optional, not held legal research optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.