What is the difference between criminal justice and law enforcement?

Henson: What is the difference between criminal justice and law enforcement?
I would just like to know what is the difference between being a criminal justice major or a law enforcement major.

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Answer by kickinupfunf
law enforcement=enforces the laws and keeps the peace.

criminal justice= deal out the punishment of broken laws and peace.

Answer by HZ
i dont know

Answer by Vonya
In criminal justice, you uphold the law…ie. judges, lawyers….but law enforcement, enforces the law (actively – police, FBI, CIA, prison guards/officers…etc).

Answer by Butterfly
Criminal Justice would be an attorney or something in that field.
Law Enforcement would be a cop.

Answer by ron m
criminal justice generally refers to the system. in side the system are courts, judges, lawyers, law officers, prison personnel etc. law enforcement refers to the officers

Answer by mrmiketattoo
longer study breaks

Answer by Barry DaLive
Law enforcement is but one component of the criminal justice system including the courts, corrections and I suppose even the legislators who make the laws.

Answer by Protagonist
Criminal Justice majors focus on the CJ system as a whole, from crime to punishment and everything in between.
Law Enforcement majors will focus on the enforcement of laws, methods of law enforcement, critiques, history, theory of crime prevention/origin, etc.

Typically, Law Enforcement is a specialization in the Criminal Justice degree program . ie, psychology majors will often choose different areas of the field like Child Psychology or Criminal Psychology.