Exploring and understanding careers in criminal justice : a comprehensive guide / Matthew J. Sheridan and Raymond R. Rainville.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016Copyright date: 2016Description: xv, 296 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781442254305
  • 1442254300
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV 9950 .S545 2016
Contents:
Introduction: Why Another Book on Criminal Justice Careers? -- Exploring Careers in Criminal Justice -- Careers in Law Enforcement -- Careers in Corrections -- The Courts, Its Actors, and Its Functions -- The Federal Government -- Getting the Job, Entering the Field, and Career Advancement -- Criminal Justice Ethics -- Life after the Career, or "I Can't Live on That!"
Summary: This book explores the criminal justice career landscape by providing a glimpse into the different criminal justice careers and provides advice as to how to prepare to enter those career fields. This book includes personal profiles that exemplify real work in the criminal justice profession; these have been written by current employees, some retired and some by exemplary leaders in the field.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection HV 9950 .S545 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98650360

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-282) and indexes.

Introduction: Why Another Book on Criminal Justice Careers? -- Exploring Careers in Criminal Justice -- Careers in Law Enforcement -- Careers in Corrections -- The Courts, Its Actors, and Its Functions -- The Federal Government -- Getting the Job, Entering the Field, and Career Advancement -- Criminal Justice Ethics -- Life after the Career, or "I Can't Live on That!"

This book explores the criminal justice career landscape by providing a glimpse into the different criminal justice careers and provides advice as to how to prepare to enter those career fields. This book includes personal profiles that exemplify real work in the criminal justice profession; these have been written by current employees, some retired and some by exemplary leaders in the field.

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