Criminal Justice Career Paths: Law Enforcement, Police Officer, Private Investigator, Forensic Science Technician

This presentation discusses the different career paths in criminal justice, including law enforcement, police officer, private investigator, and forensic science technician. It covers the qualifications and requirements for each career and provides references for further reading.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

 Careers in criminal justice are found at the state level, national
level, and local levels, in addition to in private sector.
 It is stated by United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, from
year 2016, 3 millions employees were hired in the area of
criminal justice.
Introduction

The US criminal justice system is comprised of three parts
called branches: Law enforcement, Corrections and the Courts.
There are various pathways toward the career with degree in
criminal justice such as police officers career, law enforcement,
detective and private investigator careers and the forensic
Science Technician.

This Criminal Justice Career Path includes the remedies to end
the violation of the law.
It secures the blameless persons.
It is the primary step to catch the performers and collecting
proof that may be later used in the law court.
Criminal Justice Career Path 1: The Law Enforcement

The employment opportunities in law enforcement sector would
be present for persons who practice them and appropriately
prepare for interview and test connected with employment
procedure for job.
Excellent reference for salary data is Bureau of Labor
Statistics and job Profile where statistical information about the
job can be finding.

Police is known for arresting the wrongdoers or bad people,
however there is really a lot more to the role.
Police officers perform in the atmosphere, which may be risky,
bodily challenging and hectic.
Criminal Justice Career Path 2: Police officer

Formal education is not essential to work as police, more
departments are seeking those who have taken the degree and are
ready to handle the high level of administration-
1. High school diploma
2. Minimum essential requirements
3. Bachelor’s degree
4. Entrance exam
5. Graduate from police academy
Qualification for law enforcement and police
officer

Private investigators examine and search the facts regarding data
pertaining to individual, economic, and permissible matters.
As with most careers with the criminal justice degree, the
private investigators and detectives are required to be highly
professional for this.
Criminal justice career path 3: Private
investigators and detectives

Experience in exploratory job is very useful, and private
detectives and investigators required the license to do in most
states.
Getting the criminal investigation or criminal justice degree and
functioning as the detective may be helpful economically.

The Forensic devices are becoming more complicated as the
technique quickly advances.
 In this way, in present time a person can become the forensic
science technician online.
Criminal Justice career path 4: Forensic science technician

As per the above analysis, it can be said that there are various
options in criminal justice system.
 There are various elements like knowledge, experience and
qualification, which affect the salary or wages.
Conclusion

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 DeLisi, M., Tahja, K., Drury, A. J., Caropreso, D., Elbert, M., &
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