Archive for the 'Criminal Justice Job Outlook' Category

Outlook For Criminal Justice Majors: Correctional Officer

Ok, so maybe you want to major is criminal justice, but you don’t like science.  Well, that rules out forensic technician and maybe you don’t really want to spend your eight hours riding in a squad car.  What do you do?  Well my friend, you look into a career as a correctional officer.
The jail population [...]

Outlook For Criminal Justice Majors: Forensic Science Technicians

So you’ve been watching CSI for the past five years and have decided that you want to do what they do.   Just a warning, investigations never move that fast, you are often at a crime scene for hours on end and you have to be a person who pays attention to every detail.  There are [...]

Outlook For Criminal Justice Majors: Police Officers And Detectives

Okay let’s get this started.  With the economy the way it is, it’s tough finding jobs out there, however, being a criminal justice major might give you an advantage.  It seems that most jobs in the criminal justice field are in demand right now.  Matter of fact, one of the fastest growing careers is Forensic [...]