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Career Choices for Criminology Majors
Career choices in justice studies are plentiful on the national, state or local level. Our graduates have found careers in many of the following areas.
- in civil and human rights areas
- in courts with positions such as lawyers, bailiffs, or child advocates
- with consumer rights groups
- in corrections as detention officers, probation or parole officers, or counselors
- in law enforcement, private security, or loss prevention
- with the homeless
- as government researchers
- in peace and justice
- in higher education
- in non-profit agencies
- in victim advocacy
- in pursuit of a masters' or doctoral degree
- in the U.S. Marshals
- in probation and parole
- in the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics
- in homes for at-risk youth
- in juvenile court mediation
- in city and state law enforcement
- in the victim's assistance program
- in forensic interviewing
- in the mental health courts
Other Helpful Resources:
FEDERAL COURTS
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
Central for Law and Social Policy
Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC)
National Center for State Courts
National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Supreme Court Opinions from the Legal Information Institute
U.S. Supreme Court—full text cases
OKLAHOMA STATE COURTS
Oklahoma State Courts Network (OSCN)
FEDERAL CORRECTIONS
Corrections Connection
National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD)
National Youth Gang Center (NYGC)
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
American Correctional Association
American Probation and Parole Association
Federal Bureau of Prisons
OKLAHOMA STATE CORRECTIONS
Oklahoma Department of Corrections
Oklahoma Correctional Association
Oklahoma Correctional Industries
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
Counterterrorist Organization Profiles
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Law Enforcement Jobs Employment
Terrorism Documents
Terrorist Group Profiles
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)
OKLAHOMA STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI)
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics & Dangerous Drugs (OBN)
Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET)
Oklahoma Law Enforcement Links
Alcoholic Beverage Law Enforcement Commission (ABLE)
INTERNATIONAL
Amnesty International
Global Bibliography of Prison Systems
United Nations Human Rights Website
ASSOCIATIONS
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)
Academy of Behavioral Profiling
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
American Bar Association
American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
American Correctional Association
American Jail Association
American Probation & Parole Association (APPA)
American Society of Criminology (ASC)
International Association of Chiefs of Police
International Association of Women Police
American Sociological Association
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