Resources

Research

• Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPRS)
• National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
• National Institute of Corrections
• National Institute of Justice
• Prentice Hall's Cybrary (CJ directory)
• Wayne State University's Library Catalog
• Criminal justice abstracts

Associations

• The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)
• The American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section
• American Society of Criminology (ASC)
• American Correctional Association (ACA)

Careers

Career opportunities in criminal justice include roles as law enforcement officers, supervisors, and executives; criminal justice investigators working for public defenders, prosecutors, fire departments, and insurance companies; correctional officers for whom a college degree is mandatory, such as probation officers, parole officers, and community corrections specialists. Other specialized roles in criminal justice include juvenile probation officers, volunteer administrators, criminologists, forensic scientists, forensic psychologists, medical examiners, and policy analysts.  

Federal government jobs 

• usajobs.opm.gov
• govtjobs.com

Law enforcement

• Local criminal justice agencies
• policeemployment.com
• probationofficeredu.org
• officer.com/jobs

Other criminal justice career-related websites 

• Criminal Justice USA
• University of North Carolina at Wilmington Career Services

Books

S. Henry and W. Hinkle (eds.) Careers in Criminal Justice: The Inside Story 2nd Ed. Salem, WI: Sheffield Publishing Company. First edition, published as Inside Jobs, 1994.