| A lot of students considering a civil
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| | seem a more secure niche, unexpected
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| service career think that a criminal
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| | surprises can develop –
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| justice degree is only good for being a
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| | particularly in the intake zone. And when
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| law enforcement officer or, in
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| | things get out of hand in a prison, they
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| combination with a legal degree, a
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| | tend to escalate quickly.
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| criminal lawyer. Here are a whole range
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| | Homeland Security
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| of criminal justice career choices that
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| | Responsible to prevent, detect, respond
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| many degree-holders overlook, but are
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| | to, and recover from acts of terrorism.
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| well worth consideration:
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| | Currently a high-profile job to say the
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| Social Work/ Personal Cases
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| | least, and not for the faint of heart,
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| These may include child support and child
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| | but you can count on lots of federal
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| protective services, missing persons,
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| | support during this time of national
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| domestic violence and spousal or elderly
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| | crisis. You'll be working with other
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| abuse. Domestic legal social work is
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| | federal agencies as well, such as the FBI
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| often identified as having extreme pros
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| | and CIA, military counter-intelligence,
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| and cons to it. On the one hand, you're
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| | and the NSA. The specialties with the
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| working to make everyone's home life
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| | Department of Homeland Security include
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| better. On the other, the work can be
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| | collecting and sorting data on potential
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| stressful when confronting a perpetrator
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| | threats, surveillance, investigation, and
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| or heart-wrenching when confronting a
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| | assessing and alerting other agencies to
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| victim. Social workers will work with law
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| | potential threats.
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| enforcement officers to assess a domestic
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| | Private Detective/ Investigator
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| situation, monitor a case to ensure that
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| | The number-one most mythologized
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| the desires of the court are carried out,
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| | profession, misrepresented in movies and
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| and make further recommendations to the
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| | television about equally with spies. As
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| court for the disposal of cases.
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| | opposed to the high drama and dangerous
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| Criminal Investigators and Special Agents
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| | intrigue portrayed in fiction, your
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| Also known as "the Feds". Working in
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| | typical jobs as a private investigator
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| federal investigations is a whole new
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| | might include tracking cheating spouses,
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| ball game compared to municipal police
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| | gathering evidence for private attorneys
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| work. As for special agents, these are
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| | in civil cases, or investigating spurious
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| not limited to the FBI; nearly every
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| | claims for an insurance company. Leave
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| federal agency has some type of special
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| | your Magnum, your Porche, and your nubile
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| agent. These include the Department of
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| | blond mistresses home – but always
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| Homeland Security, the Environmental
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| | carry a notepad and pen.
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| Protection Agency, the Internal Revenue
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| | Criminal Intelligence
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| Service's Criminal Investigation
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| | Well away from any street work, the
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| Division, the United States Marshals
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| | criminal intelligence agent works behind
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| Service, the U.S. Secret Service, U.S.
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| | the scenes, gathering data on gang
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| Postal Inspection Service, and the
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| | members, fugitives, and organized crime
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| National Park Service. Special agent work
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| | and logging it into databases where it
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| is a way to combine a criminal justice
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| | will be accessible to officers and
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| career with many other fields of
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| | detectives in the field. This is often an
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| government work and specialty interests.
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| | under-recognized profession but obviously
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| Immigration and Customs Inspectors
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| | essential; when the officer types a gang
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| These are the public servants who control
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| | member's name into the computer in his
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| access of persons and property into and
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| | patrol car and discovers the identities
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| out of the United States. Quite a
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| | of the other five members of that gang, a
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| high-profile job lately, with today's
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| | criminal intelligence worker at the base
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| concerns over terrorism. A challenging
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| | made this possible.
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| job, with being able to speak multiple
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| | Computer Crime
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| languages fluently a big plus (in some
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| | Not a specific specialty just yet, but
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| cases a requirement). Sometimes your
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| | dealing with the cyber-side of criminal
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| biggest concern will not be stopping a
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| | justice is one of the most in-demand
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| terrorist, but preventing a confused, but
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| | fields as the number of computers in
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| innocent person from being mistaken for
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| | society grows each year. You'll of course
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| one! In addition, you maybe on the spot
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| | need to combine your criminal justice
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| to check or clear visiting diplomats and
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| | degree with a computer science degree.
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| dignitaries from other lands.
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| | Crimes committed through or with a
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| Police Detectives
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| | computer may include fraud, offensive
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| This is usually an after-the-fact
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| | content, harassment and hate groups, drug
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| officer. The law enforcement officer does
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| | trafficking, and cyberterrorism. If you
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| the arresting; you just solve the crimes.
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| | imagined computer viruses or email scams
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| Be aware that it's hardly the glamorous
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| | were perpetrated by individual kids,
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| job Hollywood movies would have you
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| | think again: Computer fraud and data
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| believe; your reality will be day-to-day
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| | theft is actually an international
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| mundane tasks such as collecting forensic
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| | organized crime operation and a
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| evidence, checking background records,
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| | multi-billion dollar per year industry!
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| interviewing witnesses, and testifying in
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| | Police departments also need forensic
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| court. Police detectives are of course
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| | data analysts on hand to find and recover
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| categorized into many department
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| | evidence which may be on a suspect's
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| specialties. Robbery and burglary alone
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| | computer and may have been encrypted or
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| accounts for a very large portion of
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| | deleted. In the future, a special
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| police detective work.
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| | department may be created within the
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| Correctional Officers and Jailers
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| | criminal justice system to deal with this
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| Well, that's pretty self-explanatory,
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| | special category, as currently many
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| isn't it? You'll be responsible for the
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| | police departments have to outsource
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| care, custody, and control of inmates,
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| | their computer-related work.
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| whether they have been arrested and are
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| | This list hardly scratches the surface of
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| awaiting trial or have been convicted of
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| | every career opportunity available in the
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| a crime and sentenced to serve time in
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| | criminal justice field, but should
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| jail. A prison or jail is a controlled
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| | provide a broad sample of what's out
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| environment which in many ways is a
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| | there. Far from regular street police
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| microcosm of a society, with it's own
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| | work, there are career opportunities to
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| challenges to face. While the controlled
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| | satisfy every interest and skill set.
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| environment of the jail or prison will
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