LAW ENFORCEMENT |
The following federal agencies hire
CJS graduates
in positions of
criminal investigator or "special agent": Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms U.S. Customs Department of Labor Drug Enforcement Administration Federal Bureau of Investigation Environmental Protection Agency Immigration and Naturalization Internal Revenue Service Secret Service Department of Transportation Department of Agriculture Department of Defense Naval Investigative Service Inspector General Department of Health & Human Services Fish and Wildlife Service Postal Service |
(Local, State, Federal) Patrol officer (local) Conservation officer Sheriff's deputy State Department of Revenue agent State trooper Juvenile officer Crime prevention officer DARE(Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Community relations officer Investigator(state-county-city) Deputy U.S. marshal Border patrol agent Investigator, Office of Personnel Management |
CORRECTIONS |
Correctional counselor Classification officer Jail administrator Living unit supervisor Warden, assistant warden Superintendent Parole officer Casework services supervisors Cottage parent/counselor Juvenile counselor |
Correctional staff supervisor Director of clinical services Director of inmate classification Jail/corrections officer Child welfare caseworker Community program managers Pre-release program counselor Pre-release program employment counselor Pre-release program halfway house manager Substance abuse specialist Special needs assistant |
COURTS (including probation or parole) |
Attorney(after Law School) Paralegal/legal aid counselor Juvenile probation officer Adult probation officer Intensive probation officer Community resources officer Court administrator Court liaison counselor Court representative Child and youth counselor Crisis counselor Runaway counselor |
Pre-trial services officer, U.S. district courts Release-on-own-recognizance(ROR) interviewer Support services coordinator Victim/witness services personnel Director of court services Chief probation officer/director Federal probation officer Restitution program director |
PRIVATE & INDUSTRIAL SECURITY |
Detective (retail, undercover, private, hotel, etc.) Private investigator Insurance claims investigator Insurance fraud investigator Security director Loss prevention specialist Credit investigator Investigator (airline, hotel, insurance) Insurance claims adjuster Extradition officer |
RELATED OCCUPATIONS |
Community college instructor University professor Criminal justice researcher Criminal justice planner |
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