You are encouraged to work as early as possible in your academic career with
UW-L Career Services.
Career Services has a wide variety of services that are available to you in your exploration and preparation for a career after leaving UW-L. In addition to the websites listed below, there are several books on careers in criminal justice related fields that might be useful:
Careers in Criminal Justice and Related Fields: From Internship to
Professionalism,
by J. Scott Harr and Karen M. Hess. 2005. Wadsworth
Publishing. Arco Master
the Police Officer Exam, by Acro Publishing Staff. 2005. Peterson's Publishing.
Careers in Criminal Justice 3.0 Interactive CD-ROM, by Wadsworth.
2004. Wadsworth Publishing.
Women in Law Enforcement Careers: A Guide for Preparing and
Succeeding, by Vivian B. Lord and Kenneth J. Peak. 2004.
Prentice Hall Publishing.
Wadsworth Guide to Careers in Criminal Justice, by Wadsworth
Publishing Staff. 2003. Thomson Learning
From College to Career: A Guide for
Criminal Justice Majors, by Barbara Peat. 2003. Allyn &
Bacon, Inc. Criminal Justice and
Criminology: A Career Guide to Local, State, Federal, and Academic
Positions, by James F. Anderson, Laronistine Dyson, and Nancie J.
Mangels. 2003. University of America Press.
Opportunities in Law Enforcement and
Criminal Justice Careers Revised. Ed., by James D. Stinchcomb,
Forward by David B. Kalinich. 2002. McGraw-Hill Companies.
Your Criminal Justice Career: A Guidebook,
by The Justice Research Association, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
and Frank Schmalleger. 2002. Prentice Hall Publishing.
Careers in Criminal Justice, by W.
Richard Stephens. 2001. Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
Great Jobs for Criminal Justice Majors,
by Stephen E. Lambert and Debra Regan. 2001. McGraw-Hill
Companies. Careers in
Criminology, by Marilyn Morgan. 2000. McGraw-Hill
Companies. Careers in Criminal
Justice: The Inside Story, by William Hinkle. Sheffield
Publishing Company. Career
Planning in Criminal Justice, by Robert C. De Lucia and Thomas J.
Doyle. 1998. LexisNexis Matthew Bender Publishing.
You can find these books at any bookstore website such as Barnes and Noble.
Professor Vogt also has several of these books that may be borrowed for short periods of time.
The UW-L library has several criminal justice career books available to
check out.
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Criminal Justice Career Related
Websites
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Marriage & Family Therapy- WI
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Private Detective- WI
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Private Security Guard- WI
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Training and Standards
Bureau- WI
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- Scholarships:
Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance - Police Corps Scholarship Information
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Professional Organizations- links to career & graduate school resources
- ACJS - Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
American Society of Criminology
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Graduate Programs
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Link Through U. of Nebraska-Lincoln to Graduate Program Listings in Criminology and Criminal Justice
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