Careers in Criminal Justice: Career Sources on the Web

Typical day, job responsibilities, career advice and some related career statistics.

O*NET OnLine provides comprehensive occupational descriptions and data for use by job seekers, workforce development offices, human resources professionals, students, researchers, and others.

Detailed information about careers and specific types of jobs. Each entry includes salary range information, employment prospects, required training and job descriptions.

Annual publication of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Provides information on job prospects, educational requirements, salary expectations, etc.

Search for information on criminal justice careers, job openings and opportunities through this massive website sponsored by the US Department of Labor. The site lists state job banks, as well as job sites, career information resources and much more. Search by keyword (enforcement, police, correction, etc.) for specific information.

Useful listing of links to criminal justice sites, including employment opportunity websites.

Online version of the magazine contains job listings.

Lists academic and research-relatd openings in the field of criminal justice for those with advanced degrees.

Although this is not a career, job or internship site, it does provide an easy to use listing of the major local, state and federal criminal justice agencies. Each agency has an “employment” section that lists currently available jobs, job opportunities or general information about employment in that agency.

A very comprehensive website containing detailed information for those seeking to work as correctional officers. The site contains salary data, state-by-state employment information, training information and much, much more.

Well organized listing of Federal (and state) agencies, statistics on law enforcement hiring by type of position and by agency and much more information. This site also provides information on the application process.

A website devoted to careers in criminal justice. Site includes information about opportunities in the local, state, federal and private sectors. Links to and information on training, testing, careers and jobs in law enforcement.

Website that promotes, lists and describes Federal career and internship opportunities.

Registration required. Ability to search for positions and submit resumes through the website.

Information on the Training Bureau, its training program and financial aid.

Listing of various career opportunities, requirements for each category and financial and other support for education.

Employment opportunities as well as a map of New York State by county. Clicking on the county brings up a list of law enforcement agencies for that county and its constituent towns and cities.

The Vera Institute is a not-for-profit policy making organization and think tank devoted to criminal justice issues. The Institute has three locations (including one in the New York) and often works in partnership with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.

Written by Director of the School of Justice Studies at Rasmussen College, this is an annotated listing of 20 criminal justice related blogs.

Searchable blog on the Homeland Security Digital Library site.

Written by a graduate of the Boston University Masters of Criminal Justice program, this blog contains a lot of very valuable and uniquely presented information on criminal justice education and career planning. Well worth a visit.

Lots of discussions about police and law enforcement exams can be viewed here. To participate and post to threads requires (free) registration.

Want to know where the jobs are?
This document reports the number of sworn and non-sworn personnel over a four year period on a local, state or federal level. Most interesting are the rankings of local, county and state law enforcement agencies with the highest growth rate (in employment). The report also ranks the largest law enforcement agencies serving in public colleges, public school districts as well as in various state agencies.

This report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports average earnings and employment for state, local and institutional law enforcement.

An FBI statistical survey of law enforcement employment, searchable by state, county and city. Provides number of law enforcement personnel as well as population statistics for each locality

Department of Justice statistical analysis of employment trends on the local, state and federal levels.