Career Resources for Students in Criminology

Navigate this page:

• Resources at Career Services
• General Information
• Careers with the Federal Gov't
• Think Tank Directories
• Advocacy Organizations
• Law Enforcement at the State & Local Levels
• Private Employers
• Think Tanks that do not work in the fields of crime and criminal justice
• Forensics

 

Resources at Career Services

Books in the Career Services Library: Search the Library database by the category "Legal" to find a complete list of holdings in this area.

General Information

• The US Department of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook
• The Riley Guide on careers in law enforcement and protective services
• American Society of Criminologists
• The ASC's useful and extensive page of links
  

Careers with the Federal Government

• Civilian Marines: (The Career Communities section offers a bit more info about what types of opportunities are available in the Civilian Marines)
• Department of Justice
• The DOJ's list of affiliated agencies
• Central Intelligence Agency
• National Security Agency
• USA Jobs

Think Tank Directories

• Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World, a list compiled by the University of Connecticut's Department of Economics
• National Institute for Research Advancement's World Directory of Think Tanks

Advocacy Organizations

• National Center for Victims of Crime

Law Enforcement at the State and Local Levels

• American Jail Association
• Philadelphia Police
• NYPD
• Official Directory of State Troopers
• Officer.com

Private Employers

• Booz Allen Hamilton
• CSC
• Electronic Data Systems
• Kroll, The Risk Consulting Company
• SRA International

Think Tanks that do work in the fields of crime and criminal justice

• American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research The Brookings Institution
  Cato Institute
• Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
• National Center for Policy Analysis
• Center for Sex Offender Management
• Center for National Security Studies
• Center for Public Policy, Temple University
• Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
• The CNA Corporation
• The Heritage Foundation
• The Independent Institute
• The Institute for Law and Justice
• RAND

Forensics

• American Academy of Forensic Science
• American Society of Crime Labs Directors
• The International Association for Identification>
• Reddy’s Forensics Page (lots of great links)
• Crime Scene Investigations.net
• Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine