Baker College
Research Guides
CRJ 2810 Criminal Justice Work Experience I
Associations
- American Correctional Association (ACA) "Founded in 1870 as the National Prison Association, ACA is the oldest association developed specifically for practitioners in the correctional profession." (ACA website)
- American Jail Association (AJA) "The American Jail Association (AJA) is a national, nonprofit organization that supports the professionals who operate our Nation’s jails." (AJA website)
Career Information
- Campus Safety "The most comprehensive source of safety and security content as it relates to hospitals, schools, and universities." (Campus Safety website)
- Correctional News "Founded in 1994, Correctional News is the only news magazine specifically dedicated to correctional facility construction, maintenance and operations." (Correctional News website)
- Corrections Connection "...the single most recognizable brand online for the global community of corrections. Award-winning daily news is at the core of our business, with the most comprehensive database of vendor intelligence in corrections." (Corrections Connection website)
- Officer.com "...Officer.com...designed and built by our audience — police chiefs and sheriffs, department heads, line officers, crime scene investigators, detectives and professional security personnel." (Cygnus Law Enforcement Media website)
- Prison Legal News (PLN) "Prison Legal News, a project of the Human Rights Defense Center, is an independent 64-page monthly magazine that provides cutting edge review and analysis of prisoners' rights, court rulings and news concerning criminal justice-related issues." (PLN website)
Employment Websites
- American Society of Criminology (ASC) "The American Society of Criminology is an international organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency." (ASC website)
- Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) "The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization whose mission is to reduce society’s reliance on incarceration as a solution to social problems." (CJCJ website)
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Mission: "Preempt threats and further US national security objectives by collecting intelligence that matters, producing objective all-source analysis, conducting effective covert action as directed by the President, and safeguarding the secrets that help keep our Nation safe." (CIA website)
- Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) The Federal Bureau of Prisons "was established in 1930 to provide more progressive and humane care for federal inmates, to professionalize the prison service, and to ensure consistent and centralized administration of federal prisons." (BOP website)
- Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) "The mission of the Michigan Department of Corrections is to create a safer Michigan by holding offenders accountable while promoting their success." (MDOC website)
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) "Established in 1972, the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a federally funded resource offering justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide." (NCJRS website)
- U.S. Marshals Service "The duties of the U.S. Marshals Service include protecting the federal judiciary, apprehending federal fugitives, managing and selling seized assets acquired by criminals through illegal activities, housing and transporting federal prisoners and operating the Witness Security Program." (U.S. Marshals Service website)
- Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) "The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program has been the starting place for law enforcement executives, students of criminal justice, researchers, members of the media, and the public at large seeking information on crime in the nation." (UCR website)
- United States Secret Service "Established in 1865 solely to suppress the counterfeiting of U.S. currency, today the Secret Service is mandated by Congress to carry out the integrated missions of protection and investigations." (United States Secret Service website)