Careers for the Criminal Justice Major by 
If You Don't Laugh You'll Cry: The Occupational Humor of White Wisconsin Prison Workers by Staffing Jobs in a Correctional Facility
The unit 1 assignment requires you to create a PowerPoint presentation and identify different staffing jobs in a correctional facility in your home state. Focus on the following:
The correctional facility could be an adult male or female facility or a juvenile detention center. You could also look at a federal facility housed in your state. You should use a minimum of three valid academic resources.
Use the resources on this page to help you respond to the points of your presentation.
Below are suggested keywords to try on the SEARCH page of this guide and in any of the suggested databases below.
Finding Journal Articles and other Publications
To search for reputable journal articles, search ProQuest Criminal Justice, a subset of ProQuest Central that focuses just on the law enforcement-related journals provided by ProQuest. This helps focus your research and cuts out publication types unlikely to have good info on this topic like newspapers.
Finding Articles in Reference Sources - Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Looking for a great database to begin your research? Credo Reference and Gale eBooks provides simple topic overviews.
Below is a search example in Credo Reference:
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