KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEPARTMENT NEWS

LEGAL CAREERS TALK: Academic Forum 102, March 16th at 4:30 p.m.

2011-02-19T13:26:00.000-05:00

First Steps is a speaker series organized by the Women's Center during the month of March. Its goal is to connect students with professionals working in their fields of interest and allowing the students to find out how they can get that first job after graduation.

Attorney Donna Steslow, KU Associate Professor in the College of Business is speaking about her legal career. This is an opportunity for students interested in law, criminal justice, law enforcement, sociology or other related careers.

SAVE THE DATE: March 30, 2011 CAREER DEVELOPMENT DAY

2011-02-19T13:05:00.000-05:00

The Department of Criminal Justice, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Career Development Center will jointly sponsor a Career Development Day on March 30th 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. in the McFarland Student Union, Room 218. There will be a keynote speaker and 7 panels comprised of professionals from various fields in Criminal Justice. More details will be posted later. Students from any major are welcome.

NSA Offers 2011 Student Summer Program

2010-09-29T13:03:00.004-04:00

From the NSA website:
"NSA's Intelligence Analysis Program offers rising college seniors the opportunity to receive training in a multi-faceted cryptologic discipline that involves research, analysis, and the presentation of findings that enable us to provide the fullest possible Signals Intelligence picture to U.S. policymakers, military commanders, and other Intelligence Community members."

This is a 12-week paid program. Most CRJ majors would not qualify although those with strong computer and/or international backgrounds might. Application deadline is October 31, 2010. Details at http://tinyurl.com/nsasummer

1500 Border Patrol Positions authorized

2010-09-29T10:50:00.001-04:00

Legislation authorizing 1500 additional U.S. Border Patrol positions was passed on August 12, 2010 by Congress. In a time a layoffs and hiring freezes in many criminal justice agencies, this is welcome news. The market is increasingly competitive. For example, there were 1294 people applying for the Allentown Police Department test last summer; most likely only a few will be hired. According to one person who took the same test years ago, there were nearly three times as many applicants this time.

Homeland Security as a Career

2010-03-03T17:53:00.000-05:00

Dr. Logan just called my attention to an article on the Government Executive.com website that should make job seekers think twice or three times about career paths. There are over 200,000 contractors to the Department of Homeland Security but only 188,000 federal employees. Take a look at http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0210/022410e1.htm (posted by Marc Renzema)

Drs. AnnMarie and Gary Cordner receive NIJ Grant

2009-12-03T11:01:00.001-05:00

The doctors Cordner have received a grant of approximately $250,000 to study the management of the U.S. law enforcement workforce. Specific issues addressed will include planning, turnover, retention, and the roles of training academies and college criminal justice programs in preparing people for police employment. Methods will include random sample surveys of criminal justice agencies and of criminal justice educators. Also sampled will be students from five universities. A final part of the research will be case studies of 10 police agencies. The grant will run for 18 months from January 2010.

Dr. Gary Cordner presenting in Washington, December 11th

2009-12-02T15:01:00.002-05:00

Prof. Gary Cordner will be one of the presenters at the December 11th conference on "From the Academy to Retirement: A Journey Through the Policing Lifecycle" sponsored by the U.S. National Institute of Justice Office of Justice Programs.

Professor Cordner is one of several co-investigators on the National Police Research Platform, a 3-year federally-funded demonstration project aimed at developing a more in-depth understanding of the "life course" of police officers and police organizations. Longitudinal data are being collected from police recruits and new police sergeants in Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, and Kentucky. Annual surveys are also being administered to sworn and nonsworn employees in a small sample of police agencies around the country. Police departments in Allentown, Bethlehem, Emmaus, and Catasauqua are among those participating in the study.

Substantial need by CIA for uniformed police officers; good pay; DC area.

2009-10-14T14:04:00.001-04:00

Prof. Logan sent me this:
A couple of good links for our students and grads.
https://www.cia.gov/careers/opportunities/support-professional/security-protective-officer.html
https://www.cia.gov/careers/opportunities/support-professional/security-professional.html
https://www.cia.gov/careers/opportunities/support-professional/contract-specialist-entry-level.html
https://www.cia.gov/careers/student-opportunities/students-support.html

#9 on CNN's list of the 50 best jobs in America: Intelligence Analyst

2009-10-14T13:59:00.000-04:00

More info at http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/2009/snapshots/9.html There are already 51,000 of them. Median pay is 82K. (Information found by Prof. Logan)

Advice on getting a job in the "intelligence community"

2009-09-11T15:53:00.001-04:00

Today's entry in a blog by Prof. Kristan Wheaton of Mercyhurst College's Institute of Intelligence studies has excellent advice on finding jobs in intelligence and crime analysis. Go here.
--link contributed by Prof. Logan

Fifth of jobs U.S. government will fill in 2010-2012 will be security related

2009-09-05T11:23:00.003-04:00

That's the headline at the Homeland Security Newswire available here. The article goes on to note an anticipated hiring of 52,077 people for security related jobs in the next two fiscal years of which 34,500 will be in Homeland Security.
--contributed by Prof. G. Cordner

A Super Link for your federal job hunt strategy.

2009-09-05T11:09:00.002-04:00

How many people work for each agency? How many were hired last year? How many people is each agency expecting to hire over the next two years? Go here. Note that the subjeads for each agency are links that lead you to sites with more information.

Let the CIA pay for college?

2009-09-02T13:56:00.003-04:00

As I was prospecting for possible internship sites, I encountered a scholarship program run by the CIA. It's open to sophomores with Math+Verbal SAT of >1000 and a GPA of >3.0. There are many more conditions and restrictions with preference given to minorities and the disabled. The deadline is October 15th. Should you be selected, it pays $18,000 per year! More information here.

Police jobs in PA

2009-08-31T14:10:00.006-04:00

http://www.911hotjobs.com/ is currently listing jobs in Warminister Twp., Lancaster Co, and Lincoln, PA. For Warminister, applications close Oct. 2nd. As of today, http://www.discoverpolicing.org/ has 69 police jobs listed in PA.

Dr. Kevorkian speaks at KU September 20th

2009-08-30T17:38:00.007-04:00

Dr. Jack Kevorkian: “Civil Rights, Civil Disobedience and Criminal Justice”
September 20, 7 p.m. (Sunday)
Schaeffer Auditorium

Dr. Kevorkian assisted 130 gravely ill people in committing suicide and subsequently served eight years in prison for second-degree murder. His speech promises to provide unparalled first-hand insights into its titled subjects. ~~More information and a link to free but mandatory tickets are available at~~ ~~http://tinyurl.com/kevorktix~~ UPDATE ON 9/11/09: no more tickets are available. Audio will be available on KU's website.

Police employment resources

2009-08-29T12:10:00.003-04:00

This is a great resource for students looking for police jobs: http://www.discoverpolicing.org/. For federal jobs, also see: http://www.usajobs.gov/.

--contributed by Prof. G. Cordner

CRJ Honor Society

2009-08-26T09:40:00.004-04:00

Did you know that KU has a chapter of the national criminal justice honor society, Alpha Phi Sigma? Membership requirements are CRJ major or minor, a 3.2 GPA (overall + in CRJ), and at least 1/3 through the degree and the major/minor. Each semester we invite eligible students to join. So, get your GPA up there!

For information, contact Pietro Toggia (toggia@kutztown.edu) or Gary Cordner (cordner@kutztown.edu)