Criminal Justice

CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFOGRAPHIC "Criminal justice professional encompasses many different specialties." Learn about top related degrees, FBI official crime stats in 2014, and get some great Criminal Justice book recommendations. Some of the Top Related Degrees for a Career in Criminal Justice CRIMINAL JUSTICE LAW ENFORCEMENT FORENSIC SCIENCE ..... CRIMINOLOGY SOCIOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY FORENSIC CRIMINAL SOME OF THE BEST CRIMINAL JUSTICE BOOKS EVER LAW ENFORCEMENT - The Will to Survive, by Bobby Smith Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement, by Kevin Gilmartin - Cops Don't Cry, by Vali Stone AMERICAN SOCIETY - There are No Children Here, by Alex Kotlowitz - The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things, by Barry Glasner - The Rich Get Richer the Poor Get Prison, by Jeffrey Reiman CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil, by Philip Zimbardo - Inside the Criminal Mind, by Dr. Stanton Samenow CRIMINAL LAWYERS - Born Again, by Chuck Colson Gunning for Justice, by Gerry Spence - The Defense Never Rests, by F. Lee Bailey - My Life in Court, by Louis Nizer - The Nine, by Jeffrey Toobin MENTAL HEALTH - Handbook of Forensic Mental Health, by Keith Soothill ETHICS - The Death Penalty in America: Current Controversies, by Adam Bedau - A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest Gaines VICTIMOLOGY - Homicide: The Hidden Victims: A Resource for Professionals (Interpersonal Violence: The Practice Series), by Deborah Spungen - Helping Victims of Violent Crime: Assessment, Treatment, and Evidence-Based Practice (Springer Series on Social Work), by Albert R. Roberts - Good Practice in the Law and Safeguarding Adults: Criminal Justice and Adult Protection (Good Practice in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice), by Jacki Pritchard - Victims of Crime and Punishment : Interviews with Victims, Convicts, Their Families, and Support Groups, by Shirley Dicks - The Praeger Handbook of Victimology, by Janet K. Wilson CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND WOMEN - The Criminal Justice System And Women: Offenders, Victims, and Workers, by Barbara Raffel Price FICTION - Twelve Angry Men, by Reginald Rose - The Trial, by Franz Kafka - To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Policing 'Domestic' Violence: Women, the Law and the State, by Susan S. M. Edwards - Safe Passage to Healing: A Guide for Survivors of Ritual Abuse, by Chrystine Oksana - A Child Called It, by David Pelzer BASICS - Report Writing for Criminal Justice Professionals, by Larry S. Miller and John T. Whitehead - Criminal Justice Information (How to Find It, How to Use It), by Dennis C. Benamati Crime Rate in the US, 2014 (rate per 100,000 Inhabitants) Violent crime rate Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate 216,20 Rape (revised definition) rate3 365,50 Rape (legacy definition) rate4 Robbery rate Aggravated assault rate Burglary rate Motor vehicle theft rate 36,60 542,50 102,20 232,50 Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate - 4,50/100,000 Inhabitants Rape (legacy definition) rate4 - 26,40/100,000 Inhabitants Population in 2014 - 318857056. Population are U.S. Census Bureau provisional estimates as of July 1 3 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were estimated using the revised UCR definition of rape. 4 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were estimated using the legacy UCR definition of rape. made by: WRITERS PER HOUR Sources: https://writersperhour.com http://criminologycareers.about.com/od/Salary_Outlook/tp/The-Highest-Paying-Jobs-In-Criminology-And- Criminal-Justice.01.htm https://fbi.gov http://www.criminaljusticedegreehub.com/50-books/