He finds that most of his studies are in the areas of punishment and corrections. He's going to the Ukraine in May with a group of law enforcement officials to examine policing but the trip could also include time to travel to 20 prisons and local jails. For students who remember Erik you'll find him at the American Society of Criminology conference in November. Clay Basser-Wall , a student who took CJA classes, is now in law school at Vanderbilt. New Electronic Journal Professor Pat Jackson is the editor of a new journal, the Western Criminology Review , the official journal of the Western Society of Criminology.
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The journal is archived at the SSU Salazar Library and is free. The justice field employs a large number of people, and needs will increase as new jobs open up and baby boomers retire. You can see the projections for yourself by looking at this much used and useful link to the Labor Department's estimates of employment needs for a wide variety of occupations, including how many lawyers, probation officers, private security, law enforcement, correctional officer, social worker and other occupations will have openings over the next few years. Locally there are needs in the area of public probation, nonprofit community service, law enforcement and hundreds of other areas. The Department posts positions made available on bulletin boards but they are incomplete.