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Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary

Also called: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Criminal Justice Professor, Professor

What they do:

Teach courses in criminal justice, corrections, and law enforcement administration. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

On the job, you would:
  • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as criminal law, defensive policing, and investigation techniques.
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
On the job, you'll need:

Education and Training

  • teaching and course design

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Safety and Government

  • law and government
  • public safety and security

Business

  • customer service

Basic Skills

  • talking to others
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

People and Technology Systems

  • thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • communicate by writing

Ideas and Logic

  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
  • use rules to solve problems

Social

People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.

  • Dependability
  • Integrity
  • Self Control
  • Independence
  • Attention to Detail
  • Stress Tolerance

Word processing software

  • Google Docs
  • Microsoft Word

Computer based training software

  • Distance learning software
  • Learning management system LMS

Electronic mail software

  • Email software
  • Microsoft Outlook

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Job Outlook

The job outlook for this position is Average.

New job opportunities are likely in the future.

Median Annual Salary: $64,990

Education

Master's degree or doctoral degree is usually needed.