Useful Websites and References
Online Resources
The Academy: South Bay Regional Public Safety Training – training for law enforcement, firefighters, emergency dispatchers and EMTs- California Employment Development Department – information on statewide employment, labor market data, job search tools
- FederalLawEnforcement.org – information about federal law enforcement careers
- POST: California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training – information on statewide hiring and training standards
- POST: Law Enforcement Job Opportunities – listings for local and state agencies
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs – information about federal law enforcement programs, research and training
Textbooks and References
CJ 2018 (James Fagin), Pearson Publishing – an introduction to administration of justice- Corrections in America (Harry Allen, Edward Latessa and Bruce Ponder), Pearson Publishing – crime, corrections and society
- Criminal Investigation (Charles Swanson, Neil Chamelin, Leonard Territo and Robert Taylor), McGraw-Hill Companies – criminal investigations, crime lab practices
- Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science (Richard Saferstein), Pearson Publishing – crime lab practices
- Criminal Procedure: From First Contact to Appeal (John Worrall), Pearson Publishing – principles and procedures of the justice system
- Juvenile Justice: A Social, Historical and Legal Perspective (Preston Elrod and L. Scott Ryder), Jones & Bartlett Learning
- Restorative Justice in the United States (Clifford Dorne), Prentice Hall – alternatives to legal proceedings and incarceration, integration of individuals into society