Identifying a Career Path

Interview 3 criminal justice professionals from different areas of the criminal justice field in your local jurisdiction. Make sure you obtain the following information:

• The first name and the last initial of the interviewee
• The name of the interviewee's department
• The interviewee's specific interests in becoming the criminal justice professional that he or she is (this could vary depending upon the interviewee's response)
• The interviewee's department hiring requirements (e.g., initial testing, physical agility, background investigation [including the length of time for completion], or medical and psychological testing
• The interviewee's description of his or her initial training, where it took place (i.e., police academy or related training facility), and how long the training lasted
• The interviewee's department's probationary time and successful completion requirements

In essay format, write a report that includes the above information and focuses on the following as well:

• How the interviewee became interested in his or her particular field of criminal justice
• The career inquiries the interviewee made that led him or her to his or her job position
• The hiring process that he or she had to partake in and the training required once hired
• The probationary time required for successful completion of the training
• A critique of his or her descriptions and a brief comparison of differences in job requirements