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Earnings Potential
Median salaries vary depending on the specific profession, but most people who work in the juvenile justice system will make between $20-25,000 a year. If you work your way to superintendent of a facility you can make up to $80,000 a year.
Juvenile Justice Facts at a glance
- Juvenile Justice is a field that requires a college education to get far in the field.
- Several concentrations can be studied in order to gain employment in the juvenile justice field.
- Because of what is happening with youth and crime in our society, there are many openings for juvenile justice specialists.
Examples and or details of work
Many juvenile justice jobs involve the counseling of ®deviant children.® Most of the people that are counseled have already been arrested and/or convicted of crimes and sent to a juvenile detention center. While other positions require research in topics like deviance and criminology in order to figure out what goes on in the mind of kids who commit or could commit crimes. Currently researchers of juvenile justice are worried about the gap closing between juvenile justice and criminal justice that has occurred in the last 20 years.
Required Courses for Degree Completion
Classes needed to complete the degree can include, but are not limited to, criminal justice, sociology, deviance, communication courses and math courses.
Specific Career openings in this field
Jobs in criminal justice include counselor, organizational and evaluation services, director of programs, professor, detective and field investigator.
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