Government decision may boost criminal justice career prospects

Government decision may boost criminal justice career prospects

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has said it will provide funding to help improve the capacity of state, local and tribal criminal justice systems in the area of criminal intellectual property enforcement.

OJP, which is an agency of the Department of Justice, will spend nearly $2 million to support investigation, prosecution, prevention, training and technical assistance activities.

"This funding is important in identifying and stopping criminal activity associated with intellectual property piracy," says Laurie Robinson, acting assistant attorney general.

"These criminal activities are a threat to our national well being and insult to those who create and develop products, goods and services for the benefit of the general public," she adds.

Funding decisions like this will be welcome news to those adults who would like to head back to school to earn a degree in criminal justice and embark on a rewarding and fulfilling career.

The Labor Department estimates that demand for detectives and criminal investigators will grow by a dynamic 17 percent during the decade of 2006-16. It estimates the median annual earnings to be $85,170 in federal government, $68,990 in state government and $68,670 in local government.