This document provides a mix of factual and fictional information about criminal justice. It begins by defining criminal justice as the system aimed at upholding social control and deterring crime. However, it also notes criminal justice involves careers with high stress and the potential for spouses to leave. The document lists types of criminal justice careers and notes both pros of helping people and cons of low pay and danger. It concludes that criminal justice is noble but stressful and the target of stereotypes.

1. RANDOM, POINTLESS, AND
SOMETIMES FICTIONAL
INFORMATION ON
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
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2. WHAT IS CRIMINAL
JUSTICE?
 Professional response: Criminal Justice is the system of practices and institutions of
governments directed at upholding social control, deterring and mitigating crime, or
sanctioning those who violate laws with criminal penalties and rehabilitation efforts.
Those accused of crime have protections against abuse of investigatory and prosecution
powers.
 Not so professional response: A system full of careers for people with heroic
delusions, power hungry urges, high stress levels, a willingness for their spouses to leave
them, ect.
 All the info you need: Wikipedia
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3. TYPES OF CAREERS IN
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
 Police officers
 Correctional staff
 Federal agents
 Forensics
 Paralegal
 Judges
 Super heroes
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4. Do people like CJ majors?
People who dislike
Crack Heads
Pot Heads
Other Drug Heads
Anarachists
Hippies
Terrorists
Hipsters
Other
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5. Do people like CJ majors?
People who do like
Law abiding non-
arrogant individuals
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6. P RO S A N D C O N S
Pros Cons
Helping People Low Pay
Saving cats from Getting yelled at by
trees with firemen old, senile women
Fighting alongside Getting shot at for
Batman helping Batman
Being Batman Getting killed for
being Batman
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7. QUESTIONS?
If you have questions,
use Wikipedia like I
suggested in the first
slide. Perhaps the cute
hat to the right can
help.
Nope. It can’t.
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8. CONCLUSION
 Criminal Justice is noble career choice but one that will inevitably
cause an individual a lot of grief, false accusations in relation to their
career, great stress to themselves and loved ones, and the target of
many stereotypes.
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