Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
Planning, managing, and providing legal, public safety and protective services and homeland security, including professional and technical support services.
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Correction Services (3)
Correctional Officer Managers
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of correctional officers and jailers.
Correctional Officers and Jailers
Guard inmates in penal or rehabilitative institutions in accordance with established regulations and procedures. May guard prisoners in transit between jail, courtroom, prison, or other point. Includes deputy sheriffs and police who spend the majority of their time guarding prisoners in correctional institutions.
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
Provide social services to assist in rehabilitation of law offenders in custody or on probation or parole. Make recommendations for actions involving formulation of rehabilitation plan and treatment of offender, including conditional release and education and employment stipulations.
Emergency and Fire Management Services (8)
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Emergency Medical Technicians
Assess injuries and illnesses and administer basic emergency medical care. May transport injured or sick persons to medical facilities.
Fire Fighting and Prevention Managers
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in firefighting and fire prevention and control.
Fire Inspectors
Inspect buildings and equipment to detect fire hazards and enforce state and local regulations.
Law Enforcement Services (15)
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Animal Control Workers
Handle animals for the purpose of investigations of mistreatment, or control of abandoned, dangerous, or unattended animals.
Civil Enforcement Officers
Conduct a range of enforcement activities, including environmental, anti-social behavior, highway, and parking enforcement. Assist in technical investigations and prepare reports and written findings for further action by others including law enforcement.
Criminal Investigators and Special Agents
Investigate alleged or suspected criminal violations of Federal, state, or local laws to determine if evidence is sufficient to recommend prosecution.
Legal Services (32)
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Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
Conduct hearings to recommend or make decisions on claims concerning government programs or other government-related matters. Determine liability, sanctions, or penalties, or recommend the acceptance or rejection of claims or settlements.
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
Facilitate negotiation and conflict resolution through dialogue. Resolve conflicts outside of the court system by mutual consent of parties involved.
Case Administrators, Legal
Supervise the progress of criminal and civil cases from the point of opening to closing. Review the case files and case progression to ensure proceedings occur compliant with legislation. Ensure the proceedings occur in a timely manner and that everything has been concluded before closing cases.
Security & Protective Services (7)
View allSecurity & Protective ServicesBailiffs
Maintain order in courts of law.
Crossing Guards
Guide or control vehicular or pedestrian traffic at such places as streets, schools, railroad crossings, or construction sites.
Gaming Surveillance Officers and Gaming Investigators
Observe gambling operation for irregular activities such as cheating or theft by either employees or patrons. Investigate potential threats to gambling assets such as money, chips, and gambling equipment. Act as oversight and security agent for management and customers.
Quick facts:
Employment numbers
About 5 million workers are employed in the law, public safety, corrections, and security cluster.
Law graduates
Over 30,000 new law school graduates pass the bar exam each year, emerging into a job market of more than 1.3 million lawyers. Most specialize in a particular branch of law.
Public safety
Crime and other public safety hazards continuously present new, significant digital challenges, requiring innovative and sophisticated technology and cybersecurity measures to address them.
Scope of corrections
Over 2.3 million individuals are incarcerated in the U.S. annually, with an additional 4 million on parole or probation.
