ABSTRACT
In the past several decades the size of the criminal justice system and the number of people interested in pursuing criminal justice careers has grown tremendously. Each year more and more students are majoring in criminal justice or enrolling in criminal justice classes. Introductory courses, once small and filled typically with majors, now seat large numbers of students from a variety of disciplines. In addition, the number of universities in the United States with doctoral programs in criminal justice and criminology has grown from 20 to 38 in the past 20 years. More people are graduating with doctorates in criminal justice/criminology than any time in history. Correspondingly, the amount of research on criminal justice related topics has increased dramatically. We now know more about the function of criminal justice bureaucracies and those who work in them than ever before.
