Post Your Introduction [WLOs: 1, 2, 3] [CLOs: 1, 2, 4]

Please take this opportunity to introduce yourself to your classmates and explore the careers in the field of juvenile justice, which is a special category of the overall justice system. The people who work in the juvenile justice system include, but are not limited to, juvenile corrections officers, community corrections officers, social workers, counselors, and parole officers.

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, please review the following resources:

• Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 from Introduction to Juvenile Justice
• Summary Report for: 21-1092.00 – Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists (Links to an external site.)
• Bureau of Labor Statistics: Search (Links to an external site.) for juvenile justice search results

In an initial post of at least 250 words in length, take a moment to introduce yourself and share your professional goals with your peers. In addition, select one specific professional field in the area of juvenile justice and identify what knowledge skills, and training or education is required. Share any insights into your professional goals that you obtained from the resources for this discussion and how that might impact your long-term goals. Include at least one APA 6th edition in-text citation from the resources listed.

Guided Response: Review several of your peers’ posts, and provide a substantive response to the initial posts of at least two of your peers addressing either

• The research they located, or
• The career information found looking at your and your peer’s responses regarding professional qualifications required or the types of positions in this field.