Criminal Justice at Griffin

The UGA Griffin campus will hold a Criminal Justice information day, CJ Day @ UGA, this Friday Nov. 22 beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Griffin Campus Student Learning Center:

Known as CJ Day @ UGA, the event will feature presenters from all areas of law enforcement, including a keynote address by Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens. Registration is free, but seating is limited.

The CJ Day @ UGA program is designed for those working in or interested in beginning a career in criminal justice, with a session on careers in criminal justice featuring a range of speakers from law enforcement, pardons and paroles, victim advocacy and corrections. Topics for the session on emerging issues in criminal justice include gender-specific mental health issues, juvenile offender management, re-entry services and prison privatization.

"Law enforcement and especially corrections are an important and expanding sector of our economy both locally here in Georgia as well as nationwide," said Perry Buffington, a lecturer in the UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences department of psychology on the UGA-Griffin campus. "We want to be a resource for individuals to learn about a wide variety of issues-and for what steps one can take to enter these careers."

The UGA Griffin campus is a jewel in Middle Georgia that provides a variety of classes and degree completion programs for students of all ages. CJ Day will be a terrific opportunity for that potential pool of students to learn about the many careers in criminal justice - and how to get qualified for one. Great job by our faculty in Griffin to make the campus and its programs a resource for the community.

For information on Franklin College academic programs at Griffin, see here.

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