| The impact of criminal justice and criminology courses in the high school curriculum in the United States is an interesting yet unexplored issue. Targeting on a sampling frame of 230 high school criminal justice educators in Texas, this research: (1) analyzes the high school criminal justice education in order to determine its impact on both students' career path in the field of criminal justice and reduction in school crime; (2) examine the educational background, teaching conditions, and job satisfaction of high school criminal justice educators in Texas; and (3) discusses implications and policy ramifications. |
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