Langston Hughes: A Career In Criminal Justice

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Professor Hughes stated during his interview that he came from a family of law-enforcement, his father and two uncles were police officers which motivated him into majoring in criminal justice and later became a professor. Also, he has been a professor for 18years now; professor Hughes mentioned during the cause of his interview that he ran an office, practiced being a lawyer for three months, and worked for government in Annapolis. He stated that “it seems to be unnatural progress to move from where I am to run for an office”. Senator Hughes doesn’t have weakness, and his strength is the knowledge, and experience that he has acquired in the areas of criminal justice. His advice was for the student who is studying criminal justice as a major to go further and get master and doctorate degree, also to get experiences by doing internship.
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He has been a professor for over 12 years, started from his home country Nigeria. He mentioned that he taught at Saint Agustin University North Carolina. Furthermore, his strength is that he gives students what they need to succeed in their academy goals. His weakness is that he demands too much from his students. His advice was for a criminal justice student not to look at the money aspect of working in the field, but to be in the field because of the

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