Synopses & Reviews
Criminal Justice Internships: Theory Into Practice guides the student, instructor, and internship site supervisor through the entire internship process, offering advice and information for use at the internship site as well as pre-planning and assessment activities. Students learn basics such as choosing an internship site at either a public agency or a private firm, résumé writing techniques, interviewing skills, and the importance of setting and developing goals and assessing progress. It also serves as a reference tool for professors and supervisory personnel who assist and supervise the student during the experience.
- Chapters end with practical exercises, such as: preparing for your internship; thinking about your internship placement; planning your internship; your role as an intern; thinking about your internship; political, economic and legal factors at your site; assessing your internship.
- Includes sample resumes, cover letters and more.
- Maintains an important focus on ethics in the workplace through all phases of the internship experience.
Table of Contents
Part I: Pre-Internship Considerations 1. Introduction to Internships
2. Preparing for Your Internship in the Age of Transparency
3. The Placement Process
Part II: Professional Concerns
4. Setting Goals and Identifying Educational Objectives
5. Your Role as an Intern
6. Being a Participant-Observer
7. Intern Supervision
8. Ethics in Practice: Guidelines
Part III: The Role of the Organization
9. Organizational Characteristics: Formal and Informal Structures
10. Political, Economic, and Legal Factors
11. Organizational Goals and Relationships
12. Using Information and Technology as Crime-Fighting Tools
Part IV: Assessment and Career Planning
13. Assessing Your Experience
14. Career Planning