1. School of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Emergency Management
Internship Orientation

2. Internship Coordinators
Ron Mark
Professor Mark will help you with placement questions
Brenda Vogel
Professor Vogel will help you with enrollment questions

3. Before Emailing Us… Attend an Orientation
Check the Handbook & Website First!
If the information you seek is not in either place, we will be happy to answer your questions.
If the information you seek is available on the website and/or the handbook, then we will refer you back to those sources.

4. Outline Administration & Enrollment Info Internship Details
Objectives
Behavior
Professionalism
Sexual Harassment
Internship Credit Requirements
Journal Entries
Final Paper
Daily log
Site Supervisor Evaluation

5. Administration & Enrollment Info.

6. 5 Senior Integrative Experience Options
6 Unit Internship Option:
CRJU492: 130 hours at internship site, 25 pages of written work: weekly journal entries & a paper
3 Unit Internship/3 Unit Independent Study Option
CRJU491: 65 hours at internship site, 15 pages of written work: weekly journal entries & a paper AND
CRJU497: Independent Study
3 Unit Internship/3 Unit Experiential Learning Option:
Experiential Learning course (405, 423, 430, 431, 440, 441, 470, or travel course )
3 Unit Independent Study/3 Unit Experiential Learning Option:
CRJU497 Independent Study AND
Research & Thesis Option (6 units):
CRJU497 & CRJU498

7. Eligibility Requirements
Verify with advising that you will have completed 7 of the 9 required 300-level core courses by the time you enroll in 491/2
Have at least a 2.0 GPA
Read the Internship Handbook
Submit the checklist, handbook agreement, and data form by the deadline.

8. Deadlines Summer Session 2019 Fall Semester 2019 Spring Semester 2020
Runs May 28 – August 16, 2019
Deadline to enroll in 491/2 is May 14, 2019
Fall Semester 2019
Begins August 26, 2019
Deadline to enroll in 491/2 August 12, 2019
Spring Semester 2020
Begins January 21, 2020
Deadline to enroll in 491/2 January 9, 2020

9. Deadlines Special Deadlines for LBPD
Now accepting applications for Spring 2020 placement
Must volunteer an additional 80 hours during Fall 2019 semester
Apply online with LBPD directly by April 1

10. Forms and More Forms! Read: Submit Today:
CJ Internship Handbook
Submit Today:
Handbook Agreement Form (in handbook)
Internship Student Checklist (in handbook)
Submit once you have an internship:
Internship Data Form (scanned and ed to Dr. Vogel)
All are available on the website!

11. Finding an Internship site
It is your responsibility to locate an internship site but Professor Mark is here to help!
Consider your career interests in choosing a site
Start early; background investigations can take months to complete!

12. Finding an Internship site
There is a list of approved internship sites on the CCJEM/Internship website
If you want to intern at a location not listed, you must secure our approval from us BEFORE you apply for the internship
Send us the agency name and contact information and we will let you know if it is an acceptable site.

13. Enrollment
Once you have secured an internship and submitted the necessary forms, Dr. Vogel will permit you into a section of 492.
You will NOT receive an “add code;” you just need to register for the class
You will be assigned to a specific faculty member to whom you will submit your work and who will assign your grade for CRJU492 or 491.

14. Internship Details Objectives Behavior Professionalism
Sexual Harassment

15. Objectives
Gain firsthand knowledge of the organization and the political, social, and/or community forces that influence its structure and procedures.
Connect what you see and learn at the site with what you learned in class.
Determine whether or not you would like to work in this area!

16. Behave yourselves! You represent the School and the University!
Dress, speak, and behave like adults!
Be on time!
Ask your site supervisor about the norms of the agency and then go above and beyond!
If you goof around, then you will damage the relationships we have with internship sites so no goofing around!

17. Be Professional!
Confidentiality – Do not reveal the identity of clients or any information that would uncover their identity without written permission form the client.
Competency – Know and acknowledge the limitations of your abilities to assist clients/the public.
Accept that some situations are beyond your experience so seek assistance from your site supervisor and/or staff personnel.

18. Be Professional!
Corruption – Interns must not become involved in any illegal operations, activities, or any violation of laws.
Respect Clients - Interns are obligated to treat all clients with dignity, respect, and equality.
Integrity - You may see unethical or illegal activities as you intern; they may be realities in the organization, but you should not condone or accept them.

19. Be Professional!
Misconduct – As an Intern you have an obligation to avoid misconduct. You may encounter ethical gray areas which present conduct dilemmas such as:
Acceptance of free or discounted meals
Receipt of merchandise at a discount rate
Acceptance of gifts
Use of confidential information for private gain or to impress peers
Accessing mail, , copiers, computers, and other services for personal use

20. Be Professional! Dress Professionally
Always err on the side of too conservative or too formal
Avoid Interpersonal Relationships
Don’t become sexually or romantically involved with organization employees and/or clients during the duration of the internship experience.
Don’t “hang out” with organization employees and/or clients during the duration of the internship experience.
Just do your job and go home!

21. Be Professional!
If you don’t know what the right thing to do is, ask yourself these questions:
Are my actions legal?
Am I being fair and honest?
What would my mom and dad say?
How will I feel about myself afterwards?

22. Sexual Harassment

23. Sexual Harassment Sexual Harassment is illegal!
You should contact your site supervisor, your internship professor, and/or the internship coordinator immediately if you witness or are the victim of sexual harassment

24. Internship Credit Requirements
While at your internship site, you are a student first and a “worker” second!

25. Be a Critical Observer!
The minute you enter your internship site, you take on the role of a critical observer
Continuously reflect on how what you see and do at your internship site relates to what you learned in class; link theory to practice.
Leave your biases and assumptions at home; be objective!
Pay particular attention to issues or challenges faced by your agency and how they employ creative approaches to problems or innovative solutions to challenges.

26. Journal Entries
You will be required to submit six journal entries, one entry per 20 hours worked (10 hours for 491).
Entries are due within 48 hours of the completion of the 20 hours.
Entries should include day-to-day activities, your thoughts, how your work relates to your coursework, and site problem/issue/innovation.
Yes, grammar counts!
The journal entries will be graded and will be worth about 30% of your final grade.
Follow the rubric!

27. The Final Paper
You will be required to submit a page final paper in which you:
Further explore a problem/issue/innovation that you identified in your journal entries
Provide a literature review
Provide a solution to the problem you identified
The final paper will be worth about 30% of your final grade
Follow the rubric!

28. Daily Log
You will be required to keep a daily log of the hours you work. It needs to be signed, every time you work, by your site supervisor.
You will hand this in to your faculty supervisor at the end of your internship
It will be graded

29. Site Supervisor Evaluation
You will be required to have an evaluation of your work completed by your site supervisor.
You will be evaluated on:
Professionalism
Ethical behavior
Critical Thinking
Evidence-Based Practice
Performance
You will hand this in to your faculty supervisor at the end of your internship
It will be graded and it will count for about 30% of your final grade!

30. Other Stuff…
You only need to attend ONE orientation session even if you move your planned internship term
You may NOT begin your internship hours before the semester begins
You may intern where you work IF the internship assignment is different from your work assignment
You may accept a paid internship