Criminal Justice Practicum
UNCW's Criminal Justice Practicum provides students an opportunity to gain real experience in a variety of local criminal justice agencies.
CRM 490 (3 credits) & CRML 490 (1 Credit)
Course Description
The practicum is also designed to provide practical on-the-job experiences to supplement in-class experiences. Students will intern at a minimum of 10 hours a week with the selected criminal justice agency and will also meet 1 hour every week in a class room setting to discuss educational and professional development issues relevant to the internship.
After carefully reading the practicum manual, contact Dr. Tiffany Rogers if you have any further questions about the practicum application process or internship placement options and process.
Practicum Objectives
Expand and enrich student understanding of the criminal justice system;
- Acquire practical, real-world, experience in a criminal justice or criminology-related agency.
- Apply social science knowledge and theory towards understanding your real-world experiences.
- Begin to develop a professional identity as a criminology/criminal justice practitioner.
Examples of past and possible practicums:
- Alcohol Law Enforcement (ALE)
- Brunswick County Adult Probation & Parole
- Brunswick County District Attorney's Office
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
- Coastal Horizon Center (TASC)
- CUE-Center for Missing Persons
- Jacksonville Police Department
- Juvenile Detention Center
- Juvenile Services Division
- Kure Beach Police Department
- LINC (Leading Into New Communities, Inc.)
- New Hanover County Correctional Center
- New Hanover County District Attorney's Office
- New Hanover County Pretrial Release
- New Hanover County Sheriff's Office
- North Carolina Adult Probation & Parole
- Pender County Correctional Facility
- Pender County Sheriff's Office
- Public Defender's Office (Wilmington)
- Rape Crisis Center of Coastal Horizons Center, Inc.
- State Bureau of Investigation (SBI)
- UNCW Campus Police
- U.S. Probation Office
- Wilmington Police Department
- Wrightsville Beach Police Department
Instructions for Interested Students
After carefully reading the practicum manual, contact Dr. Tiffany Rogers if you have any further questions about the practicum application process or internship placement options and process.
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