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All of the following requirements must be completed before a satisfactory grade will be submitted to the Registrar. Failure to complete these requirements in accordance to the guidelines contained herein, within the specified time, will result in an unsatisfactory grade or termination of the internship.

For those students whose internship has been terminated, a re-enrollment in CRJU 491 for the appropriate number of hours (and payment of appropriate fees) will be required in order to complete satisfactorily the Practicum requirement.

Internship Development and Scheduling

You should discuss the internship with the Internship Coordinator at least six weeks prior to the internship starting time. The internship is to be completed after the Junior year; any deviation from this must be approved by the Director of the Internship Coordinator. Students must have a 2.5 GPA to schedule an internship. The internship requires 480 agency hours for 9 credit hours. Students must also enroll in CRJU 492, Practicum Seminar, for 3 hours concurrent with the final term in CRJU 491. Concurrent enrollment in other courses is permissible up to the maximum 15 hours per semester total, including the internship and practicum seminar.

Internship hours may be split in two ways. First, the internship may be spread across two semesters with the student enrolling in 6 hours of CRJU 491 in the first semester, and 3 hours of CRJU 491 with 3 hours of CRJU 492 in the second semester. Second, the internship may be split between two different agencies over two semesters. The credit hour enrollment will be the same as above.

It is the student's responsibility to contact the agencies and make arrangements for the internship. We will provide, upon request, a list of previously scheduled internships, including the name and address of the Agency, and other relevant information. You may contact any of these agencies if you prefer, but you are encouraged to develop new agencies, particularly in other parts of Ohio (your home area?) and in other states. Our reputation grows largely through the internships; you will find agencies most receptive to you as an intern. Also, be sure to check the Bulletin Board near the Criminal Justice Office for announcements of internship possibilities.

A form called Indication of Acceptance for an Intern and an accompanying sheet Internship Program: An Introduction for Criminal Justice Agencies must be given to the agency. The Indication of Acceptance form must be filled out and returned to the CRJU Office before the internship may be scheduled.

Before the internship semester begins, you must enroll in both CRJU 491 and 492.

In summary, these things must be done prior to the beginning of the internship and according to this approximate time schedule:

1. Make contact with an agency, providing them with the sheet, "Internship Program: An Introduction for Criminal Justice Agencies," and a "Letter of Introduction for Prospective Interns," if appropriate.
2. Obtain a completed "Indication of Acceptance For An Intern" form from the accepting agency and file it in our office.
3. Register for CRJU 491 and CRJU 492 for the required number of hours.

Requirements of the Internship

Besides the hours worked for the internship agency, there are various additional requirements which must be met to receive a satisfactory internship experience. Many of these items will be graded under the CRJU 492, Practicum Seminar component of the internship.

The following items and requirements are considered under the CRJU 492 component of the internship:

A. Pre-Internship Meeting: You must attend a mandatory pre-Internship orientation meeting prior to the end of the semester immediately preceding the internship semester, the time/place of which will be announced by mail or at the time you register for the internship.
Besides discussing various issues which you may find during your internship, there are several forms to be completed before you begin the internship which will be taken care of at this meeting.
At the completion of the internship we require a Letter of Certification from the Agency advising that you have satisfactorily completed the internship. This letter may also include an evaluation of your work with the Agency (since this internship information is kept as a permanent part of your student file, the Internship Coordinator may be able to incorporate that information into future letters of recommendation you may request).

B. Reports Due During the Internship: The reports discussed in the following paragraphs are due at various stages of the internship and are graded as part of CRJU 492. All materials are graded for content, grammar, spelling, thoroughness, etc.

Forms needed for the record of internship worked are the Student Daily Internship Logs and the Internship Periodic Report. These will be distributed at the pre-internship orientation meeting.

Please keep in mind that Student Internship Logs must be sent in to the Internship Coordinator at the same time as the Periodic Report, covering the same hours. The Periodic Report should be placed on top, followed by the Student Internship Logs. Each Periodic Report must be sent in to the Internship Coordinator within ten (10) days (this includes Saturdays and Sundays in the count) following the end of each period worked (logs may be hand written; the periodic report must be typed). Explanations are on each daily log and each periodic report as to how they are to be used.One report must be made every 40 hours worked or 2 weeks, whichever occurs first.

At the end of the Internship a Final Report/Paper is required. This report should cover the entire internship and is to be an overview of this learning experience. It must be of senior-level quality and meet rigorous standards of structure, composition, punctuation, spelling, etc. The final report is to be typed (double-spaced) and must be a minimum of 15 pages. The paper will not only report on the internship experience, but will also relate that experience to prior classes and to the literature dealing with the internship area. Thus, references will be required. The final paper will include three major components or parts. The first part is a brief discussion of what the internship entailed. This should include highlights of the job and what you did for the agency. Much of this will be a reflection of what was contained in the Periodic Reports. The second component requires you to draw comparisons between what you experience and what you learned in past classes. You must also undertake library research for this component and draw connections between the literature and what you saw/did on the job. Basically, you need to critically compare and contrast the internship experience to academic sources of information. The final component of the paper requires you to complete the thought, "If I were in charge, I would..." You will determine what you would be in charge of (the agency, the court, the entire criminal justice system, etc.) and what you would change (or keep) and why. Further discussion of the final report/paper will be undertaken at the pre-internship meeting.

The Final Report/Paper must be received by the Internship Coordinator no later than Monday of finals week of the semester.

C. Post-Internship Meeting: Near the conclusion of your internship you are required to attend a meeting with all others completing their internships (this may be waived during regular academic year terms if the number of students is small). You will be notified either at the pre-internship meeting or by mail of the time and place of this meeting. You need to plan on returning to campus for a full day meeting. At this meeting each student will make a report about his/her experiences to the rest of the group. This presentation should be very similar to the information found in the Final Report/Paper. Problems, concerns, issues, solutions, etc. faced by each student during the work on the internship are to be discussed. After the individual presentations, common problems and issues will be identified and discussed as a group.

Grading of the Internship

The grades for the internship requirements fall into two sections: the internship work itself and the accompanying elements of the practicum seminar.

Receipt of a satisfactory report for the internship agency for the time worked (480 hours) will result in a grade of "S" for CRJU 491.
The grade for the CRJU 492 is based on meeting attendance and participation, submission and quality of reports, logs and final report/paper, and meeting deadlines. Failure to attend the pre- or post-internship meetings, to submit the periodic reports and logs in a timely fashion, to submit the final report/paper on time, or to submit satisfactory work on any of these requirements (in terms of quality, thoroughness, spelling, grammar, etc.) will result in a failing grade for the Practicum Seminar (CRJU 492).

A failing grade (D or F) for CRJU 492 will not mean that the student will be required to complete another 480 hours of work with an agency. Rather, the student will be required to enroll for a Directed Individual Study (CRJU 470) under the direction of the Internship Coordinator in the next Academic Year Term (Fall or Spring). This individual study course will require extensive writing assignments based on literature dealing with topics related to the prior internship. This is a graded course in which the student must receive at least a "C". The grade will not replace the failing grade in CRJU 492.

Remember, the Internship Coordinator will not serve as your proof-reader or editor; you are responsible for turning in a finished product which represents the best you can do.

One of the purposes of the internship is to give the student intern experience in articulate written expression, in both formal report writing and in general expository writing. This is most important to criminal justice practitioners, and one of the most frequently voiced criticisms of criminal justice graduates by field agencies is their inability to write.

TAKE PRIDE IN YOUR WORK AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGAM.

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