Criminal Justice Internships, Sixth Edition: Theory Into Practice - Softcover

Gordon, Gary R.; McBride, R. Bruce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593455070 ISBN 13: 9781593455071

Publisher: Anderson, 2008

Synopsis

Designed as an introduction to internships and as a guidance manual for use at the internship site. Students will learn basics such as choosing an internship site, résumé writing techniques, interviewing skills, and the importance of setting and developing goals and assessing progress.

• 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.

About this title

About the Author:

Gary Gordon is a partner with Bluewater International, a hybrid management consulting and investment banking firm focused on cyber, homeland, and healthcare information security. In his almost three decades as professor of criminal justice and economic crime, he was a national leader in developing talent to meet emerging threats and immediate needs of government and industry sectors responsible for financial crimes, fraud and abuse, risk management, computer security, and digital forensics. A strong advocate for combining academic disciplines with real world internship experiences, he has supervised hundreds of interns in government and corporate sites across the United States.

R. Bruce McBride is Commissioner of University Police for the State University of New York. He is retired from his position as professor at Utica College, where he served as Executive Director of the Economic Crime and Justice Studies Division and Director of the Economic Crime Management program. At Utica, he coordinated the criminal justice internship program, which allowed for semester-based study placements in the United States and overseas. Dr. McBride holds bachelor and master's degrees from the State University of New York at Oswego and master's and doctoral degrees from the University at Albany. He is immediate past-president of the Criminal Justice Educators Association of New York State.

About this edition

• Publisher: Anderson
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1593455070
• ISBN 13: 9781593455071
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 200