Criminal Justice Internships
Internship Leading Faculty
Professor William McKnight
Criminal Justice Undergraduate Internship (CRIM 3900) Requirements
- Must be a Criminal Justice major
- Must be a junior or senior
- Must have an overall 2.5 or better GPA
- Must have completed and passed Research & Evaluation, CRIM 2141, with a C or better before the internship application is submitted.
- Must complete the application and schedule an internship meeting as soon as applications open. CRIM internships fill quickly*
*For students interested in OCPO, please note that internship application deadlines are: Jan 2 for summer, June 1 for fall, and Oct 1 for spring.
Criminal Justice Graduate Internship (CRIM 5990) Requirements
- Must have completed at least 18 credits of graduate criminal justice coursework PRIOR to the start of the internship
- Must not have registered for an independent study
- Must have a 3.00 GPA or better
Format
Criminal Justice internships are asynchronous. There are no class meetings required. The internship courses entail field work at a placement site for approximately 140 hours throughout the semester. This is a MINIMUM of 12 hours each week.
Application Process
CRIM internship placements can be extremely competitive. Most sites accept between 1-2 interns so the application process must be a priority the semester before you intern. Some sites require Stockton to make initial contact and others require specific qualifications. Our internship coordinator has a contact person for each of our affiliated sites and will share the information with you when you meet.
Please schedule your meeting as soon as you have familiarized yourself with all 5 steps on the internship main page and no later than 1 week after you complete the application: https://stockton.edu/social-behavioral-sciences/internships-centers-initiatives.html.
All meetings and interviews should be treated as a professional situation. Arrive 5 minutes early wearing professional attire with a pen and paper. For virtual interviews, be prepared to be seated in a quiet location, use a virtual background and follow the same guidelines listed above.
2025 Summer Semester Application for CRIM 3900 and CRIM 5990 with Professor McKnight: Click Here
(Application opens December 18, 2024)
More Information
Criminal Justice students typically intern with police, courts, or corrections. When completing the application, please identify 3-5 specific sites of interest. Students may have to successfully pass a background check if required by the sponsoring agency and incur the cost of this process. In cases of demonstrated need, financial aid may be available to assist with the cost by contacting the SOBL Office.
During CRIM internships, students will:
- Work directly in the field
- Clarify career goals and assess professional options
- Integrate knowledge from Crim classes with real world employment experience
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My time at this internship I have learned a lot of things when it comes to the courtroom and juvenile cases that I didn't know before starting here. I saw a lot of value in what I learned in the internship because even though you may think you know about something just because you learned it in class doesn’t mean you actually know what it going on until you are actually in that setting.
Throughout my time as a spring intern within the judiciary I was able to gain further knowledge in accordance with probation and the tasks that a probation officers exhibit. I enjoyed every minute of interning, and surprisingly the paperwork duties.
