CRJ 488: Internship in Criminal Justice
- Criminal Justice major
- Minimum 2.75 GPA overall at Buffalo State (local agency)
- Minimum 3.0 GPA overall at Buffalo State (federal agency)
- Completion of all required core CRJ courses
A comprehensive, supervised field experience in criminal justice and related social service agencies. Requires a minimum of 10 hours of work in the agency during a 14-week period (140 total hours) and a weekly academic seminar on campus. The purpose of the internship is to integrate knowledge learned in the academic environment with the experience of day-to-day work in a professional environment.
Internship Agencies
- Homeland Security Investigations (ICE)
- Niagara County Sheriff’s Crime Analysis
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF)
- Erie County Sheriff’s Department
- Amherst Police Department
- Buffalo Police Department
- Cheektowaga Police Department
- U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
- U.S. Marshals Service
Internship Coordinator
Melissa A. Menasco, Ph.D.
Chair & Associate Professor
Cassety Hall 104
Office: 716-878-3228
menascma@buffalostate.edu