Criminal Justice Internships
All criminal justice majors may choose to complete an internship designed to prepare them
for careers in their desired professions. Students with four years of
professional experience in the field are not required to complete an
internship.
Our students have
held internships in a wide variety of settings throughout the local and
regional area.
Examples of recent placement sites include:
- La Crosse
City Police Department
- La Crosse
County Sheriff's Department
- U.S. Marshall's
Service
- Wisconsin
State Public Defender's Office
- La Crosse
County District Attorney
- La Crosse
County Victim Witness Program
- Wisconsin
State Department of Corrections
- Wisconsin
State Probation and Parole
- ATTIC
Correctional Services
- YWCA
Mediation and Restorative Justice Services
- Coulee Youth
Centers
- Family and
Children's Center
In addition,
students may choose to get credit for an internship by completing the Law
Enforcement Academy administered by Western Wisconsin Technical College Sparta campus. The academy enables students to meet the pre-service training
requirements necessary to obtain certifiability as a sworn law enforcement officer
in the state of Wisconsin.