CHR Internships & Service-Learning

The Center for Homicide Research offers one of the finest internship programs in the United States. Several internship and service-learning opportunities are available. Qualifying students come from undergraduate, graduate and law schools.  This is a multi-disciplinary opportunity, though majors typically include sociology, criminology, psychology, social psychology, forensic psychology, or law. All internships are unpaid.

Applicants may also qualify for grant funding through their university or college. Check with financial aid offices or academic advisors for possible funding for community internships.  Internships, as well, may qualify as service-learning commitments.  Check with your university or college's service-learning office.

This internship is a highly sought after placement. Feel free to email or post-mail your application and materials.

A background check is required and is conducted by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. This is not part of the initial application process. For further information or to apply, click here.  Qualified applicants will be interviewed and must agree to submit to, and pass, a criminal background check with no felony or violent convictions.

To see what our past interns have to say about their experience, click here.

Internship Descriptions
Interns are currently working on several projects.  Interns research, identify, catalog and code homicide case information on homicides in the United States for various research projects.  The Center currently is creating several unique databases related to homicide, including

	homicide of all types in Minnesota and other Upper Midwest states
	missing victim homicides (includes: burned bodies, submerged vehicles, body dismemberments)
	church-related homicides (mass murder) from the last two decades
	lesbian homicides in the last few decades
	the most complete dataset on GLBT homicide in the nation, containing over 3,000 cases with in excess of 230 variables

Interns are trained in the Center’s research methodologies, provided access to electronic records archives and systems, and are charged with “proofing” the homicide case data. Records retrieval, data access, and research occurs in Minnesota (primarily in the Twin Cities), but there also exists the possibility of    off-site distanced-learning research.

Center interns are also expected to pursue scholarly activities while involved in their internship.  Interns assist in the development of research briefs, fact sheets, annotated bibliographies, and develop educational presentations on topics related to aggression, violence, and homicide.

More information on the interning is available here.

For an application click here.