Training and Professional Development
CIRC was developed to address this mounting problem in the criminal justice system. The CIRC provides training and experiences to students in unresolved case investigation and analysis while forming relationships with community agencies and contributing resources to local law enforcement to address their unresolved initiatives.
The CIRC is built upon other successful partnerships between victim’s families, community agencies, and law enforcement to tackle unresolved crimes and missing person cases.
Students who are selected enroll in the center as an internship course and can earn 3 credits per semester. (Graduate students can earn externship credit.)
The CIRC offers cold case assistance to law enforcement through:
“Cold cases constitute a crisis situation, for all unsolved homicides potentially having offenders who have never been apprehended. History and research show that a violent offender will likely repeat.”
– Tom McAndrew, a former Pennsylvania State Trooper who served as one of 36 experts on the Cold Case Investigation Working Group, convened by the Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice.
Areas of focus
Students who are accepted to the CIRC are assigned to one of five units.
