This document provides information about career opportunities in international and comparative criminal justice, including international internships with agencies like the International Criminal Court and United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime. It also lists relevant US government agencies and departments like the State Department, Justice Department, and Treasury. Additional opportunities include work with non-governmental organizations, study abroad programs, and international graduate degrees in criminal justice. Resources like USAJobs.gov and assistance from the professor are also mentioned.

1. Careers in International and
Comparative Criminal Justice
Law and Justice Around the World
CRIM 405.003 // Prof. Andrew Novak

2. International Internships
 International agencies
 International Criminal Court (The Hague)
 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (Vienna and New York)
 Special Court for Sierra Leone
 INTERPOL
 Non-governmental organizations
 Myriad of local, regional, and international organizations that specialize in international
and comparative criminal justice policy
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Prisoners’ rights, sentencing, corrections, death penalty
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Legal aid, law reform, access to justice
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Technical assistance in policing, forensics, judging, etc.

3. United States Government Agencies
 United States Department of State
 Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
 Bureau of Counterterrorism
 Office of Global Criminal Justice
 Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs
 Office of International Labor Affairs
 Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking
 U.S. Department of the Treasury
 Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes
 Office of Foreign Assets Control

4. United States Government Agencies (cont’d)
 U.S. Department of Justice
 Criminal Division, Office of International Affairs
 INTERPOL Liaison Office
 Foreign Claims Settlement Commission (property and injury claims against foreign
governments, including state-sponsored terrorism)
 Bureau of Justice Assistance (Tribal justice programs)
 U.S. Marshals Service, International Investigations
 Includes international investigations, extradition, pursuit of fugitives
 Drug Enforcement Administration

5. USAjobs.gov
 General website for career opportunities in the federal government (except
the Department of Justice, which has its own non-integrated website)
 Some immigration and citizenship restrictions on employment with the
federal government (including internships)
 Tips:
 Because your resumes are screened by a computer for keywords, apply with a full
curriculum vitae and not a one-page resume.
 Use full names of laws, agencies, etc., and vary the wording in your CV’s text descriptions.
 Do not be modest about answering any required questions, but do not lie.
 Have a writing sample on file.
 FOR INTERNSHIPS (not jobs), each agency has different procedures.

6. Sample NGOs
 African Prisons Project (London and Kampala)
 Jamaicans for Justice (Kingston)
 Amnesty International (London)
 Human Rights Watch (New York)
 Coalition for the International Criminal Court (New York and The Hague)
 American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (Washington, DC)
 Almost always unpaid, but GMU may give class credit. Contact the GMU
Center for Global Education.

7. Study Abroad
 GMU has one study abroad program that has criminal justice credit:
 King’s College of London (Summer program)
 But there are many other GMU study abroad programs that touch on issues
of criminal justice and international affairs.
 GMU will also accept credit from external study abroad programs, though
you have to use private (non-federal) loans to pay tuition.

8. International Graduate Education
 As criminal justice becomes more of an academic/scientific (rather than a
vocational) career path, international criminal justice increasingly does too.
 Many universities in the United States and worldwide offer master’s degrees
in international and comparative criminal justice.
 Examples:
 Master of Arts in International Criminal Justice – John Jay College of Criminal Justice
 Master of Science in Global Crime, Justice and Security – University of Edinburgh
 Master of Arts programs in International Criminology /International Justice– University of
Sheffield, University of Aberystwyth, University of Greenwich
 Master of Arts in Comparative Criminology, Bangor University (Wales)
 Many U.S. graduate criminal justice programs offer international/comparative course work

9. Need Help?
 I am happy to look at a resume or a cover letter template
 If you do well in the course, I am also happy to write a letter of
recommendation
 Your paper for this course (on the scholarly article that you choose) would
make a good writing sample, so select a topic of professional interest to you