What types of projects have graduate students completed in the past?
• Internship: Boston Police Department’s Research Unit Project: Working under the supervision of the Boston Police Department’s senior research analyst, the student assisted in conducting an exhaustive review of literature pertaining to homicide. Specifically, the student researched and composed the review of literature section for the Department’s study on homicide in the city of Boston. In addition to the literature review, the student continued his internship into the spring quarter where he assisted with the data analysis portion of the study. • Internship: Massachusetts State Police Crime Lab Project: Working under the supervision of the state’s medical examiner, the student completed a rotation through each of the various operational units of the facility in order to understand the utility of each. The student then developed a survey instrument for use in the evaluation of the state’s outreach and training program in regard to issues such as the collection, preservation and packa
