{"id":1736,"date":"2019-07-15T19:48:09","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T19:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=1736"},"modified":"2025-02-07T12:13:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:13:03","slug":"criminal-justice-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2019\/07\/15\/criminal-justice-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminal Justice Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column1736_5755e4-90 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column1736_5755e4-90 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1736_5755e4-90 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1736_5755e4-90 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1736_5755e4-90 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1736_5755e4-90 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1736_5755e4-90 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1736_5755e4-90{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1736_5755e4-90 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column1736_5755e4-90 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1736_5755e4-90 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1736_208358-01, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1736_208358-01[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1736_208358-01\"]{font-size:1.5rem;line-height:30px;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-family:proxima-nova;color:#808080;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1736_208358-01 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1736_208358-01[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1736_208358-01\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1736_208358-01 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1736_208358-01[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1736_208358-01\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading1736_208358-01 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1736_208358-01\">For 11 days in April, students \u2014 participants in WilmU\u2019s student-run Criminal Justice Association (CJA) and independent study courses in the field \u2014 and a few retired local law enforcement personnel joined a bus-and-ferry tour of Scotland and Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft is-resized wp-image-7029 size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.test.wilmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/16_feature_crimjusticeabroad_cov-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7029\" style=\"width:350px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>O\u2019Brien\u2019s Tower overlooking the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The group visited such cultural highlights as the Blarney Castle, the Book of Kells at Trinity College, the Cliffs of Moher and the Skellig Experience in Ireland; a Loch Ness Cruise, Edinburgh Castle, and the Blair Athol Distillery in Scotland; and the Titanic Belfast attraction in Northern Ireland, says Lauren Foraker, the CJA\u2019s social media specialist, who documented the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe goal was to immerse Criminal Justice students and CJA members in the culture of Ireland and Scotland,\u201d says Foraker, who graduated from WilmU in January with a Bachelor of Science in Communications, \u201cas well as foster the importance of networking and cultivating positive relationships with law enforcement across the pond.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To that end, the Taste of Scotland &amp; Ireland tour also included meetings with representatives of the countries\u2019 police forces. In planning the trip, Assistant Professor Kirk Trate of WilmU\u2019s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences reached out to his fellow members in the FBI National Academy Associates, the National Association of Chiefs of Police, and the International Police Association for their recommended contacts in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve formed good relationships with them on this and previous trips,\u201d says Trate, \u201cand it\u2019s a great contrast for students to see how they work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, in 2013 Scotland consolidated its 11 police departments and 22,000 police personnel into one national agency \u2014 the Police Service of Scotland \u2014 for its 5.4 million residents. 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