Article Title
Helping Out the "Newbies": A Call for Broader-Based Professional Development in Forensics
Document Type
Forensic Leadership Issues
Abstract
Many Directors of Forensics follow a clear path from student competitor to graduate coaching assistant before holding a professional position. Often this traditional route rep-resents the full training a future DOF may receive. While this experience is invaluable, as a primary means of education it does not account for those starting programs without such a background, or those taking on a director position at an institution with a significantly different emphasis or philosophy than encountered in their training. This paper posits that a focus on training & mentoring is needed at the national level in order to facilitate a broader approach to professional development of forensic professionals.
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Recommended Citation
Fenner, Christopher J.
(2010)
"Helping Out the "Newbies": A Call for Broader-Based Professional Development in Forensics,"
Proceedings of the National Developmental Conference on Individual Events: Vol. 5:
Iss.
1, Article 24.
Available at:
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/ndcieproceedings/vol5/iss1/24