I plan to graduate from Ft. Hays in 3 years with my Bachelors of Science Degree in Criminal Justice. At that point, I would like to settle down in Portland, Maine. I went there last summer with my Grandparents and loved everything about it. Especially the weather and all the cool lighthouses.
I will establish my career working on the corrections side of Criminal Justice. Specifically working as a probation officer focusing on juveniles. I have long thought that I could make a difference in young people’s lives if I were able to get to them soon enough. By the time adults enter our correctional system the dye has been cast and it is much more difficult to get them back on the right path. It seems to me that keeping them on the right path to start with is a better approach. So, in five years that is exactly what I will be trying to do.
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While I was in high school I did an internship with the District Attorney’s office in Topeka, KS. Although it did not directly relate to my chosen field of study I did learn a lot about our justice system and how probation officers interact with the DA and the court system. I feel internships are a great way to gain experience before you are actually being thrown into a job with all of its responsibilities. So, I plan to try and set-up an internship with a juvenile probation officer to help me gain some hands on experience. In addition to an internship, I also feel I can build my network through community service, teachers, peers and my sorority
It's hard for me to say where I'll be in the years to come, already my life has strayed from the path I once thought it would follow. However, that doesn't change my motivation or determination to reach and excel at my personal goals. My whole life I've endured a system that dictated what should be important to me, and while it's helped me learn the practical skills I need outside of an academic setting, I have a passion to grow further from what's expected of me, and so with much enthusiasm I look forward to attending college in which I hope to achieve more by constantly learning and expanding my personal knowledge.
When an offender is sentenced to imprisonment, post sentencing considerations must be made based on an evaluation of the individual and this will determine the manner in which the prison sentence is served. Post sentencing considerations include security classifications, parole and continued detention orders. These offer different levels of incapacity, accessibility of rehabilitation programs and incentives for good behaviour, and are implicated in order to achieve justice through upholding the rights of the victim, the offender and the wider community.
sues. Mental Health Probation Mental health probation is for offenders who have severe and persistent mentally illness (Delisi, & Conis, 2013). This probation tries to decrease recidivism, but the probation officer does hold the malefactor accountable for their crime(s). The probation also tries to lower the cost of protecting the community while utilizing a cost effectiveness and getting the offender treatment.
All in all, the ideas surrounding the criminal justice system were affirmed by the field practice experience. Many open doors have resulted from the venture into the field of probation. As an advocate and future employee of the criminal justice system the skills and intellect gained from the college of criminal justice at SHSU along with the internship opportunity with the Dallas County Adult Probation Department will serve as a path to a successful career. The talented individuals and extraordinary situations encountered on the journey will not be forgotten.
I understand the duties of a parental engagement officer requires working with other team members, families and organisations. I am a charismatic individual who loves working within a team and believe that with the support of others a team can achieve more. I am confident in maintaining effective professional relationships. I like to carry out agreed tasks and specifications efficiently and work well when given deadlines. I work well with deadlines as part of my degree I am required to submit assignments and multi-task all the time. To ensure my deadlines are met I try to use my time wisely and schedule my work load. Time management is key in any aspect of work life and education. I have a thorough knowledge of ICT skills, I did ICT for GCSE, I am always using Microsoft word, spreadsheets, PowerPoint etc.
In five years, I hope to be a knowledgeable nurse, where I feel comfortable in the job I have acquired. I hope to be a critical care nurse working in the incentive care unit at a well-known hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. By five years, I will have received a certification in critical care and possibly other certifications. I also may be thinking about going back to school to become a family nurse practitioner within the five years. I can achieve these goals by becoming a dedicated nurse to my patients and continuing with my education throughout the five years.
I am writing this email to appeal me being put on academic probation. I believe that there was a factor of my education that the academic board has missed, and I wish to clarify what exactly it was.
Discussion The goal of this research was to gain insight into the utility of offender profiles in law enforcement. Profiling is commonly used to prioritize suspects in criminal investigations, though it is often criticized due to its ambiguous nature. Much akin to the results of the Barnum studies, it was found that the suspect information given – both genuine and bogus – was seen as applicable in all possible situations. This is due to the universality of ambiguous statements, which lead the beholder to find even the most miniscule similarities between the two sets of information.
Medical parole is a process by which inmates who are in a criminal justice system may qualify for early release on grounds of particularly strange or convincing circumstances which weren’t foreseen by the court at the time at which this inmate was sentenced. Previously in South Africa, medical parole was rendered to offenders who were terminally ill. The legislation was phrased as an inmate being in his or her “final phase of a terminal illness”. Parole was thus granted not to obtain better or more efficient medical care than the state could deliver, but for the offender to die a dignified death in the presence of family, essentially giving the family a chance to come to terms with the death of their relative as this would occur in any usual
One of my career goals is to become a process operator. Before I graduate from high school, I will choose between the path on becoming a process operator or pursuing a career in Law Enforcement. The main career I am shooting for is becoming a process operator.
My Career The career field I chose is to be a firefighter. The reason why I want to be a firefighter is because they help people and prevent fires from spreading. I’ve always wanted to help people everywhere, because I don’t like it whenever there is an accident and some people die and lose their loved ones, people talking crap about them and just talking and pointing the cameras in their face watching them cry. I want to help people and make a difference and help protect people’s lives, and be someone people recognize when I walk by them.
When I was in my undergrad interning at the family court, I was working under a liaison for the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services and her job were to sign up youth for community hours such as intakes, and other things as well. My main job was to assess the clients, gather information and also let them know about the process for probation. I enjoyed gain experienced going into court for a hearing, arraignment meetings, and also sitting in on a probation officer PACT assessment. What has been most challenging for me, I was asked to do a PACT assessment on one of the clients and this was a difficult challenge because I feel as though I did not have the confidences or the courage to assess a client. The probation officer provided
Initially when I was looking for an internship, my goal was to find one that complemented my double major in criminology & criminal justice and psychology. During my search, I found some reputable organizations, but quickly discovered that they either required an extended training/orientation period or were not compatible with my schedule. Thus in finding the Urban Education Leaders Internship Program (UELIP) of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), which primarily focuses on an interest in education and public policy, I was skeptical that my interest in criminal psychology would be met. However, I quickly learned that this was not the case. Not only did my internship with DCPS indirectly appeal to my major, but it also provided me with a valuable experience in which I acquired fundamental skills and learned more about myself.
However, other inmates outside seemed to enjoy freedom pretty much. I felt that it was more like a stricter lifelong education center rather than a prison. The inmates were allowed to wear limited amount of jewelry, pants, and makeup. I even saw an inmate listening to an MP3 player. I was shocked. I have never thought the inmates would be allowed to use electronic devices. It was so much less stressful environment than I thought it would be. I would say the jail was much scarier than the prison. I anticipated the complete opposite sight. I thought prison is where people who committed serious crimes stay and therefore they would have stricter rules and restrictions. However, in some housing places had television and microwave. They were being
In particular, it was helpful to here from individuals on the panel that were graduates from our program. Elizabeth Cowart, a LPC at Transitions of Augusta, informed my classmates and I about about her personal internship experiences. She noted four key things (1) the importance of getting as much hands-on experience as possible (2) taking a mental note of the what you like and dislike at each internship site (3) using weekly supervision hours to discuss your areas of strengths and weaknesses and (4) remembering to always maintain a professional image. In addition, she also gave a brief overview of opportunities (e.g., adolescent group therapy, child and parent therapy, disability evaluations, etc.) that interns might have at Transitions of