Dallas County Adult Probation Denise Catherine Tobias
133 North Industrial Blvd Dr. Barrum
Dallas, TX 75207
REPORT #7 Evaluation and Consolidation of Goals
Your final report should be a complete report of your internship experiences under the title “How I Evaluate Myself as a Future Criminal Justice Worker,” and may not exceed five typed pages. Describe the extent to which the theoretical knowledge included your course work at the College of Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University contributed to your field practice experience during your internship. Cite at least two SHSU courses. Show what you have learned, indicate how your ideas have changed or been supported, and why. List your strengths and weaknesses and grade yourself on job performance.
How I Evaluate Myself as a Future Criminal Justice Worker
The quest for knowledge and understanding drives individuals to explore the unknown and live out the thoughts that once consumed their minds. Experience and formed opinions are the end results of these journeys; assumptions are either reinforced or shattered, but either way the truth is a little bit closer than before. Dark and gray areas consume the field of criminal justice; only personal experience can serve as a light. Participating in the internship program offered through the College of Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University has become that light. Throughout this semester the knowledge acquired from SHSU criminal justice classes combined with the experiences gained from the Dallas County Adult Probation Department has produced an exceptional understanding of fact and theory pertaining to the field of criminal justice. Courses such as Criminology 262 and the Fundamentals of Criminal Law 264 contributed to the personal triumph gained from involvement in the internship program and allowed individual strengths and weaknesses to ...
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...on. Probation is not a right, it is an alternative to incarceration and the conditions surrounding it are anything but a vacation from prison. In talking daily with offenders while conducting PSI’s it is evident that many offenders either do not have to money to pay their fees and fines or are mentally unable to comply with the terms of probation. If given the good fortune to assess all the strengths and weakness presented along with all the knowledge gained through the field practice experience the grade of “A” would come to mind, however, the knowledge gained is alone enough satisfaction.
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.
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