I decide to go back to school so I further my education in the criminal justice field. I also decide to go school because I will be the first one in my family to go and graduate collage. So as you could see this would make my family very proud. My ultimate goal for this degree is to help me get out of the correctional officer side of the field and become a patrol officer. Many police departments would like for the officers to have at least a two year college degree. So with the help of the Bethel staff and my class mates I will be able to accomplish my goals.
Within the Criminal Justice System there is diverse career opportunities to choose from. The career I am interested in being is a Criminal Profiler with the FBI National Center for Analysis of Violent Crime. I am interested in this job because it seems to be an intense job to do. A criminal profiler's job is to create a psychological profile of a criminal suspect. Creating one of these profiles can be used to help catch the suspect. This is done by examining evidence from the crime, interviewing witnesses and victims, and analyzing crime scenes. Information obtained from these investigations can then be used to help the profiler determine a pattern of criminal behavior. Most of the time the information that was collected can be used to find out more about the suspect.
We can all agree that an important goal of the American criminal justice system is rehabilitation. It expects that most, if not all, offenders to learn from his or her wrongdoing and become productive members of society (Ballenstedt, 2008). It is this thinking at the heart of a community-based initiative that is designed to bring law enforcement officials together to form a single concerted effort to identify and address patterns of crime, mitigate the underlying conditions that fuel crime, and engage the community as an active partner (Wolf, Prinicples of Problem-Solving Justice, 2007).
I am applying to the Master of Arts program in Criminal Justice at Lewis University, because I want to further my education in this field of study. The Criminal Justice field is changing day by day. I must admit that it is somewhat by accident that I find myself driven towards the field of Criminal Justice. I have always enjoyed watching and reading news article on what is going on with my city. When I was young, I thought I was going to major in Computer Science in Undergrad, but quickly that was changed. My advisor at College of DuPage told me to take a class in Criminal Justice, which I did, that could have been the best decision for me. I became quickly became fascinated with a growing interest in Criminal justice. When I transfer to Lewis University my Knowledge of the field grew, and so did my curiosity about how much I can do with this degree.
Hebert Session 1. JournalI’m pursuing a degree in Criminal Justice. I became interested in this career path when I was in middle school. I think helping people do what is right and helping them in times of need are the reasons I will really enjoy being in the criminal justice profession. I also think that this profession needs people with diverse backgrounds and points of views. Society can be vastly diversified and understanding all types within a society is difficult, so the need for the criminal justice system to employ knowledgeable people would require diversification of social backgrounds. I would like to share with society that police officers are good and fair people. They exist to help society and they are understanding and knowledgeable
There are many different theories as to how many core components the criminal justice system is made up of. As I did my own research I found that there are 5 core components of the criminal justice system. First there is law enforcement which most know as police officers and or sheriffs. Anyone employed with law enforcement usually is responsible for taking reports for crimes that occur in their assigned area. Officers assist in investigating crimes and help to bring together and look after the evidence that is collected. Law enforcement have the authority to arrest offenders, and they also have a responsibility of providing a testimony during the court process.
Traditionally, the criminal law process, in its quest for a 'fair' and 'just' trial, at almost every stage, accords certain safeguards to, and confers certain fights and privileges on, those suspect/accused of crime. Administration of penal justice, which is visibly dominated by the 'humanitarian and therapeutic approach' to criminality also resorts to every possible 'measure' within its reach to 'reform' and 'treat' a convict for his better 'reformation' and 're-socialisation' and thereby to 're-assimilate' him in the social mainstream.
During this semester in University Studies, I have been able to gain several different aspects and information which I will be able to use not only in my current career in Law Enforcement but also in any future endeavors. These future goals are not only in my career and academic life but also in my personal life.
Applying to a Ph.D. program is a dream come true for me. Not knowing anyone in my family getting a college degree motivated me to achieve an academic degree from a university. My experience in my undergraduate years and masters program has been a great journey, but I am hungry for much more. As a criminology and criminal Justice major I feel a great need to get a graduate level education to become a figure in Criminology that can make a positive impact in our society and the world.
Law enforcement agencies have a duty to protect and serve their communities. Many agencies have a set amount of goals and objectives that they try to accomplish. Setting these goals allows them to improve their work as law enforcement agencies and minimize the rate of crime.
After graduation, I plan on going to Mount St. Mary’s University and majoring in psychology and criminal justice. After receiving my four year degree, I plan on joining the law enforcement academy, which will take 3-5 months depending on the academy. Once becoming an officer, my goal is to climb the ladder and become a homicide detective. After numerous
2. The institution I’d like to pick is my work environment (Community day hab center in Westbrook). My job has me bring my mentally disabled clients all around the southern maine community, so I see a lot of cops and people from different towns and cities. Based on my experience with observing and learning about crime, the most apparent and influential type of social control I witness is escalation. I’ve seen certain people get very insulted when a cop comes to the door and starts asking questions. People don’t even seem to be aware that they got a call from possibly a distressed neighbor and it’s the officer’s job to come check out the situation. Instead of calmly explaining why the house smells like weed or why the wife is crying, sometimes
As police officer you can stop someone and pat them down this is called a stop and frisk or a terry stop. But you can’t just stop and frisk anyone you want, you have to have reasonable suspicion of involvement in criminal activity. The reason this comes up as a police issue is for two reasons:
When I first enrolled here at State University, I never thought I would ever be in the position to graduate. Finishing college was a huge goal growing up but it was also my biggest fear. But after three and a half years of dedication I plan to get my degree in the fall. Getting this far in college was not easy, it took encouragement from family, dedication, and assistance from others to reach this position.
My plan in life is to become a Police Officer. Not only would that give me the opportunity to help other people but becoming a Police Officer also gives me the opportunity to follow in my Uncles footsteps and do something that I have wanted to do my whole life. I have always wanted to make a difference in the world, and this gives me the chance. Performing justice the right way and making sure that the laws of the government are obeyed is the job that I want to pursue. Being a Police Officer is a challenging job but also very rewarding. There would be a number of skills I would need to learn, not to mention that every day on the job would be a learning experience itself. Every single day that I would go to work, I would potentially be saving someone’s life. Stopping a speeder, arresting a criminal, preventing harmful attempts, they are things that would save someone’s life. Even if my actions were not as simple as that, for example, if I were to witness an accident or arrive onto the scene of one, just being there gives me the opportunity to take preventative measures. When I become a Police Officer, it woul...
I became interested in criminology as a field of study at a very young age. Growing up in a neighborhood, in which there were a number of law enforcement officers living there, influenced me in a positive way. I think seeing the way the officers carried themselves and the respect that people showed them in return, sparked an interest in me and made me want to carry myself in a similar manner. While growing up, my mom had issues with drug addiction and one officer in particular stood out to me because he provided my dad with advice on what to do to get her the treatment she needed. My mother’s drug use was a major issue because my dad works for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and as part of his job he is not allowed