Attn: Graduate Admissions Committee
I am writing to inform you of my interest in the Master’s Degree program in Criminal Justice with a Behavior Management Concentration at Saint Joseph’s University. I have submitted my application along with applicable documentation.
I currently hold a Bachelor’s of Arts in Criminal Justice from the University of Alabama with a minor in Social Welfare, having graduated with a an overall GPA of 3.0, major GPA of 3.5 , and a minor GPA of 3.2. While attending the University of Alabama I was an active member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. where I served as president and an active participant in many volunteer and community service activities
I developed an interest for criminal justice and behavior analysis
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Sometimes I assist correctional counselors in their duties and with doing so I have become interested in criminal justice from a perspective other than corrections. Since entering corrections seven months ago I’ve heard various stories from different inmates blaming their life of crime on their childhood. Working in this capacity has also helped me see the good and bad within corrections, which is why I one day would like to become a prison administer which comes up with treatment plans and rules to govern convicted offenders.
Ultimately, my career goal is to become a warden. I’ve started my career as a basic correctional professional, and I would like to work in almost every capacity it takes to support a penal institution before reaching the top tier. Obtaining a Master’s in Criminal Justice with a Behavior Management Concentration would equip me with skills such as stress and crisis management, ethical issues in criminal justice, and legal aspects of mental health and its
The criminal justice field is changing right before our eyes. The legal and corrections systems, ethical codes of behavior, philosophy of punishment and deterrence of crimes are changing every day. What I learned the pass 3 years could have slighting changed. Obtaining a Master degree in Criminal Justice it totally different from, obtaining an Undergrad degree in criminal justice. The range of opportunities is in list with a Master Degree. Pursuing a degree in criminal justice can help poise me for exciting and rewarding career opportunities. I love a challenges and I have the passion for what the criminal justice field. This degree will offer me a positive impact on
Unlike a menial position at your local Walmart, a position at your local prison is admirable and moderately difficult to land, hence one has to be prepared and qualified to take on the duties expected of them if they aspire to land a job as a correctional officer. To do so, I will attend the law enforcement program at BOCES, a vocational school connected to the school in which I attend. And post high school, I intend to apply to the State University of New York at Canton. While attending SUNY Canton, I’ll earn an AAS in criminal justice.
I have always taken an interest in Criminal Justice and crime prevention ever since middle school and I set out to make my career goal to become a Criminal Justice professional. Thus, pursuing a Criminal Justice master’s degree has been a part of my plans for the future and will become one of my core focuses that I will set up in my graduate studies. It will also enable me to become a more competent working professional and encourage me to advance towards the doctoral program.
Corrections officers are often faced with unimaginable situations in their role in providing the structure for prisoners to go back into society. In corrections facilities, there is a high turnover rate due to the physical and mental strain these officers endure. Issues such as riots, fights, gangs, dealing with inmates with mental health issues, and the potentially negative personality issues that prisoners bring with them to prison. This stress can lead to mental health issues, physical health disorders, and family problems. We need to provide them help and find ways to make the job more manageable to ensure the corrections officers are able to not only do their job, but also lead a productive life outside of work.
I have been hoping and planning to earn an M.Sc in Human Resources Management, not just in any school but in a prestigious university as Georgetown University for the past few years since graduating from Covenant University where I studied Sociology at a B.Sc level and I am excited to now be on the verge of making that dream a reality.
As a child growing up in Communist China, I woke up every morning to the blasting of People's Central Broadcasting Station from a large radio on the dresser and fell asleep every evening in the surreptitious murmuring of Voices from America from a small radio by Grandpa's pillow. By fourth grade, I figured out that the two stations often reported the same events from opposite standpoints, using different words and tones, and thus projected contradictory interpretations onto the same events. Eager to share this revelation with my grandparents, I pointed out the differences between the two stations by singing their respective theme songs and by imitating the voices of their newscasters. To my disappointment, they were much more alarmed than amused. "Don't you talk nonsense in school," Grandma warned me. "You'll bring us trouble."
“A parole officer is an official appointed or sworn to investigate, report on, and supervise the conduct of convicted offenders on probation or those released from incarceration to community supervision such as parole,” (Wikipedia contributors, 2024). Several areas of interest in this role, such as salary, education, and training requirements. Responsibilities and duties are other interests of the parole officer. This research paper will address the attentiveness of the character of a parole officer. However, the salary is not a great eye-catcher, the passion you have for a role means more than money can buy, moreover, that is happiness.
Prisons were initially created to deter criminals from committing crimes and with the hope that one would learn to reflect on his/her mistakes during incarceration. Since the 1900s, the incarceration rate of the United States has outnumbered that of every other nation in the world, with rates being as many as four to eight times that of other nations (Haney, 2001; Visher, 2013). In the past, prisons focused on rehabilitation, which is a place to prepare convicts for proper reentry; support such as education, vocational, and counseling programs were readily given to those that needed it. However, today, there has been a large de-emphasis placed on reintegration, and the focus shifted from rehabilitation to incapacitation. And because of a society who has opted for the incapacitation of offenders, alongside reduced funding, there is a lack of “willingness to assist ex-offenders” (Seiter & Kadela, 2003). Moreover, not much has been put into place to address issues offenders face post-release, with only a scattered few numbers of rehabilitation programs to aid them (Petersilia, 2001). At the same time, not only are ex-offenders not being helped, but during the inmate’s incarceration, families take on more burdens especially if they are already struggling. Extended lengths of incarceration are leaving ex-offenders with traumatic psychological effects that follow them into post imprisonment and without the right skills necessary upon their return to society. As they reintegrate into society, ex-offenders must learn to cope with the complications that they will experience in their daily lives.
Carlson, P. M., & Garrett, J. S. (2008). Prison and jail administration: Practice and theory (2nd ed.).Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Pub
The position of a correctional case manager requires integrity, good morals, professionalism, professional writing skills, proficient computer skills, familiarity with the laws and policies relevant to corrections, and etc. In order to be a successful and effective correctional case manager at the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the case manager must know the policies of the institution, be organize, use time management skills, be sociable with co-workers, adapt to the advancement of technology, and communicate well with inmates and staff at the institution (Giddings, 2015).
America’s criminal justice system is like both a large, complex, machine, and a revolving door; one cogwheel turning another, and a never ending cycle for many of its entrants. The effects of prisonization play a huge role in the final destination of this system – the penitentiary, by shaping inmates lives while inside, and changing them forever should they be fortunate enough to be released. In order to get a better understanding of prisonization, one must have a through description of what it is, how it can turn the rehabilitation efforts of incarceration upside down, and how it can contribute to further criminality amongst current and former convicts. Once a person has been convicted of a crime, especially in which a serious offense has occurred, chances are they will be sent to one of the countries many jails or prisons. From this moment forward, the effects of prisonization begins to take hold of their day to day lives, playing with their emotional and physical well-being.
Criminal Justice Engagement Portfolio Paper Throughout this semester I have participated in a few criminal justice community engagement events outside of class. These events include two panels and one presentation. The first panel involved many criminal justice related field employees who described who they are and what their role in the field is. The second engagement was called the “Offender panel.” During this presentation; offenders who served a prison sentence or still currently are serving their sentence were brought in to talk about what they did, how they feel about it, and what the future looks like for them.
Of all the aspects in the criminal justice system, corrections is shown in the media the least. American’s have no true idea what it is like inside a correctional facility. The media has published countless numbers of documentaries and occasional stories about our nation’s prisons; however, they do not show us the amount of mental illness, drugs, corruption, and large amounts of imprisonment issues suffered by inmates on a daily bases in the correctional system. Corrections is often an afterthought. We tend to receive the bulk of our information from lawyers, police officers, and sheriff’s.
I developed an aptitude for problem-solving during my younger years, an attribute that became an integral part of my identity: the result of indulging in Sudoku on the daily newspaper. Naturally, I gravitated towards mathematics, developing an intellectual and academic interest in math. As an avid math enthusiast, I spend most of my free time on numberphile, a math channel, gaining insight into new and old perplexing math concepts; currently, the most intriguing are the infinite series. Exposure to different aspects of math inspired me to develop a theorem or prove a conjecture and thus I undertook further mathematics at A-levels to familiarise myself with higher level mathematics and attain preparation for the mental strain required to take
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