Sunday, September 2, 2012

Blog #1: Summer Mentorship Component

Assignment:

Literal (Know): 

- 10 hour Mentorship Log (w/ contact info)


Literal (Need to Know):

  • What traits are necessary in identifying crime?
  • What is the most important thing to consider in responding to crime? 
  • Which profession can make the biggest difference in preventing crime?
  • How much does one have to understand the criminal mind in order to help stop it?
  • Which steps taken while stopping a crime affect the final prosecution? 


Interpretive:


While this wasn't exactly the profession I wanted to shadow for my topic, this experience gave me valuable information and insight into the criminal justice field. I learned about the real day-to-day duties of a police officer as well as what is required of them back at the station. I gained a good, beginners insight into the criminal justice field. 

Applied:


After completing my mentorship component, I realized that my topic idea wasn't specific enough when I started. I knew that I wanted to do something that involved understanding the criminal mind, but I wasn't nearly specific enough. I know that I wouldn't want to do my topic solely on police work, but I do plan to take what I learned about understanding crime from my volunteer hours and apply it towards my topic. Completing these hours just put me in the right direction for my topic and now I know for sure that I want to pursue a topic more geared towards criminal law. 

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