Answer 2

EQ: WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON REASON PEOPLE COMMIT CRIMES?

ANSWER 2:  People with mental disorders are more likely to commit crimes.

EVIDENCE:  Mentall illness symptoms impair judgement and can violate social norms. 
In 2006, the number of mentally ill inmates in U.S. prisons and jails have quadrupled since 2000- from 283,000 inmates to 1.25 million. 
Americans with severe mental illnesses are three times more likely to be in jail or prison than in a psychiatric hospital.

SOURCES: "Psychiatric Illness Associated With Criminality", Michael Menaster, MD, MA
"More Mentally Ill Persons Are in Jails and Prisons Than Hospitals", Partnership for Safety and Justice
Straight Talk about Criminals: Understanding and Treating Antisocial Individuals- "“Biological/Genetic Contributions to Criminality Need Not Preordain Incarceration”, Stanton E. Samenow

Product

Before doing any of the required research for my senior project, I was pretty confident that I would want to pursue a career in either forensic psychology or law.  But after learning more about my topic, my interests have changed slightly.  As of now, my product is an interest in pursuing a career as an Operations Officer for the United Nations under the "Political, Peace, and Security" network.  Criminology is about understanding how people commit crimes and how society reacts to it.  This relates to becoming an Operations Officer because it requires understanding and interpreting an array of humanitarian affairs and conflict resolution on a global scale.  According to the UN, an Operations Officer "monitors political, military, police, humantarian, logistics and other relevant developments in assigned [Department of Peacekeeping Operations] peacekeeping, peace-building and special political missions." https://inspira.un.org/psc/UNCAREERS/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/UN_CUSTOMIZATIONS.UN_JOB_DETAIL.GBL?Page=UN_JOB_DETAIL&Action=A&JobOpeningId=23060
The job requires the ability to gather and interpret information from a variety of sources, which is what I've been doing for my research checks as well as for my science experiment and lab report.  It also requires leadership skills, such as being able to report to to other headquarters.  I have already displayed my ability to provide and explain information to other people during Science Fair, as well as my presentaions (specifically 5 minute).  I am confident in these skills and my grades for my science compnents reassures this (Lab report- P; Journal- AE, Science Fair score- 96/100).