Fourth Interview Questions

1.  What is your definition of criminology?

2.  What are some common reasons people commit crimes?

3.  Which reason is most significant to you and why?

4.  How do people become criminals?

5.  What sets apart people who think about crimes from those who actually do it?

6.  What are some common reasons people commit sex crimes?

7.  What are some common reasons people commit violent crimes?

8.  How can psychological disorders affect a person's criminal activity?

9.  How can economic situations affect a person's criminal activty?

10.  How can a person's past affect their criminal activity?

11.  How can a person's parents affect their criminal activity?

12.  What are some early signs that could lead a person to become a criminal?

13.  What types of jobs have a background in criminology?

14.  How can a person's genetics affect their criminal activity?

15.  How can a person's environment play a role in their criminal activity? 

16.  What other outside infulences affect a person's criminal activity?

17.  How has crime evolved over the years?

18.  Which plays the bigger role in why a person chooses to commit crime? The environment or the individual? Why?

19.  How can past experiences influence a person to commit crime?

20.  What are some sources that could help me answer my EQ?

Independent Component 1

Service Learning Log

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Copy of my Diamond Bar/Walnut Sheriff's Department Civilian Volunteer Application

 Temporary volunteer ID issued January 31, 2012



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LITERAL: I, Stephné Poole, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

Starting on November 8, 2011, I have been a civilian volunteer at the Diamond Bad/Walnut Sheriff's Station.  I work with Sergeant Marc Saldecke, with whom I also conducted my first and second interview with.  Most of my time consists of entering data on Excel, such as volunteer sign-ins and hours, creating and filing files for other volunteers, and helping set up outside activitives for the sheriffs. 

INTERPRETIVE: I have gone beyond the time requirement for Independent Component 1 and have completed 63 hours.  By working at the Diamond Bar/Walnut Sheriff's Department, I was able to be around people who deal with crime everyday, and ask different people (detectives, sergeants, etc) what their take on how crime occurs is. 

APPLIED: As stated in my previous "Service Learning" post, my service learning hasn't been what I was hoping it would be.  Although I have used being surrounded by police as an opportunity to ask questions about my EQ, crime rates, and jobs related to this field, the overall work hasn't been enough to help me with my senior project or with answering my EQ, I feel.  I have been trying to find new places to do my service learning, such as a Forensic ROP class, but it seems that it has either already started or is no longer available in my area.  My next step would be to try law firms, etc.        



Presentation 2 Rough Draft

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Answer 1

1. People who live in poverty stricken areas are more likely to commit crime because it is an easier way to provide for their needs.  In other words, a person's environment influences their decision to commit crime.

2.  A clear example of this is in the auto/biography "The Other Wes Moore".  The "other" Wes Moore starts breaking the law early (selling drugs, among other crimes) in order to buy nice things, such as clothing and shoes. 

3.  One source, stated above, is "The Other Wes Moore".  Another source is an article by Michael Turner for the Cato Institute entitled "Relationship Between the Welfare State and Crime", as well as "Important Theories in Criminology: Why People Commit Crime- For Dummies", an article by Steven Briggs.

Service Learning

1. Currently, I am working at the Walnut Sheriff Station for service learning.
2. I am working with Sergeant Mark Saldecke.
3. So far, I have been doing office work such as entering. Unrest hours into the computer and organizing folders, but plan on going on a ride-a-long sometime soon. Unfortunately, I don't think working at the police station will help me with my EQ or senior project, so I will have to look for a different location. I was thinking about contacting lawyers within the area.
4. I have volunteered about 30 hours.

Third Interview Questions

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

1.  What are some common reasons people commit crimes?
2.  Which reason is the most significant to you and why?
3.  How can a person's environment affect their criminal activity?
4.  How can a person's genetics influence their criminal actvity?
5.  How can faulty parenting affect a person's criminal activity?
6.  How do brain disorders influence a person's criminal activity?
7.  How can a person's race influence their criminal activity?
8.  If a person is viewed in a negative light in their early years, how can this affect their criminal activity when they grow older?
9.  How can past experiences influence a person to commit crime?
10.  Can you think of any resources that can help me answer my EQ?

Edit: Science Fair Proposal

1.  Hypothesis: If a person lives in a low socioeconomic bracket, then they are more likely to commit a crime.
2.  Dependent: Living in a low socioeconomic bracket; Independent: Committing a crime; Control: types of crime
3.  My Senior Project EQ is, "What is the most common reason people commit crime?".  My science fair project will be creating a statitic out of one of the possible reasons people commit crime.  I'm hoping that the statistic/hypothesis I choose will end up being the right answer to my EQ.  
4.  I think most of my equipment will be previous data tables and statistics from sites such as the FBI (http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/10tbl48.xls).
5.  Behavioral Science