EQ: What is the most common reason people commit crimes?
Answer 3: People who abuse substances (legal and illegal) are more likely to commit crimes than non-users.
Evidence: Illegal drug users were 16x more liekely than non-users to get arrested for larceny/theft (1999).
Illegal drug users were 9x more liekly arrested for assault in 2000.
Alcohol is likely to be a factor in 2/3 of violent crimes where the victim knew their attacker.
Sources: The Saratogian, "Alcoholism Series"- http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2011/03/13/news/doc4d7d929027273529757051.txt
The National Center for Victims of Crime, "Drug Related Crime"- http://www.ncvc.org/ncvc/main.aspx?dbName=DocumentViewer&DocumentID=32348
About.com, "Crime and Alcohol"- http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/costs/a/aa980415.htm
Friday, April 13, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
Friday, March 16, 2012
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
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
Thursday, March 8, 2012
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).
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).
Thursday, February 23, 2012
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?
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?
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Independent Component 1
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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.
Monday, February 6, 2012
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