Criminal Justice Career Path

I am currently a senior this year and will be graduating at the end of May with the Class of 2016. I will be attending Dixie State University this Fall 2016. My intended major is Criminal Justice with emphasis in Corrections. I have always been interested in the Criminal Justice system, the way they use evidence to solve hard cases and how much Criminal Justice can make a difference to society. I also want to take that knowledge and bring it back to my community to help improve the Criminal Justice system on the Navajo Reservation including other neighboring different tribes. We have all seen the imperfect police officers and how they treat other ethnic groups or people who are in need, I want to show people that not all police officers are

Poling dates back to 1066 were young men and boys we made to keep night watch to watch other people who inhabited the land that the early Europeans had discovered. Then slowly has the land started industrialized and over populate, the cities had to start creating large paid groups of people to patrol the streets, which soon after were known as police officers. However, it is to be kept in mind that none of the people that were choice to patrol the streets for any trouble that might arise had some to no experience regarding law enforcement or policing.

There will always be a fight for justice, and where there is crime there are those who must solve them. I wish to pursue a career in the criminal justice industry, mainly working as a forensic science criminalist. Those who use scientific logic and evidence found at the scene of the crime to solve the case, The heroes who don’t wear the labcoats instead of the black and blues. Heroes like these need certain skills, interests, and values that make them an official criminalist.

The amount of success we will have is based on planning. Imagining myself as an artists has always been my focus, still I allowed other opinions and ideas to influence me to change my decision. My focus is on how successful I’ll be. I want to be financially stable and not dependent on others. Faced with these choices I have automatically washed away my dreams of being an artist. The career path I’ve been focusing on now is Criminal Justice. No matter what I do, I want to be satisfied and productive to my career.

My professional goal for obtaining a degree in criminal justice is to allow me to have more career opportunities with the company that I am currently with as an armed officer. Having a degree in criminal justice and having a better understanding with laws can help if situations arise where myself or my coworkers are put in a situation where having the knowledge can guide us from doing something illegal by accident. As for my personal goal to obtain a degree, out of all my family, married in or blood relatives, there are only two people with a degree. I want to be one of the few that can show off a degree and be proud of it.

In Criminal Justice my intended emphasis area is law enforcement. I would like to become a police detective one day. “Police detectives, unlike police officers, don't wear a uniform, drive patrol cars, or patrol; instead, they spend much of their time compiling information and evidence for the cases they are assigned. They wear plain clothes, usually a suit and tie, and drive unmarked cars” (“Police Detective Job Description”, n.d). A police detective is a higher ranked and higher paid police officer. The job itself requires more experience and knowledge than a regular police officer’s job.

In working towards a BS in criminal justice I am aiming to ensure that my career opportunities will not be hampered by a lack of degree later in life. Additionally, by working through this degree I am able to further investigate this career path and better understand ways of thinking that tend to be used in these careers. My interest in criminal justice was initially just a passing one; however, while I matured, what had been merely a passing interest began to grow into a viable career path in my mind.

When I first started college, my academic goals were to learn as much as possible, join a Christian fellowship, get into the criminal justice program, decide whether or not to go to graduate school, and to graduate in four years. In addition, to also to either get a job or get accepted into an internship. My overall goal was to enjoy and make the most out of my college experience. My career goals back when I was a freshman, were to figure out if I want to join law enforcement or go to law school and find a job in the field of criminal justice, while being happy working the job. Over the course of two years, some of those goals have been achieved and some goals have been changed.

Law enforcement is a career that is both violent and rewarding in many capacities. Justice needs to be served in law enforcement and they have a responsibility to uphold the law and serve the people in the community. Law enforcement is crucial in the world today as a global realm as life continues to be more complex and law enforcement struggles to combat many aspects of crime. In order to combat these problems and have a positive future in the criminal justice system, everyone must work together on a bigger scale.

Growing up I was always dealing with adversity. First it was my father needing surgery for his back. Later, resulted in him becoming disabled and being out of a job. Then, I was getting bullied along with my friends. After a while of this, I had enough of being defenseless and started to stand up for myself and them. This was what motivated me to want to pursue a career in Criminal Justice. I wanted to protect people from the wrong-doing of others because I knew what it felt like to be in that situation. The only difference between them and me is, I’ll always be there for them when there is a cry for help.

Following my high school graduation I plan to study accounting and criminal justice. After looking at many colleges that aren't too far from home, I found that the University of North Texas and Texas Christian University offer good programs for both of these studies. Although I haven't made a final decision on which university I will attend, I know that they both offer adequate academic and extracurricular opportunities.

Some individuals know early on in life what their career choice may be, while others may not know just yet. I was undecided until I enrolled for classes in 2011. I am now four semesters away from being able to graduate with a bachelor’s degree so I can attend law school. I have an interest in attending Oklahoma City University School of Law. I have done some research on this particular school and feel that this would be a better fit for myself.

That’s an interesting first name. Generally Bailey is a last name right? It looks like me and you have something in common, which is pursuing a Criminal Justice Counseling degree. You seem like a compassionate individual that is active among the career you’re trying to accomplish. I never heard of Students against Destructive Decision (SADD). I had to look it up once I read it. That’s great that the program focuses on teens. It’s important to make sure that the youth aren’t ignored. A troubled teen can lead to so many other problems, especially as they grow older. What is the occasional problem that you guys happen to deal with more often than others? I’m going to assume bullying or depression? Back during my high school years, we had a suicide

Criminal Justice is a career one can choose to pursue. “I take it as a job, but I love it. It’s not like work to me; it is something I love to do…. Like they say, if you love what you’re doing, you never work a day in your life”. (Tutor). Becoming a probation officer is not easy. One will deal with multiple duties, such as, gender, dealing with people on a daily basis, education, and be able to fulfill the requirements to become a probation officer. However, if one likes working with people and following rules, this is definitely the career for interested applicants.

Criminal justice is a topic that i have wanted to study since i was a little boy. I always found it to offly exciting to work with criminals and investigate their crimes. However what i really want to do with my degree is to not only work with criminals, but to help them get back on their feet and back into society. Thus, saying i want to become a probation officer for the federal government. Reason being is that i feel that with my degree and a minor in psychology i will be best suited for the job of a probation officer. However the work task of a probation officer is pretty tedious, from 40- 60 case loads a week depending on where you reside at. With that saying i would want my workplace to be located in DC because there corrections system