Unit 1 Assignment What Is Your Ideal Career?
Sarah Minter
August 6, 2011
CJ 100
Unit 1 Assignment
What Is Your Ideal Career? My ideal career goal is to successfully complete all the training required to become a proficient source of protection to our society. My desired goal is to become a Forensic Psychologist so that I can better understand not only the legal side of psychology, but also the minds of the criminals and their victims. I also want to work with a team of other professionals in addition to working directly with clients or criminal offenders. By choosing to study Criminal Justice, I hope to learn all I need to know about the study of Forensics and what criminal justice is really about. Currently I am taking this class to get my Associates Degree, which is a start towards my future goal of getting my Doctoral Degree in psychology. One reason I am choosing to study Forensic Psychology, is because I took basic psychology in my senior year of high school. Since then it has fascinated me to want to know more about the human brain, and its functions. As well as why criminals do the crimes that they do, and how I prevent the action to happen again in the future. Forensic Psychology is the intersection between psychology and the criminal justice system. It involves understanding criminal law in the relevant jurisdictions in order to be able to interact appropriately with paralegals. It is also the ability to testify in court, reformulating psychological findings into the legal language of the courtroom. As I pursue the career of Forensic Psychology, I hope to work in an environment that is safe for not only my well-being, but the professionals around me as well. Since the basic psychologist works usually behind a boring desk pushing papers all day, I want to get out from behind the desk and help people with hands-on cases. Furthermore I wish to get into the minds of the most dangerous criminals and come to a conclusion of why they do what they do. The perfect place for that I believe would
August 6, 2011
CJ 100
Unit 1 Assignment
What Is Your Ideal Career? My ideal career goal is to successfully complete all the training required to become a proficient source of protection to our society. My desired goal is to become a Forensic Psychologist so that I can better understand not only the legal side of psychology, but also the minds of the criminals and their victims. I also want to work with a team of other professionals in addition to working directly with clients or criminal offenders. By choosing to study Criminal Justice, I hope to learn all I need to know about the study of Forensics and what criminal justice is really about. Currently I am taking this class to get my Associates Degree, which is a start towards my future goal of getting my Doctoral Degree in psychology. One reason I am choosing to study Forensic Psychology, is because I took basic psychology in my senior year of high school. Since then it has fascinated me to want to know more about the human brain, and its functions. As well as why criminals do the crimes that they do, and how I prevent the action to happen again in the future. Forensic Psychology is the intersection between psychology and the criminal justice system. It involves understanding criminal law in the relevant jurisdictions in order to be able to interact appropriately with paralegals. It is also the ability to testify in court, reformulating psychological findings into the legal language of the courtroom. As I pursue the career of Forensic Psychology, I hope to work in an environment that is safe for not only my well-being, but the professionals around me as well. Since the basic psychologist works usually behind a boring desk pushing papers all day, I want to get out from behind the desk and help people with hands-on cases. Furthermore I wish to get into the minds of the most dangerous criminals and come to a conclusion of why they do what they do. The perfect place for that I believe would