Criminal Justice Goals

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I’d be lying if I said, that I knew exactly what I wanted to for my internship next spring. I have an interest in different things in the criminal justice field, three in particular. Those three are probation, parole, and law. One of my personal goals when it comes to the criminal justice field is to help those need, and I feel that if given a chance in any of the three career I may be able to exceed my goal. In probation and parole I would like to work with people that are just like every other people, but something in their lives made them choose and alternate root. I feel as a probation and parole officer it is important to understand the person and try to fit in their shoes in order to really help them, and really try to prevent them from

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