How To Write A Personal Reflection On Criminal Justice

I think this was a good book for this class. The face that the book gave examples and stories made it easier to relate and understand the material better.

One of the sections that I found most interesting was the section about point-of-views for others, more specifically the book was taking about courtrooms. I wrote about this as one of my reflections as well because so many different things had come together for me. The way I think about it is, we view others based on our thought processes. These thought processes are based off of our knowledge and our experiences, therefore viewing someone else with those isn't going to be correct. Just reading about how criminal defense attorneys think about the cases they take changes how I view them. Prosecutors are a good thing, I am not arguing that, there are guilty people, but reading in this section about how the prosecutors believe they are good people believe because they are putting away every bad person they come across is crazy. Sometimes the system fails and they are dead set on putting this "gulity" person in jail. This section lays out how each side views their standpoints of the trial, not saying either is wrong but giving us the reasoning why they think what they do is the best/ only way because of interactions with people, their past knowledge based on their own experiences. …show more content…
Want to work with psychology inside the criminal justice field so having a better understanding of the viewpoints of each side, I believe will better equip me to do my job better. Even in other classes I have taken, we discuss how law enforcement and psychologist don't always understand each other long term goals. This section helps to better give a real world situation of why and how to adjust rather than just a textbook