Why Study Criminology Personal Statement

Crime has been with us as a race from the start on mankind and so have those who aim to stop it, I am one of those. This is why I want to study criminology because I am fascinated with the minds of criminals and how to stop these people. My strong desire to solve and study crimes began at a young age when I was introduced to the one and only James Bond. In retrospect James Bond was a glorafied assassin and that is not my goal, however I want to serve the justice that James Bond did for the good of the world.It intrigues me because even though some of the stuff I could solve and prevent would never be common knowledge and I might not be praised by people millions the knowing that I saved one person makes me happy because I know through the …show more content…
I want to do something that allows me to wake up in the morning and think I can’t wait to learn or go to work today instead of seeing work as a chore I want to use it as a motif of my life. My raw exposure to criminal justice began when I took a university course in Criminal Justice, this class further cement the idea of criminal justice in my mind not just being a dream and showed me what I had to deal with. It showed me I could deal with it. One of these experiences was a tour around a jail and a chance to sit in on an entire day of court since our professor was a practicing judge at the County Level. Being the the jail put me face to face with the types of people I knew that I had signed up to stop and deal with for the rest of my life. My exposure to the courtroom as well as the jail allowed me to experience first hand what I would end up working with and in which manner to present myself in both …show more content…
This has helped to build my confidence and show the value & benefit of teamwork .Integrating with the public, my peers,and those in power positions is an extremely valuable experience which taught me how to be proact as well as react in situations whether that be professionally or emotionally. Through participation in multiple clubs and sports throughout my whole schooling career I have been able to organise and adapt my life to enable my success. Moreover I push myself and aim to learn as much as I can to my aid, this is evident through my ability to speak multiple languages. One of these languages are Russian which I taught myself to speak at a proficient level with the help of programmes such as Rosetta Stone and russian language and grammar books. This shows my ability and drive to succeed within myself as I did this to forward myself and expand my horizons, not just for a grade. During my time in America I have taken advanced placement classes in Statistics moreover I was accepted into the High School honours programme in which I gained the ability to take multiple university courses at a local university these include ; Criminal Justice, Business Law, Crime and Society, Sociology, and International Law and World