Criminal Justice System Personal Statement

I’ve been planning a career in the Criminal Justice system for as long I can remember. I completed a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in the English Language with plans of completing a Juris Doctor. I work on my writing, speech while learning the ins and outs of the criminal justice system. I began to work and volunteer with different court services and reentry organizations. While working I began to see the same client’s and families’ month after month causing me to notice a familiar pattern that remind me of my youth. (addiction, recidivism & Inter patterns). I Unique Lovett, a child whom both parents abused drugs and were incarcerated on and off my whole childhood watch my brother follow the same path my parents went down …show more content…
During my time of employment, I worked with adjudicated delinquent as they served their sentence and complete different court requirements. These children dealt with different mental illness and childhood traumas. After developing a working rapport with the juveniles, I notice the same pattern of recidivism and intergenerational offenders, that displayed in reentry a was common know matter the background or geographic location. I decided to take a different approach in the rehabilitation and habilitation of the residents by teaching/ discussion the importance of developing a post release plan and taking a active role in aggression management and substance abuse groups. I became empathic, angry, and passionate about understand the issues and lack of resources that cause myself and other to learn to cope with the social mental and emotional trauma on our own. At that point I felt I found my purpose to “be the change I needed when I was young”. That the moment I know law school was no longer an …show more content…
The education received from the university and the connects with the local and state agencies dealing with social change. This degree would strengthen my abilities to identifies and treat/refer the at risk youth to services dealing with issues they face. I would be able to understand polices that affect the youth as well as the importance of working with management. The management and policy concertation will provide me with the ability to successful develop and sustain programing for organization who target this at risk population. Attending this program can/ will help me develop relevant resources to successfully build a community to support the social, economic and mental needs of children with incarcerated