Career in Criminology Essay

I, your affiant, Luis Gonzalez, state that I am a criminology student at Fresno City College since August 12, 2013. Since my time of enrollment I have taken many courses regarding my criminology major. While attending Fresno City College some of the courses that I have taken are Criminology 1 Introduction to Criminology, Criminology 3 Legal Aspects of Evidences, Criminology 5 Community Relations, Criminology 6 Concepts of Criminal Law, Criminology 11 Juvenile Delinquency, Criminology 12 Criminal Justice Communications, and Criminology 13 Constitutional Interpretation: Its Logic and Fallacies. With these course that I have taken I have learn and gotten knowledge to the best of my abilities. In Criminology 12, I have been trained to write reports and really take into consideration the role of a police officer. I have watched many scenarios and took notes about those scenarios to make reports and determine the outcome of an investigation. I have gotten first hand training that will benefit me throughout my career. On November 2, 2015 I was given a case about a commercial burglary that took place on November 1, 2015. The suspect that was identified was Rex Swanson. Swanson was seen by security in the back loading dock of the building. Swanson was called into the police department for…

The reason that I choose criminology from all majors was because I was in the process of changing majors and I had no idea what I wanted to major in so I went on the career and services on the Fresno state page. I took two assessments, which were Eureka and true colors that help me, figure which career fields best suit me. After that I started looking through all the majors and seeing which one interested me. Criminology was a major/ career that interested me the most from all other majors.…

Some skills required in criminology are hard work, patience, and obviously problem solving. Criminology is all about figuring out why a crime was committed and basing that theory on previous information in order to prevent crime. A few other skills needed in this career that i already have are the will to work hard, enthusiasm for mystery, and a love for learning. In order to succeed in criminology i need to focus on patience and studying techniques. A doctoral degree in psychology, sociology,…

the career center was in my sophomore year. I was extremely stressed about declaring my major since this decision would determine the course of my future career. My indecisiveness began inhibiting my academic progress due to enrolling in irrelevant classes. It was during this walk-in that I first met Kay. Her friendliness helped ease the anxiety I felt about my situation and allowed me to comfortably disclose my thoughts, fears, and opinions. Kay understands that choosing a career depends on…

The 6 personality traits according to John Holland, of which are conventional, realistic, investigative, artistic, social, and enterprising. Conventional are the type of people that are structured, organized, and like efficiency and order. Whereas with realistic people they tend to be more hands on or physical people, compared to Investigative people are introspective, intelligent, and scientific. Artistic people are expressive, initiative, and creative, compared to enterprising people that are…

My journey through career exploration this year has been the most useful experience I have had to date in regards to figuring out what I would like to do with the rest of my life. I have had many opportunities because of this course to explore different resources, such as career panels, mock interviews, and online resources such as glassdoor.com for the variety of careers that are available to me, and how I can go about pursuing them. I am thankful for how much I have learned in this course and…

real world; this has strengthened my skills for college and my future career, which shows my growth as an academic student. This semester I have also started an organization here at school that both shows my growth as a global citizen and will, in hopes, help the community, and the people living in it. This year, the junior class, along with the senior class, was assigned the…

whether the University of Northern Colorado Career Services where I intern this semester follows the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) policy or not. After having a one on one conversation with the Career Services Director, she made realize that Career Services used the CAS materials to conduct their 5-year program review. In this paper, I will not offer recommendations for ways the Career Services office might better meet CAS standards. Instead, I will analyze…

Career Development: Assessment, Feedback and Training. The ultimate goal of every corporation on this planet is to remain profitable and succeed in whatever goals the organization may have set for themselves. Economists and management theorists around the world have their own theories regarding how this should be accomplished but at the heart of some of them is the concept of human capital growth and its ability to act as the ultimate competitive advantage. One of the pioneers of the concept of…

“Successful careers today are not planned out in advance.” This is my favorite quote from “Managing Oneself.” I enjoy this quote because it holds a lot of truth for careers in this day in age. Sure, some people might have known what they wanted to do when they grew up as a young kid and it ended up working out for them great, but that is usually not the case. A successful career takes a lot of building, changes and learning to create. This building starts as a young kid and then really…