https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1xPpG7fwizCETU0p9T1yVcxrcvPy68UwkBKCY_Ndvn4s\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sean Redding\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Randall Cream<\/p>\n\n\n\n WRT120<\/p>\n\n\n\n November 7th, 2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Final Draft <\/p>\n\n\n\n No matter\nwhere you reside, the criminal justice system is a prominent feature in each\nand every community in the United States. There is a vast amount of job\nopportunities in this field, from police officers, judges, and probation\nofficers to FBI agents, blood spatter analysis, and criminal behavioral\nanalysis, criminal justice jobs are a key component to any working society. As\na criminal justice major, it\u2019s hard to choose just one field to go into, and\neven harder to obtain all of the skills needed to go into the criminal justice\nfields. Luckily, our community has many opportunities for interactions that can\nhelp with this specific major. Students might be able to go on a ride-along,\nhave internships, study the local news for crime in the area, and even sit in\nthe local court room during open case trials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As stated\nby Freire, \u201cOne cannot\nexpect positive results from an educational or political action program which\nfails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a\nprogram constitutes cultural invasion, good intentions notwithstanding.\u201d\n(Freire, Ch.3). I believe that this quote is suggesting that one cannot expect\nto excel in a certain field if they only focus on the core requirements of the major\nbut will succeed if they are familiar with other elements in the major. \nSpecifying this concept to a criminal justice major, something like a\nride-along, or internship specific to a criminal justice student\u2019s field of\ninterest would be beneficial to their overall goal. By doing an internship,\nstudents are able to be placed in an environment similar to the real-world\nexperiences outside of college. Internships would be a preparation for life\noutside of college, especially when it comes to criminal justice majors. Being\nprepared in the criminal justice field is important, as many jobs in this field\nrequire a vast knowledge of the job and subject before entering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Another\nconcept that relates to knowledge outside of a specific major comes from Walker\nPercy\u2019s theories and works on education. Percy says, \u201cA student who has the\ndesire to get a dogfish or a Shakespeare sonnet may have the greatest\ndifficulty in salvaging the creature itself from the educational package in\nwhich it is presented\u201d (Percy, pg.4). In this quote Percy was stating that a\nstudent who is strictly restrained to the limits inside one specific major may\nhave the most difficulty excelling in the major. For a criminal justice major,\nthere are many very simple ways to explore and to get in touch with the community\nin order to benefit in their majors. One way could be simply to stay updated on\ncriminal justice related news in the community. A student could learn a large\namount about what a criminal justice job would be like in a specific community\nby familiarizing themselves with the typical happenings of the community\nitself. By learning and getting familiar with the typical issues and crimes in\na certain area, students can prepare for what they would be dealing with after\ngraduating and entering the criminal justice fields. If a student were looking\nto become a police officer in Philadelphia, reading Philly\u2019s local news and\nseeing about the many on-foot chases officers in Philadelphia have to partake\nin may lead this student to conclude that they must work on being physically\nfit for that specific job. This would then put them ahead of a student who did\nnot have this knowledge and had the same goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Another way\na criminal justice student can learn outside the classroom is participating in\na \u201cride-along\u201d with officers in the local police department. Participating in a\nride-along is definitely a great learning experience for those students who\nwould like to experience the day-to-day activities of a police officer\u2019s duties\nbefore committing to the job. During a ride-along, the student would be allowed\naccess to sit in the passenger\u2019s seat of a police vehicle and ride with an\nofficer to see what police officers really encounter. Students in Criminal\nJustice that want to go into the police force can request to do this with local\npolice departments within the community. In doing this, the student can get a\ntaste of what it is like to be on the force and see what police officers\nactually do on a daily basis. Freire stated, \u201cThe solution is not to\nintegrate them into the structure of oppression, but to transform that\nstructure so that they can become \u201cbeings for themselves\u2019\u201d (Freire, p. 2). In this quote Freire talks about how education\ncan often lead to oppression, and that the way to succeed in education is to\nhave students experience things for themselves. By participating in a\nride-along, students definitely are breaking away from the educational\noppression that Freire speaks about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A\nhuge influence and factor in every criminal justice system is the court. The\ncourt system is a way for citizens who may have committed minor violations to\nexplain themselves and have chances at redemption, but also allows for\ncriminals of society to stand a fair trial. All crimes committed in West\nChester go through the Chester County courtroom, which would make the court\nroom a great place for criminal justice majors to get a deep understanding for\ncrimes and violations in West Chester. Students are able to sit on any open\ncourt case, and in doing so, can definitely learn a lot about the crimes in a\ncertain area. Not only would students be able to physically observe and study\nthe typical crimes through the courtroom, but they can also recognize the ways\nthat judges may handle certain situations. Knowing how crimes and violations\nare handled in certain areas and societies is a huge part of understanding the\nsociety itself. As Percy states, \u201cThe great\ndifficulty is that he is not aware that there is a difficulty; surely, he\nthinks, in such a fine classroom, with such a fine textbook, the sonnet must\ncome across\u201d (Percy, p.4). I believe that in this quote, Percy is stating that\nstudents have difficulty in certain fields because they simply do not\nunderstand the difficulty in the subject and do not go above and beyond outside\nof the classroom in order to understand their said topics. For example,\nstudents that simply show up to class, take the tests, and leave may be worse\noff than students who had taken advantage of their resources. Those students\nwho had taken advantage of their resources would then be more experienced in\nthe field, as they had already had the chance to explore, understand, and\nexperience the subject first-hand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In conclusion, criminal justice majors have many hidden\nadvantages in society, as they are able to acquire skills and excel in their\nfields just by examining their community. Students may take the opportunities\nto excel by participating in internships, a ride-along, physical research of a\nsociety\u2019s crimes, and sitting in a court room during open-case trials. Not only\ndo these activities allow students to gain knowledge on crime topics, but these\nalso allow students to experience criminal justice jobs first-hand before\ngraduating. With that being said, it is more important than ever for students\nto realize the importance of research and internships, as they can gain a vast\namount of knowledge by participating in said activities and gain the upper-hand\non those who have not had these experiences, as criminal justice fields can\nprove to be extremely competitive. Once students realize the sheer\nimportance of these activities, students will excel and succeed in the criminal\njustice world. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1xPpG7fwizCETU0p9T1yVcxrcvPy68UwkBKCY_Ndvn4s\/edit?usp=sharing Sean Redding\u00a0 Randall Cream WRT120 November 7th, 2019 Final Draft No matter where you reside, the criminal justice system is a prominent feature in each and every community in the United States. 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