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Why I Want To Major In Criminology

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Being raised in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles with constant gang violence, the majority committed by youth, worries me. I wonder how so many young men and women can tarnish their futures and become involved in such awful activities. Constant crime, and death is what I have grown up in, and I want to change that. I want to help improve my community by learning how to help youth from becoming involved with the wrong crowd and encouraging them to learn how to express themselves in a healthier manner. The mind of a teenager is very vulnerable to the influences from their surroundings, and I want to learn how to prevent them from falling into the cycle of crime.
I will be attending the University of California, Davis, and I have decided to major in Sociology with an emphasis in law and society.Questions such as,“Who creates the social status? Why do people commit the actions they do?” are what I want to study. In other words, how legal and criminal systems operate and theories of legal/criminal behavior. Their program that offers courses such as,Sociology of Law,Juvenile Delinquency,and Criminology/Criminal Justice system,have caught my attention as it covers where my questions,and …show more content…

I found Freud's theory of the ‘ Id, Ego, and Superego,’ rather interesting, as it speculates a human’s personality and behavior.The ‘Id’ represents a person’s animal urges which they are born with.The ‘Superego’ represents the rules and moralities that the person assembles as they grow up. But the balance of these two, is the ’Ego’. It’s your subconscious of the right thing to do.But on the other hand,I have my own personal views as well. I came to the conclusion that humans will justify their actions, one way or another. Even if the decision isn’t the right

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Ladies and Gentlemen: Before stating my intention about the course for which I seek admission to the St Joseph University Criminal Justice Program with emphasis in behavior analysis, I would like to take this opportunity to briefly introduce myself. I am an African immigrant of Liberian descent. I am the oldest of my parents seven children. The African tradition demands that I am just as responsible for the wellbeing of the family as my mother. At an early age, mother ingrained in me that education was an essential prerequisite to the empowerment I needed to fulfil my obligation to my immediate and extended families and myself.

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