Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

I plan to create a profile on a fictional character. I will watch episodes of the certain characters I am creating a profile on and will base it off a real profile created by Special Agent Douglas on "Jack the Ripper."

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

I will explain the episode or portion of what I watch and give a detailed description of what part of my profile it will support.

3.  Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.
It will allow me to exercise my profiling skills using the tools that have given to me by my intership, mentorship, and research I've conducted.

4.  Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link and label it "Independent Component 2" log.

Okay.

Blog 14: Independent Component

LITERAL


(a) Write: “I, Justine Solorio, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 31 hours of work.”

(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.

The identification of my whom I've done my additional component with is confidential. Releasing the name of him or his family would be a violation. However, in my evidence I refer to him as John Doe.

(c) Update your hours in your Senior Project Hours link. Make sure it is clearly labeled with hours for individual sessions as well as total hours.

My mentorship hours log is completely updated.

(d) Explain what you completed.    

I spent 31 hours with a family whose father is a struggling addict on his road to recovery. He unfortunately relapsed toward the end of my time with them. I plan to still keep contact with this family.

INTERPRETIVE 


Defend your work and explain its significance to your project and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work. Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.

I spent 31 hours with a family whose father is a struggling addict on his road to recovery. He unfortunately relapsed toward the end of my time with them. I plan to still keep contact with this family. 

APPLIED


How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate this. 

I was able to see what drugs to do firsthand to addicts and their families. It helped me with the understanding of different mental states people enter and the mind altering affects. Just like drug addicts, serial killers enter a completely different state of mind. My mentorship as well as internship are part of the narcotics division so it helps me with my understanding of everything I do at internship. This experience has also furthered my knowledge within my internship, which would allow me to have more responsibility at my internship.    

Blog 13: Lesson 2 Reflection

1. What are you most proud of and why?
I'm most proud of the fact that I made time and that I wasn't as nervous as I originally thought I'd be. I also feel like i had in-depth content and that the explanations I provided were strong and thorough.

2A. What assessment would you give yourself on your presentation(self-assesment)?
I would give myself an P.

2B. Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.
Well for starters, I met all of the "P" requirments and based on the responses I received from the audience during rather gruesome parts, I was able to see that I had everyone's complete interest.

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?
My presentations went according to plan and I made time without having extremely evident nerves.

4. What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?
I would've added more life to my powerpoint and used less gruesome pictures.

5. What do you think your Answer #2 is going to be?
I think the victimology report would be the second answer however I don't know how I would word it without having referenced my first answer.

Profile of Serial Killer Jeffrey Dahmer

For my 30 minute lesson I plan on fictionalizing a medical examiner's report for the following serial killers: Jack the Ripper, Zodiac Killer, Charles Manson, and Jeffrey Dahmer. In order to create the medical examiner's report I need tor research the actual reports on the UNSUB's that way they're accurate or somewhat fitting the profile created by examiners. Aside from professionally created profiles created by FBI agents, thorough biographies are also extremely helpful because they're primarily focused on the upbringing of the UNSUB as well as their choice of victims.


Jeffrey Dahmer's thorough biography.

Blog 12: Mentorship 10 hours check

Where are you doing your mentorship?
I'm doing my mentorship as well as internship with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. My mentorship is with the supervisor of the Detectives Bureau and my internship is with a Sergeant at the station.

Who is your contact?
Sgt.  Saldecke is whom I have an internship with.
Detective Perez is whom I have a mentorship with.

How many hours have you done during the school year?
So far I've done 21 hours of documented mentorship hours.

Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.
I help Sgt. Saldecke with different paperwork he does at the station. He's had me help him with flyers for fundraiser events and organizing of different things. He's also explained the process of the hiring period and everything one must undergo in order to achieve certain goals. With Detective Perez I've learned about being a delective and how much criminal profiling is really used. He's showed me the process of all the things included in profiles and how to conduct each report.

Blog 11: Holiday Project Update

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you do over the break with your senior project?

Honestly, this break I didn't do any mentorship whatsoever other than create a new schedule with my Sgt. since he's revived a new shift. As for my senior project itself, I finished up some of my articles that I was behind on and watched serial killers be interviewed by some of the best profilers. It showed me consistencies kept by all of the interviewers.

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why?  What was the source of what you learned?

It showed me consistencies kept by all of the interviewers. I was able to see what tactics and techniques used by all of them. I saw the correlation between the interviews and profiles.

3.  If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers for your EQ, who would you talk to and why?

1.      How does the work you do contribute to a criminal profile?

2.      What other works have you done before this current position you are in?

3.      How did you climb up the ladder and get involved in the branch you are currently part of?

4.      What do you know of criminal profiling and it's use in today's crime and investigations?

5.      Are there any other forms of criminal profiles or less detailed versions used to solve petty crimes?

6.      What would you say are the most important components to solving any crime? Whether part of the profile or not.

7.      Are there any law enforcement workers who have created standards or set guidelines which you have been taught about?

8.      Which types non law-related degrees and education would you recommend for someone trying to pursue a career in this field to obtain?

9.      Is there any literature or persons you would like to suggest for me to research?

10.   What kind of preparation can you suggest for someone of my age to do?

Kansas City Massacre—Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd

I was reading an in-depth analysis of a famous case, the Kansas City Massacre. The reason I found this so famous case article intriguing was because everything was so detailed that if need be I could recreate the scene. All of thee victims were described and a brief biography was given for each which allowed me to try and find links on my own instead of just understanding what they ended up doing. It was a good practice for me to use some of the minor tools I have been given and taught and really put them to the test. The FBI vault where this article was found has many more cases on other famous crimes which I definitely plan on reading and learning more about.