Self Reflection

1. At the moment i believe that i am around the p-p+ range. The reason being is that i do not have too many service learning and independent component hours. I do not believe I am in the AP range though, because i have turned everything one time and followed each direction to the best of my ability.
2. I think I have done well on both my interviews, so far i have gotten AEs on both. I plan to keep it that way with my last 3. I believe the reason is that i am comfortable to talking to new people, in both interviews I was very comfortable asking these professionals that I had never met before.
3. I would especially like to improve on my independent component, since I have such a few amount of hours.

Science Fair Proposal

1. If a city in Los Angeles County has a lower average household income than others, then their crime rates will be higher.
2.Control: cities of los angeles county Dependent: Crime rates Independent: Household income
3. My senior project eq deals with the skills you need as a criminal investigator, and I feel an important skill would be to know the surroundings of where you are working. My science experiment will highlight each city that i may work in someday.
4.

1. At first i plan on finding the cities in LA county
2. For each city find out their average income
3. I haven't decided if I am going to focus on a type of crime, so for now I will get the overall reported crimes and crime rates for each city
4. create data tables and charts comparing the cities and income
5. From here I dont really know where to go, i guess i would have my answer but it does not seem rigorous enough to last me months

I will be using:

• Computer
• Calculator
• Fbi and lapd reported crimes websites and tables

5. Behavioral Science...I was wondering if it would be mathematics and computer science though because all I am doing is statistics?

What ive learned so far...

1. I've learned how to catagorize different crimes, ive learned the different ways to start out in the field, also back when i was focusing on the crime scene i learned how to set up a crime scene for investigation. As for the overall experience i have learned how to interact with complete strangers. Meaning, the times ive gone to my service learning place i have always met new people and i have learned how to make all my first impressions count.
2. i really do not understand how i would do this
3. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3448300156.html
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate

Independent Component 1 Plan Approval

1) I am still indecisive about what i will be doing for my independent component, but i do have a few ideas as to what I can do. The first is to do more service learning hours than required. I am going to be doing my service learning at NICB, but i was talking to the FBI to see if they can fit me somewhere there so for my independent component i can count those hours instead. Another would be a class, yet i am finding that to be difficult because of my age and lack of prerequisites from other college classes. I have been trying to find maybe an online course that i can take to cover this component also. I was wondering if i could take a language course? online or at a college, because one of the my answers is good communication skills and knowing many languages falls under that category. The more you know, the more cases you can work on because you can talk to witness' etc.

2) I will either do 30 more hours of work, or my class and homework should cover more than 30 hours.

3) This will relate to my EQ because from the classes or extra hours i will learn more methods and techniques used by investigators. Learning  these i will find out different skills and get more answers for my EQ.

Defining the Essential Question

1) What is the most important skill you need to have, to become a successful Criminal Investigator?

2)

•  Skill: it can be a skill that includes a job specialty ( i.e. photography, lab work, being able to understand certain types of crime) or simple techniques.
• Successful: Having a long and thorough career, being marketable and wanted for cases, being higher up in the investigative field ( i.e captain, head of a team)
• Criminal Investigator: one who is involved with cases and crime committed, not necessarily the crime scene but focusing on the criminal and the victim.

3)

• Being able to investigate white-collar crime
• Being able to investigate cyber crime
• communication skills
• knowing a little bit about everything, meaning to know how to solve various crimes and use various techniques
• how to react in stressful situations

4) My most important source would definitely have to be my first interview with Jack Horvath. He is the captain of one of the four sects in the DA's investigative section.

Second Interview Questions

1. Why did you decide to get into the field of criminal investigation?
2. How did you start out and get into the field?
3.Why do you think it is important to have criminal investigators?
4. What is NICB ( national insurance crime bureau)?
5.What do you do here at NICB ?
6. What do you think is the most important skill  that you need to be a successful criminal investigator?

Presentation Reflection

1. My first interview directly affected my presentation. My presentation was actually based on my interview, I started off explaining the who,what,where,when and why of my interview and then a topic that sparked an interest in me that was said during my interview. The topic being the 2 different ways to start out in the field.

2. I think, even though most people had boards mine stood out. I was also one of the few that related their presentation to information that they found out during their interview.

3. The most challenging part of the presentation was picking info that you knew you were not going to bring up again. The most challenging part of the interview was finding someone qualified enough to get valid thourough answers.

Blog 3: Senior Project Presentation 1

Lesson: My first interview

Objective: Students will learn how the traditional route to becoming a criminal investigator may not be the right one.

Procedure:

• Introduction of topic: How many people feel they had a successful interview? Ask a few to explain why they feel the way they do. (30 sec)
• Define successful (15 sec)
• Ask if by my definition of successful if anyone's answer has changed (10 sec)
• Explain my interviewee and their place of work (45 sec)
• Explain the difference between the traditional route vs the unconventional route of become a criminal investigator. (1 min)
• Conclusion (25 sec)

Check for understanding: During my conclusion, i will ask a few people to answer a question i have about a topic i talked about. Also questions about their opinion, ex. Which way do you feel is the most beneficial route to becoming a criminal investigator?

Resource/ Materials: A poster board with key points and visuals.

Blog 2: Interview 1 Preperation

I am interviewing Jack Horvath, who is part of the criminal investigation sect of the LA District Attorney's office. I really want to use the time i have with him to not only get the required 5 questions done but also more about how to get my foot in the door. His job is exactly what i would like to do one day, so i do believe that his expertise will be very helpful. I also wanted to talk to him to see if he has contacts for service learning.

Blog 1: Senior Project Blog

My topic is Criminal Investigation, because it is a career path that I have been interested in since I was in 6th grade. We had a writing assignment one day with the prompt, " What do you want to be when you want to grow up?." I sat there and the only thing came to mind was to have a job in the criminology field. Ever since, that has not changed, I honestly haven't made up my mind as to which specific job I would like though. For the past 6 years I have wanted to be a Forensic Anthropologist, then a Forensic Pathologist, Criminal Profiler, to become a criminal attorney, and it kept switching. That is why I hope this project will help me commit to a specific field and follow through. I felt if I researched Criminal Investigation, it was broad enough for me to explore the different jobs that are required in investigating a crime. Also to reveal which jobs I do not want to pursue, and to help me college wise as to which major to commit to.