Day-in-The-Life Article

Hi dear readers,  so like I explained in one of  my last posts, in Quebec if you are under 21 years old you have to go to Cegep before going to University. So, like you know I study Youth and Adult Correctional Intervention to the Cegep Ahuntsic to after study in Criminology. I will do these studies because working with human and better understand psychology interested me so much. In this blog post I will summarize you an article who explains a day in a life of a criminal psychologist.

Criminal psychology is a great career that grows. This field began to be known in 1950 and works very well today. What is awesome with this work is that the routine does not exist. I will describe to you few days as a criminal psychologist.

 Criminal psychology is most associated with the work of profiling. The profile is created by looking at the past of the criminal, the crime he committed and with little bit of deduction. People often think that profilers always work about serial killers but they also work on other criminal who repeats their crimes like rapist, robbers or other criminals.

During his work, the profiler analyzes some files to see if there are links between other cases. He can also try to think like the criminal to understand why he did the crime. They spend several days to build the profile and once it is complete they will give their findings to the police.

The criminal psychologists  can be called to court as an experts witness. After learning the case  and met the accused, they can give their personal verdict. They can also be called to reject the testimony of another expert witness.

There is also the possibility of working with criminals. Usually, lawyers asked the psychologists to provide assistance to people in trial. They also called to help psychologically criminals in prison or in mental health facilities. They may  work on psychotherapy or regular therapy.

During most of the day, there are criminal psychologist working as a therapist. They costumer meetings, analyzes paperwork, working for law enforcement and provide services where they are needed. Life work of a criminal psychologist is very variant.









GLOSSARY :

Criminality : A crime act or practice.
Law : The system of rules that a particular country or community recognizes as a regulating the actions of its members and wich it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
Lawyer : A person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law.
Law court : A court that hears cases and makes decisions based on statues or common law.
Mental health : The psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfaction level of emotional and behavioral adjustment.
Prison : A building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial or after conviction.
therapy : The treatment of disease or disorders.
Crime :  An action or omission which constitutes an offense and is punishable by law.
Witness : A person giving sworn testimony to a court of a law or the police.
Accused :  A person or group of people who are charged with or on trial for a crime.
Intervention : Take part in an action to settle a problem of a person or situation, with words or
gestures.

REFERENCE : http://www.criminal-justice-careers.com/a/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-criminal-psychologist.html