Response to NPR's Real-Life Interrogations

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I really enjoyed listening to Douglas Starr talk about interrogation tactics and false confessions, before listening to this audio I believed that anxiety has nothing to do with someone's guilt. I agree with what he explained about some people being able to look at you straight in the eye and lie, and there can be some people that get nervous and have anxiety symptoms even if they are completely innocent. Anxiety should not be a reason to assume that someone is guilty, I think there should be more evidence, and proof of someone being guilty. I found the case from Nebraska of Nancy's death very interesting, however I was not surprised about the husbands reaction I think people's minds can believe anything you make yourself believe. I definitely think the peace model for interrogation sounds as the most successful method in achieving the correct answer regarding who is guilty of committing a false act.  The peace model as described by Starr, is a method of not using anxiety as a judgment about whether someone is guilty or not, but a method of a massive amount of questioning to the point where if the person is guilty they get caught in there own lies. This is because if the person is lying they can only tell a fake story for so long. The person eventually will forget the details and the truth will be brought upon them. 

Response to 96 Acres Article on "Incarceration with Radical Art".

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My response to the article on 96 acres is due to the satisfaction I received why'll attending the 96 acres (Prison Neighborhood Arts Project). I really appreciate the work that Maria Gaspar does along with her team. I think its important to have the community in the west side of Chicago be involved in this project because they are impacted by it. When I attended the event, on September 12th, I was interviewed by 96 acres. The question that stood out to me was when they asked me, how do you feel about people living in a community with the largest prison in the country being next to there homes? I hesitated when answering because I don't know how that feels, but I pictured what it would be like, walking or driving passed cook county jail everyday. I realized that probably would make me feel like there's nothing out there for me, I would feel hopeless about my future. I think it's a negative impact living next to cook county jail.

Response to Cops Clip

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I am responding to the video clip on the Cops show. The clip demonstrated the officer on camera responding to a call dealing with a suicidal woman. When he arrived at the scene, he approached the woman along with other back up police officers. The woman refused to coaperate with the officers and violently pointed a large knife at them. The scene resulted in the woman being tackled down and landing on top of the knife. I think the officers handled the situation correctly, I don't think it's right that she landed on the knife and I'm sure the officer that tackled her agrees. I think they just wanted to  avoid getting harmed and I would have handled the situation like wise.

Vice News Response

I agree with the video on Vice News "Do You Trust The Police" , the stereotype's on police being the enemy with certain cultures is common. The reason for this is because of the past situations that involved racial issues with civilians and the law enforcement. The People in The U.S that were interviewed fall into this category. I believe that although there are bad guys, there are good guys. Therefore, at the end of the day people need to remember that cops are human too. I don't believe that extra weapons or force is necessary at all times, however I do think that for certain occasions it is, because the police also need protection. other countries have different issues like Mexico. The Mexican men interviewed both didn't seem happy with the Mexican police, and that's due to the corruption in Mexico and drug wars.

"Dexter" Monsters, Aliens, and Phantoms Clip

Reflection on Chicago's gun violence

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This article reflects on the shootings that took place in Chicago this past weekend. I read the Tribune weekly, and every weekend the shootings are no less than 10 per weekend. It's sad seeing how many people die every weekend over gun violence. I feel like people are becoming used to seeing these statistics every weekend, and it shouldn't be that way. Last month I read an article on the Tribune about the same topic, which talked about how September of this year, had more shootings than compared to any other September in the past. The article stated that there was 59 shootings in just three days, that is a problem and I think there should be more attention to this problem.


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Notebook Ratings

                                       

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This notebook is one I would probably use to take personal notes. Such as shopping lists, or ideas for a project. I think it is a stylish notebook and I would carry it around with my purse, it would give an outfit another accessory. However I don't find this notebook the best for an investigator.

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I really like this notebook for a classroom, I think it looks organized. The colorful dividers are good for organization. I would rank this one at the top of the list for school, but it would come last for an investigator.

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The final notebook is one I think would fit well for work, I could see an investigator using a notebook like this one because it has a pen holder, it is professional, and it has pockets for other important information that might need to be saved. I also think the style of the paper is a good format because it gives a small box on the right corner for perhaps a date, and other boxes for information that can be separated for better note taking. 

Summary Writing Reflection

Writing the documentary paper was difficult in the beginning because its something I'm not used to yet, writing word for word what I saw and heard on the film felt different, almost wrong. After I got the concept of writing the summary, I realized how simple it really was, I was making it difficult by over thinking it. I learned the purpose of this summary was to prepare us for our future careers, because we will be using the same style of writing when reporting certain situations we might encounter. I also understand why our opinion doesn't matter in this type of paper, because when reporting a crime for example our opinion won't matter either. 

Reflection on Documentary

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Movies are so entertaining to watch, the idea of watching a story makes me feel like I'm apart of the story sometimes. I find myself arguing with the characters inside the screen as if they could hear me. Documentaries happened to be one of my top favorite kind of stories to watch. The fact that documentaries are based strictly on historical events and topics that are real is very intriguing to me. I scrolled down on my watched list on Netflix and realized that I watch nothing but crime and action related movies. This assignment was definitely pleasurable for me I think the hardest thing was finding something to write about, I couldn't decide on a film they all interest me. However I had to make a choice and I decided to go with Cocaine Cowboys, I think the war on drugs is an issue we have had for such a long time that I wanted to refresh my memory on that topic. Cocaine Cowboys is given the title for the extreme violence against the Colombian Cartel and there rivals due to the competition of sales on cocaine. It was said to be the most violent time in history in America comparable to the prohibition era in Chicago and the wild wild west in Dodge city. Cocaine Cowboys explains the ups and downs of the economy in Miami due to the high impact of cocaine, it talks about the violence between the cartel leader and anyone that got in her way. The violence between the community caused by the cuban immigrants and the cocaine users in the city. There is no doubt that Miami suffered from many loses of money, jobs, and lives but the fact is that Miami turned out to be a succesful place. The city couldn't have made it without the drug wars, drug money, and the story it left. Documentaries like this one are very resourceful for law enforcement students I think it gives us the right kind of knowledge on different topics that we will deal with on a day to day basis. It allows us to view situations and analyze the story to make a conclusion on what is right and wrong. That is something we will be facing everyday, in our careers by working with the same kind of stories.

Prison Neighborhood Arts Project Event

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Personally, I was very excited to attend this event because Iv'e learned many things about Cook County Jail. The most important fact I learned is that Cook County is one of the most populated County jails in the United States. I think this movement that 96 acres is doing is great, I think everyone that is interested in making there communities a better place should be involved in this type of event. Especially those like myself who pursuit a career in law enforcement. The main purpose of being in the field is to help the community be safe, to minimize the incarceration of the people in the community. To be able to sit on the other side of the wall of the jail and hear the story of an inmate that was previously incarcerated on the other side of that wall was fascinating. 96 acres had a brilliant vision on how to present the art animation and I was glad to be able to attend the presentation. The first project showed the letters between the previous inmate Jose at cook county and his daughter Melissa. The animation shared the thoughts and feelings of Melissa ,what she was going through during these letters. It explains how not only the incarcerated suffers but how much the families, and community is affected. Whenever we hear a story we always want it to end in a nice way, in this case it was disapointing to hear that Melissa had to bury her mother from overdose caused by her depression that her father caused from doing time in prison. It was heartbreaking to know that even though her father was released he only wrote to her why'll incarcerated but after he was released he was deported and she never heard back from him again. I realized that the person that was mostly affected by the jail was Melissa, the importance of this movement is to prevent stories like this from happening and to instead create happy endings for the community.

Human Memory

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The article on memory made me question a lot of things like why we dream what we dream, or why we remember some things and not others. How some people can remember so much and others forget what happened yesterday. Sacks talks about how our thoughts and ideas may not be entirely ours, but they are the ideas and thoughts of others. I found that very interesting because I am inspired by the things I learn everyday, whether it comes from a movie, fashion, a book. I can say I've felt that I experienced something I haven't actually experienced like Sacks mentions in the article. This experience is one many refer to as "deja vu" I often feel as if what I am currently living already happened in the past, and sometimes I question if it was a dream I had why'll sleeping or a thought.

The video on Joshua Foer talked about ways to train our brain to memorize more information, and it's  interesting because I find myself doing that when studying for an exam. I relate the boring information I have to remember for a class with fun and familiar information. It is something I began doing after being taught at an early age, like the order of operations method we probably all learned at one point P.E.M.D.A.S. The video also explained how even though technology is very significant in our society today, it made us lazy because we don't need to remember a lot of information anymore. Also how today people forget the importance of memorizing information, and it made me understand how much it matters to be able to identify a face for the law enforcement field. Training our brain is significantly important because other peoples lives depend on it.