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An intriguing job in the criminal justice field that I will be focusing on is analysis. There are four types; crime analysis, intelligence analysis, investigative analysis, and operations analysis. I will be researching specifically on crime analysis because that is the line of work I hope to do someday.
This profession started in the London police department in 1878 with the creation of the Criminal Investigations Department whose main job was to detect patterns and help solve crimes (Crime Analysis: The History and Development of a Discipline, 2013). Due to the corruption that was taking place in the United States, crime analysis didn’t become prevalent until 1930 with the creation of the Uniformed Crime Reporting Program (A History of Crime …show more content…

(A History of Crime Analysis, n.d.). The Uniform Crime Reporting Program is not perfect, for instance, it does not include crimes that have happened and have yet to be reported. It also only includes the most serious offense that has happened in a string of multiple offenses. For example, if someone stole a sweatshirt from someone’s locker, then ran down the street and murdered a stranger, murder would be the only offense logged into the system. Even with its flaws, the UCR is a very important tool in the justice system all over the country. Currently the Federal Bureau of Investigation oversees the administration of it.
The 1990’s was considered the golden age for crime analysis. There were tons of innovative ideas, state of the art programs being created, and most of all a plethora of new funding’s. Another huge event that contributed towards the ever-growing field of crime analysis was a book written by Herman Goldstein called Problem-Oriented Policing. This book was about a new concept that was to be used by police officers then and is still in effect to this day. As Goldstein had stated in his …show more content…

I think that this job requires a certain type of person, someone interested in crime, running tests, analyzing information, statistics, and someone who thoroughly enjoys working with numbers. If someone met those criteria I think it could be a very satisfying job for them. I’m not sure if I would recommend this job to my friends because they don’t have the same interest in this sort of field as I do. They are leaning more towards becoming teachers, business owners, dentists, etc. and not wanting to get into justice. My family members on the other hand, I would recommend the job to. They all work in the accounting field and deal with numbers and data all day. My dad works a lot with statistical analysis and is familiar with a lot of aspects that are required for the job. I believe he is happy at his current position, but I would recommend it to him for sure if he was ever considering changing his

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