Advisory Meeting #2

EQ

What is the most important factor in an unidentified subject's psychological profile?

Answer #2 

Using victimology as way to gain insight to the offender's motives in order to narrow down suspects within an investigation. 

3 Details  

1. Victimology is the study of victimization, focusing on the interactions between the offender and the victim. 

2. Similarities between victims or crimes provide information about likely perpetrators while giving insight about the victims themselves. 

3. Involves examining all areas of the victims lives to gain knowledge, including their lifestyle, career, background, health, and physical characteristics as a way to learn about the unsub. 

Research source 

http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/profiling/victimology/1.html

Concluding Sentence

Victimology involves learning about all areas of the victims life in order to understand why this person was the victim and what person would have done this. 

Independent Component 2 Approval

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

For my Independent Component 2 I plan to attend the FBI Citizens Academy with my mentor. This Academy is a course for people from all different areas of the community that is given to teach about law enforcement and how they can do their part. By going this I will constantly be meeting new people that can help me with my project topic and help me learn in general.
2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

When I am there I will be sure to take pictures and take notes while the agents are teaching. I will also conduct interviews if possible with people that can  help me understand my topic.
3.  And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

This Academy will help me explore my project more because it will help me meet many new people while also learning and being part of an event that many people are not invited to.

4.  Post a log on the right hand side of your blog near your other logs and call it the independent component 2 log.

Independent Component 1

LITERAL 
(a) I, Analysa Gallegos, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work. 
(b) During my independent component I attempted to focus mostly on psychology. Having previously taking a college Psychology class, I decided to find someone who could help me expand my research in the topic even more. Unfortunately, I was not able to get a FBI Profiler to help me, yet, but my mom's friend Elvia Arriaza who is in the FBI was able to help me by talking to people she knew and giving knowledge to me as to what to research and what to read. 
(c) Refer to the Independent Component Log 1 under Lists. 
(d) Through this new contact i was able to talk to many different and new people within the field my project is I'm. Mostly, I found credible sources and things to read that were a big help. I completed lots of research and made many new contacts that can help me in the future. 

INTERPRETIVE
My work for the Independent Component 1 consisted of lots of meeting new people and having interesting conversations with them. Because I talked to people who had already gone through the same process i hope to go though, they were able to provide me with materials and advice to use in the future. 

APPLIED
This helped me understand my topic better because unlike with research checks I knew a bit about the things I was about to look up and how it would be beneficial. Doing this for my Independent Component expanded knowledge of my foundation because unlike with my mentor Karen I was able to focus on the Psychology aspect, and not just FBI and law enforcement. This connection and expanded sources and information making it easier to narrow down my EQ while we were working on that and more recently develop my first answer and activity for my Lesson 2 Presentation. 

Lesson 2 Reflection

Content:

1. Positive Statement
What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?

Within my Lesson 2 Presentation I am most proud of my activity. Unlike my original plan of using known or "textbook" cases I tried to make it different by coming up with my own examples from the class. By doing this I was able to test my own knowledge on the subject before actually testing the class. I was also able to tie it into the serial killer aspect of my project and make it easy to understand that way the entire class would appreciate the lesson. 

2. Questions to Consider
       a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?

       AE       P          AP       CR       NC

       b.     Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.
I believe I met all the qualifications for a P grade. I was very happy with the outcome of my presentation and believe overall it was a success. I also took into consideration suggestions from the last time we presented and attempted to improve my presentation as best I could. 

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?
In my Lesson 1 Presentation I did not use a powerpoint. this time I did use one and I'm glad I did. I may not have needed on it and I was not dependent on it but it was helpful to use as a way to stay on track, not repeat myself, and keep my thoughts organized and concise. 
4.  (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?
if i could do my Lesson 2 Presentation over again there is not much I would change. The only thing I would want to improve on would be to try and mention my research and mentorship more. Although iIdid refer to them I would have liked to be able to tie them in more and while I was presenting I just forgot to do that. 
5. Finding Value
What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?  
Another very large aspect of profiles for unidentified subjects is their victims, for my next answer i think it would be interesting to research Victimology. 

Blog 12 - Third Interview Questions

1. What is the most important factor in an unidentified subject's psychological profile?
2. What are some of the different aspects that go into building a profile?
3. Normally, how accurate are psychological profiles in making predictions?
4. How would you define an "unidentified subject"?
5. How does using psychology within law enforcement make a difference? How has it developed and made changes within the feild?
6. From what you have experienced, how often is the profile actually applied within the field?
7. What is the best way to build a profile?
8. What methods have proven most effective in your career?
9. What is absolutely necessary when putting together an unsub's profile?
10. How do different crimes and criminals reflect on differences within profiles?

Blog 11 - Mentorship 10 hours check.

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?
I am doing my mentorship with a Community Outreach Specialist for the FBI. 2.   Who is your contact?
My contact is Karen Martin. 
3.   How many total hours have you done (total hours should be reflected in your mentorship log located on the right hand side of your blog like your WB)?   
So far, I have completed 21 total hours with my mentor at various events and meetings. 
4.   Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.
The first piece of my 10 hours was a meeting with the West Covina Youth council I accompanied my mentor in which she presented and I helped answer questions. Along with this, we went to the FBI Teen Academy which is a thing my mentor created to get teens more interested in a future in the FBI. During this event i also helped answer questions, set up and tear down, and accompany the teens there around the FBI headquarters. 

Senior Project, The Holiday

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you over the break with your senior project?
Over the break my mentor was not working, therefore I had to do research and other activites on my own. I spent some time reading a book on what it takes to gain a job within the FBI, but I also communicated with different contacts in and attempt to further expand my project. 

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did and why?  What was the source of what you learned?
One thing I learned during my research was how truly valuable my mentorship was. While reading the book "FBI Careers" there were many sections that i could skip because it was information that not only my mentor Karen had already shared with me but things I had presented other people while working alongside her. This book also gave me much more knowledge to how the FBI worked because it is much more of a complicated are then I had ever realized. 

3.  If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers of your EQ, who would you talk to and why?
Since my topic is specific I would want to talk to someone in that field. Unfortunately, my mentor would not work so I would like to find someone who either studied psychology, criminology, and applies it within law enforcement. This would be the ideal person to talk to because they would know which are the best and more important things to focus on and would have experiences to back it up, whereas currently i am reading books and attempting to be correct in my answers.