Instructions: For the final exam in this class, you will write a reflection essay. This requires you to use personal experience and critical thought to provide insights about yourself and the topic at hand. Write a five paragraph essay (no less than 400 words) on the topic listed below. You need an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Your essay needs to be typed in 12 point, Times New Roman font and double spaced. Your essay should “look” like all the other essays you’ve submitted this semester. Once you have completed the essay, the essay must be uploaded using the submit feature located at the bottom of this question. Failure to include your name ON THE ESSAY will result in a zero.DO NOT CUT, COPY, AND PASTE YOUR ESSAY INTO THE MESSAGE OF YOUR EMAIL. IT WILL NOT BE GRADED.    Topic 1. College is not easy, and sometimes students aren’t prepared when they get here. Reflect on this semester. If you could go back and change three mistakes you have made as a student this semester, what would they be, and why?

Police departments might use Hot Spot policing tactics as a way to make a community safer.  The focus of this tactic is to target _______________ areas.

Parole offers relief to the issues of ______________ in prison.

If there is a topic in CRJ that you studied and feel confident in the information and the topic was not on the test, you can share a few paragraphs below for 4 bonus points.  You must express the importance of the topic, how or why it works in the CRJ system and offer an example.  Bonus 5 points.

International trade is not one of the four approaches to prison industry.

Identify two top standards that should be included in the hiring process of correctional officers. (No less than one full paragraph per answer for the two standards.)

The war of drugs has had a major impact on the incarceration rates and contributed to the over population of America’s prison system.  

Bonus – 5 points.   What has been your favorite topic of study in the course.  Please explain your interest.

One issue with female prisoners is the fact that they are sometimes a mother.  More than _________ of female prisoners in the state prison systems are mothers of a minor child.  With a little over half the population having minor children, this is an issue with custody of the child while mother is incarcerated. 

Vocational programs are designed to teach an inmate a marketable skill for reentry.  An example would be the inmate receives an education in construction/ framing.  The inmate is more likely to gain employment in construction related fields once he is released.