Assignment: Criminal Justice Databases

STUDENT REPLIES

STUDENT REPLY #1 William Kellogg

I oversee our fleet of vehicles. I must make sure that they stay maintained, keep track of mileage, maintenance expenses, year of vehicle. This will then get added to a system which will track the number of points that the vehicle equals. Once the vehicle has 15 points it will be ready for deadline or to be put out of service. Therefore, we must track and analysis this data. We also must keep in mind that we have multiple different types of vehicles i.e., patrol, K9, unmarks both command staff, detective, SAT.

I must track the data that shows which vehicles are getting close to the 15 points, base my new vehicle budget on what I am going to order. While also keeping in mind that once I order a vehicle it still takes 6-9 months for the vehicle to come in and then be upfit them before they can be utilized. While also keeping in mind that I might lose a vehicle due to an accident. So just because a vehicle hits the 15 points it might not get deadlined right away then I must be able to justify that as well.

STUDENT REPLIES

STUDENT #2 Crystal Smith

I am a Grant Navigator and a large portion of my day is data analysis. For every grant I must keep a log of all of the providers I have contact with in my region. Within that log I also have to track if they have applied for the current grant, if they were approved or denied, if they were referred to anyone else for assistance, or if they will require any follow ups. On a separate log I have to track if I was able to update their profile information. Today alone I talked to over 60 childcare providers who needed assistance in applying for our current grant. My supervisor "runs data reports" weekly to provide the numbers to the state so that they can see if those in my position are fulfilling our job responsibilities efficiently and accurately.

While all of this data is very different than the data that would be collected in a criminal justice position, I believe the practice of staying focused and organized to ensure I am able to reach as many providers in my region as I am expected to be great practice for any position that has quite a bit of data analysis responsibilities.

PROFESSOR REPLY

Introduce yourself

Hello, my name is Jenny, I am currently living and working as a Security Analyst in the Texas surrounding area. I am finishing my BS in Criminal Justice, with a concentration in Human Services, and will continue with a MA in Clinical Social Work. I have a passion for this area of study since I have such a wide background of working in the clinical health field for some years running and managing clinics and some hospital units. I also have many years working in the Criminal Justice System starting out from the mental institute to the prison system, halfway houses, and much more working with all age groups up to adults’ women, and men. I am very eager to continue my journey from here and hope to learn a lot and grow through this course….

Best of luck with this course and be well!

PLEASE ANSWER BACK TO THE PROFESSOR ON QUESTIONS BELOW. ALSO, I PUT MY BIO IN THE TOP OF THIS PAGE SO YOU WILL UNDERSTAND HOW TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW……

QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED

1. What are your expectations from this course?

2. How do you see it helping you with your educational and career goals?

3. Making the data analysis public is intriguing. In so doing, do you gain additional public support and assistance?