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Connections to Emotional Intelligence
The position of Crime Analyst needs to work with people on a regular basis, so I need to
consider my actions and behaviour that might affect people. This job role also involves
extensive work with people who have committed the criminal act for the first time or who have
already committed and have previous criminal records. Thus, I need to be very careful and
increase my awareness about any kind of biases, negative attitudes, and stereotypes towards
them, and also, I need to ensure that they do not affect my work. Moreover, I should be aware
that if an individual has committed a horrendous crime, then still he/she deserves to be treated
like a human being. Hence, I need to focus on the main purpose of holding the current job role,
and I have to put aside my personal emotions.
When assisting in the legal system, the two roles such as advisory and clinical, are listed in the
job description. I have observed that the role of an advisor is associated with social awareness
and conflict resolution because the legal team and law officers may request a criminal
psychologist to work as a consultant and serve in an advisory capacity to proceed with a case.
Here, I may help them to determine how to encourage a person or victim who is reluctant to
talk, when and how to interview the person, and whom to interview (Criminal psychology:
How to become a criminal psychologist, 2021). I have also observed that the clinical job role is
connected to ethical judgement. Thus, I may provide a clinical assessment based on the mental
state of the criminal by focusing on the person's mental illness condition, the person's ability to
stand trial, and their capability of understanding the proceedings. Overall, the analysis of the
person will be on the basis of an assessment that can help me to take the right decision
(Criminal psychology: How to become a criminal psychologist, 2021). This would ask me to
communicate effectively with them and collaborate with law enforcement. This job position of
Criminal analyst would need me to remain aware of the feelings and thoughts of others so that I
can have a better understanding of what made them do that behaviour and why they committed
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the criminal act. In such a situation, I should also be aware of the feelings and thoughts of the
victim as they are looking for justice for the wrong things that happened to them, and they are
looking for their story to be heard. However, there is more possibility of arising disputes and
confrontations either between the victim and the legal system or between people and me that I
must try to avoid. Here, I need to find out a peaceful solution so that all the conflicts can be
resolved soon.
Connections to Psychology
There are many reasons why the position of criminal analyst could get more benefits from
Emotional Intelligence (EI) skills. Emotional intelligence skills refer to the ability to perceive,
evaluate, control and express emotions (Cherry, 2022). Self-regulation and self-awareness
need them to understand and recognize their own thoughts, behaviours, and emotions. The
criminal analyst must set those emotions aside to avoid biases as well as can be used to
motivate themselves to put the criminal behind bars. An individual can use social awareness,
ethical judgement, and empathy to better understand the situation and all parties' feelings and
thoughts by considering the potential consequences that can affect all. It has been observed that
the job position also uses conflict resolution to collaborate with the legal system and law
enforcement. I believe focusing on Emotional Intelligence can help me to understand the
feeling and thoughts of people more than just emphasizing making assumptions about them for
their past history or their criminal history. The use of emotional intelligence skills will not only
help me, but also it can help those people who are involved. Here, these skills can help them to
understand their feelings and thoughts and helps to understand the situation.
Strategies to Increase Emotional Intelligence
It has been identified that emotional intelligence can be increased with the following strategies.
One of the strategies can be working on conflict resolution, and another one is focused on
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social awareness. Here, I would improve my emotional intelligence by showing more interest
in others, implementing active listening, and stating my requirements respectfully and
confidently at the time of conflict or negotiations. Likely, I would try to determine the feelings
and thoughts of the person by using my active listening power, where I would try to convey
everything by simply asking questions regarding their experiences and background. Here, I am
not referring to negotiation skills are all about getting everything that the legal system or I
want, but it's about a simple agreement that is useful for everyone to tell their needs and
requirements by getting closer. This job role of criminal analyst would help me in different
ways to build conflict resolution and create social awareness, as I do not have much experience
with working with a group of people. Moreover, I would confront my own stereotypes and
biases about them and develop my empathy towards them by working with criminals. Further, I
would be able to develop my emotional intelligence skills to do my job efficiently and
adequately with increasing my emotional intelligence. Likely, society will be made better with
the EI skills as I will try to get criminals off the streets so that they will not dare to hurt people
or commit any more crimes. By choosing this profession, I would try to contribute as much as
possible to make this world a safer place to live in.
References
Criminal psychology: How to become a criminal psychologist. (2021, September 04). Retrieved
October 21, 2022, from https://careersinpsychology.org/criminal-psychology-careers/
Cherry, K. (2022, October 16). What is emotional intelligence? Retrieved October 21, 2022,
from https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-emotional-intelligence-2795423
