Hello All,
Normally, I would be making this post on my wordpress blog, but due to the recent protests, I am forced to use blogspot for my entry.
As a senior at RCHS, I am required to complete a Capstone Project that seeks to remedy a problem within the community. The goals vary on what we decide to do as our project, but they essentially need to apply to our career, service learning, and either a governmental or economic issue.
A) For my Capstone project I seek to reduce recidivism rates through the use of psychological therapies, specifically a holistic therapy. Recidivism is the act of recommitting a crime despite being incarcerated previously. By implementing psychology, we can target the root cause of recidivism, and help patients overcome whatever the cause is. With proper implementation and further research, recidivism could be successfully reduced and possible eradicated all together.
B) I feel that my program is important because it would reduce crime rates through the reduction of recidivism rates. With less criminals recommitting their crimes, crime rates would drop all together. Not only would this create a greater feeling of safety, but reducing crime rates could help reduce the national debt as well. The national budget for crime-prevention is over 1-billion a year, and it is continually increasing. Not only would my project reduce crime, but the need for such spending would no longer exist, and billions could be saved.
C) Through this project, I would be able to explore many more psychologies, and I would find out what kind of psychology i would seek to improve upon.
D&E) As stated earlier, my project would seek to not only reduce crime rates, but it would help improve the economy by reducing expenditures n crime, and these newly saved funds could be used to improve economic status, humanitarian aid, or providing better opportunities to youth to improve their knowlegde and expand their wings.
