The Role of the Academe in the CJS

The Role of the Academe in the CJS : 

The Role of the Academe in the CJS Educational Conference-Workshop on the Five Pillars of the Criminal Justice System, Nov. 16-18, 2011, PNP Multi Purpose Hall, Camp Crame, Quezon City Harry C. Lorenzo, Jr., MNSA, PhD

We are all products of schools: 

We are all products of schools Behavior Views and beliefs Knowledge Skills Biases

Functions of Education: 

Functions of Education The primary function of education, from society’s perspective, is the transmission of the cultural heritage: the accumulated knowledge, values, beliefs, and customs of the society. The function of education from the individual’s perspective is to acquire the necessary skills and knowledge to become self-sufficient as well as able to participate effectively in society. -- Roberta M. Berns, Child, Family, School, Community

The School as Laboratory: 

The School as Laboratory Preparation for life (i.e., seeing the future, acquiring knowledge and skills, etc.). NOTE: Positive transfer value of learning Application (i.e., the ability to utilize knowledge and skills in the real world) NOTE: Learning must be relevant. You do not employ maltreatment or torture, for example, during training and expect officers and gentlemen at the end of the line. Development of character and proper attitude (i.e., values, beliefs, etc.). “Man’s character is his fate.” -- Heraclitus

The Importance of Core Values: 

The Importance of Core Values Core values are unifying principles. Core values are your distinguishing marks. While your vision provides you with direction, core values are the great force that will take you there. Examples: “Courage, Integrity, Loyalty”; “Honor, Justice, Service.”

Developing a Critical Mind: 

Developing a Critical Mind Why are you doing what you are doing? It is not what you know, but what you do not know that really matters. Crime is only the tip of the iceberg. Adopt “discontinued thinking” and make a difference. The “system” has no mind of its own.

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The System has no mind of its own.

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You must connect dots.

Perception Is Reality: 

Perception Is Reality We do not see the world with a pristine eye. The world that we see is a processed one. We must try to see the world as others see it to understand why they are behaving differently.

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OBJECT SENSES PROCESSOR (BRAIN) IMAGE TERMINAL BEHAVIOR REACTION/ RESPONSE DISTRACTED BEHAVIOR APATHETIC BEHAVIOR The Brain Reacts to an Image Source: Harry C. Lorenzo, Jr., MNSA, PhD October 13, 2011

Beautiful People: 

Beautiful People

Ugly Animals: 

Ugly Animals

Preventing Crime: The Home and the Spiritual Factor: 

Preventing Crime: The Home and the Spiritual Factor Of all the factors we have found as contributing to delinquency, the clearest and most exhaustive evidence concerns the adequacy of parenting. Parents who are incompetent, abusive, or rejecting, parents who fail to maintain adequate supervision over their children, and parents who, indeed, are little more than children themselves, have direct effects on anti-social behavior of their children. -- John J. Dilulio, Jr . Preventing Crime, Saving Children: Sticking to the Basics, 2006

The Religion Variable: 

The Religion Variable You simply cannot explain variants in juvenile crime rates without some reference to the religion variable, or the so-called faith factor. Kids who have some attachment to religious institutions do better in terms of staying off drugs, staying out of crime, than other kids who are the same in all other ways we can know, but lack the attachment. -- Michael Cromartie , Kids Who Kill, 2006

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Have a Nice Day!

The Role of the Academe in the CJS : 

The Role of the Academe in the CJS Educational Conference-Workshop on the Five Pillars of the Criminal Justice System, Nov. 16-18, 2011, PNP Multi Purpose Hall, Camp Crame, Quezon City Harry C. Lorenzo, Jr., MNSA, PhD