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The courses I have taken that focus on the Individualized Studies degree I want to achieve emphasize the American Justice System in relation to prevailing social forces and crime prevention. The current thinking in criminal justice is that an individual's involvement in criminal enterprise bears a direct relationship to poverty, unemployment, education and culture. As John Hagan wrote in 1993:

Sociological criminology is undergoing a theoretical transformation that is energized in part by the new ethnographies of poverty and crime. This transformation involved a new appreciation of connections between cultural and structural sources of crime�.It frees criminology from a restrictive dependence on an aging group of classical theories and ties the study of crime more closely to broader currents in contemporary society (327).

My personal observations gained working with youthful offenders over the years is that too many of them have substituted an investment in delinquency, drugs and gangs for the required structural and cultural investment necessary for success in the greater society. It is clear to me that criminology and

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Although I have taken many courses that apply to my concentration, I have not yet earned a formal degree in any field. At the University of Southern Colorado I completed such courses as The Criminal Justice System, Criminology, Penology, Delinquency and Juvenile Justice, Victimology, Correctional Administration and Political Sociology among others; these courses were all in the sociology department, illustrating my belief in the deep connection between crime and socio-economic and cultural forces.

Hagan, J. (1993). "Structural and Cultural Disinvestment and the New Ethnographies of Poverty and Crime." Contemporary Sociology, 22 (May), 327-332.

sociology are inseparable, and this justifies my choice of a combined sociology and criminal justice program. It also represents the main reason I am excited to pursue an Individualized Studies Program that combines Criminal Justice and Sociology.

After researching several colleges, I am convinced that Charter Oak State College offers the best program for me to achieve my goal. The College's own stated goal to "help adults achieve career success and personal fulfillment" matches my needs and desires. I need this degree so that

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