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ost people want nothing to do with prison. Sara McIntosh, a Slippery Rock University criminology and criminal justice major from Johnstown, is doing everything she can to get into one. McIntosh plans to help inmates by working as a prison counselor. “I believe our nation’s prisoners are often a ‘forgotten’ population,” she said. “Although not everyone can be rehabilitated, I feel that if I can help some offenders, especially when they get released, become successful contributors to society I have done my job. A lot of prisoners come from bad backgrounds such as abuse, drugs or a bad home life, and may not have received counseling. To sum it up, I am just really passionate about helping people, especially less fortunate and vulnerable populations.” McIntosh, like many people, has always been fascinated with the darker side of human behavior.
Interest in the criminal element, rehabilitation methods and the development of modern crime-fighting technology such as computer facial reconstruction and DNA mapping is helping SRU grow its criminal justice/forensic science program into one of the hottest majors on campus. Forensics has also been popularized by television coverage of high-profile cases and primetime television shows such as “CSI,” “Cold Case” and “Bones.”
Interest in the criminal element, rehabilitation methods and the development of modern crimefighting technology such as computer facial reconstruction and DNA mapping is helping SRU grow its criminal justice/forensic science program into one of the hottest majors on campus. www.SRU.edu
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