{"id":16324,"date":"2021-02-12T09:57:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T08:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/?p=16324"},"modified":"2021-03-16T13:05:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T12:05:41","slug":"my-placement-with-dorset-police-as-a-sociology-and-criminology-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2021\/02\/12\/my-placement-with-dorset-police-as-a-sociology-and-criminology-student\/","title":{"rendered":"My placement with Dorset Police as a Sociology and Criminology student"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a guest blog by Olivia Starr, currently in her third year studying BA (Hons) Sociology and Criminology<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Studying at BU has always appealed to me. I spent every summer of my childhood at Bournemouth beach<\/a> and it\u2019s always felt like a second home. But unlike my friends, I came to BU three years after I initially applied. At school I initially wanted to study Marketing but found myself in an apprenticeship and although accepted into BU, I didn\u2019t take the opportunity. A few years down the line I learnt so much about the workplace and what did and didn\u2019t suit me, including my career path. I knew the corporate life wasn\u2019t for me and my heart was drawn to helping people and making an impact on people’s lives. With that, I applied to BU through Clearing<\/a> on my lunch break and never looked back.<\/p>\n

In second year, I decided to partake in the 20-day Placement Unit because I wanted to have work experience but wasn\u2019t sure on committing a whole year out of studying. After looking for opportunities and struggling to find anything centred around rehabilitation, I was informed that there was a position that had just come up with Dorset Police<\/a> in their Out of Court Disposal Department (OoCD). I immediately applied and was so excited because it involved analysing the effectiveness of a new pilot study to reduce re-offending.<\/p>\n

I was so grateful to have been successful in my application, and my placement was set between January-March 2020. The OoCD team welcomed me with open arms and gave me so much support during my time there. They were flexible and accommodating which allowed me to explore my full potential and develop confidence in my work.<\/p>\n

I was given an abundance of opportunities including the attendance of workshops with their diversionary partners. This included meeting an individual who has directly benefited from the outstanding support Dorset Police provide which I was extremely grateful to have experienced.<\/p>\n

I left placement completely inspired by community-based rehabilitation which in turn has influenced my own studies. The opportunity of placement has meant I\u2019m working in partnership with the OoCD team for my undergraduate dissertation which I could not be more grateful for. I am so fortunate to have gained invaluable networks which have not only supported me with my studies but will also support my future career.<\/p>\n

I went into placement with one idea of what I wanted to do after university yet came out so inspired by the work Dorset Police do and the career opportunities possible. With their support I was able to develop and build upon my strengths including the development of analytical skills which in turn has inspired my future career path.<\/p>\n

I am incredibly grateful that Dorset Police welcomed me to take part in a real study and believed in my ability to support their evaluation. I have gained salient life skills as well as career opportunities and only wish I could do it all over again.<\/p>\n

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This is a guest blog by Olivia Starr, currently in her third year studying BA (Hons) Sociology and Criminology. Studying at BU has always appealed to me. I spent every summer of my childhood at Bournemouth beach and it\u2019s always felt like a second home. But unlike my friends, I came to BU three years… Read more » about My placement with Dorset Police as a Sociology and Criminology student<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1268,"featured_media":16325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,504,798,12,1638],"tags":[312,1309,1143],"class_list":["post-16324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-history-politics-social-sciences","category-placements","category-student-blogs","category-undergraduate","tag-bu-placements","tag-sociology","tag-sociology-and-criminology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16324"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16663,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16324\/revisions\/16663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}