Tyler Good ‘25 Recruiting Profile

Personal Statement

Tyler Good – Personal statement:

Over the past 2 years I have developed a deep interest toward the subject of Criminology

and Criminal behaviour. I personally have grown an interest in the topic of ‘Why criminals

commit the crimes that they do’ and ‘How they are mentally different to a normal person of

the public’. By taking Criminology at A-Level and researching into a criminals mind and

thought patterns which are common in criminals in Psychology GCSE and A-Level my

interest and passion for Criminology has grown and I would love to go into a further

education where I can continue to learn about Criminology and fuel my passion. I have been

fixated on choosing Criminology for my further education for a long time now and came to

that decision after joining my college. The main reason I am personally drawn to the course

is its real life application and how it can improve peoples’ lives, by learning and developing

our knowledge on criminals and the factors that cause them to commit either minor or

major offences, then applying this knowledge to improve the level of rehabilitation we can

use on criminals to improve their chances of success once they are released. This can

especially be applied to the youth system as we can put in adequate levels of research into

the definitive factors that promote the deviant behaviour from a young age, and use this

knowledge to increase their chances of living a good standard of life when they are released.

Outside of my studies I play Basketball in my free time and I am the captain of my clubs U18

team and I play up a level for the Men’s Division 1 team, as well as playing for my colleges

1st team. I also was the top scorer for my college team last season and currently for this

season I am again the leading scorer. I have had a dedication to Basketball since I was 11

and have played it ever since I first picked it up. Throughout those years I have had dreams

of playing professionally overseas in either Europe or America and that still is my dream to

this day. To help me reach this goal I am always working hard, but this starts from me being

confident in my abilities and having a positive mindset no matter what. By being the captain

of my team I have developed leadership skills, decision making and communication skills

which can contribute to the course as group work and social skills are very important in any

work setting.

I am heavily interested in the power of a persons mind and how that can define who they

are and change their future. I try to apply this to my studies and sporting achievements as

much as I can. The use of meditation and yoga (I have found) is such a key aspect to bringing

a persons mind and body together helping them reduce stress and make them be more

productive in every day life. Another method of being more productive I personally find very

effective is manifestation and keeping a notebook which in the morning you add todays

goals and what you personally want to achieve whether it’s a small step toward a big goal or

a milestone, then at the end of the day marking off which ones you completed.

In terms of future career goals my dream is, as stated earlier, to play professional basketball

overseas and that will always be my Number 1 ambition. But I also would love to go into a

career of criminal psychology and studying the roots and reasons of a criminals deviance to

the rest of society. The mix of criminology and psychology in that career is my main reason

for wanting to go into that space of work, as I have studied psychology for 5 years now and

criminology for 2 years I now have an interest into why and how criminals commit certain

crimes and mainly the mental side of their motivation to commit crimes.