• What have you discovered about your process, your habits?
• Now, what do you know you don’t know? Circle back to your essential question.

I’ve discovered that I work best when I work earlier in the morning and then do some work in the afternoon rather than doing all of my work in the afternoon to night. I like doing a variety of activities like watching documentaries, reading, coursework, and listening to podcasts. That way, I stay engaged and I’m not doing too much reading.

What I don’t know are the steps after the arrest, interrogation strategies, and what happens in court. Some questions and topics I want to explore are: if profiles are admissible as evidence in court, forensic psychology and its role in court,  and interrogation strategies. I think it’s also important to understand interrogation strategies because psychological profilers also give advice about how to go about it. I’ve been thinking for a while as to how to change my essential question and here’s a rough draft of it: “How can psychological profilers successfully aid in the arrest and conviction of a suspect?” I wanted to change it because as I said earlier profilers don’t just give profiles they also help with interrogation, conduct psychological assessments, and advise law enforcement. I think I might actually add this with my other essential questions instead of getting rid of them.