Criminal Evidence/Criminal Law
The murder weapon was not recovered. Witness said she saw McDonald throw it on the ground when running away, but no murder weapon was taken into evidence (Pasulka, 2012). However, there was a three-quarter-inch puncture wound in Schmitz chest that ripped more than three inches into his body cavity, all the way to the right ventricle of his heart (Mannix, 2012). When the ambulance came, Schmitz was barely breathing. He died in the ambulance on his way to the hospital. Though no murder weapon was found, it was said that the weapon might have been small like a knife or scissor. Cece McDonald confessed to stabbing Schmitz with her fabric scissors that she uses at school (Pasulka, 2012).
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Informal social control is the tool we use to control our behavior in every social encounter; within our families, friends, neighbors, and organization. It is pretty much our social norms. Dean Schmitz and his friends went away from informal social control; our social norm is not to be rude and make negative comments to others, but to Schmitz, he seemed okay to harass the group for being transgender and "black". People just do not go around and harass other people; it is not part of our norm. Schmitz went against society 's norms and made fun of the group, but in some way, he was giving negative comments to the group, to tell them to change their behavior, to stop dressing and acting like the opposite gender that they are, and to start to become what he thinks should be normal in society. What he doesn 't understand is that social norms change every time, it is okay to be openly gay/lesbian/transgender, our society accepts it more, but he still doesn 't seem to accept it. As for Molly Flaherty, she went against formal social control. We have laws and regulation that conform formal social control. We have to act some way and not violate the norms, if we do; formal social control is issued as a way to address those who violate the law. Formal social control is used so we do not commit a crime. Flaherty violated the law and harmed an individual. She slashed McDonald with a glass, bringing harm to another person. As a result, it brought the group to lash out and go against formal social control, and instead of walking away and calling the police as a formal social control reaction, they attacked as well. It made McDonald react as she did, she had the opportunity to walk away but she stayed where she was and attack Schmitz. McDonald and her friends just reacted the same way as Schmitz and his friends first reacted to them, which is not part of a social
The murder weapon was not recovered. Witness said she saw McDonald throw it on the ground when running away, but no murder weapon was taken into evidence (Pasulka, 2012). However, there was a three-quarter-inch puncture wound in Schmitz chest that ripped more than three inches into his body cavity, all the way to the right ventricle of his heart (Mannix, 2012). When the ambulance came, Schmitz was barely breathing. He died in the ambulance on his way to the hospital. Though no murder weapon was found, it was said that the weapon might have been small like a knife or scissor. Cece McDonald confessed to stabbing Schmitz with her fabric scissors that she uses at school (Pasulka, 2012).
As for Cece McDonald wound, …show more content…
Informal social control is the tool we use to control our behavior in every social encounter; within our families, friends, neighbors, and organization. It is pretty much our social norms. Dean Schmitz and his friends went away from informal social control; our social norm is not to be rude and make negative comments to others, but to Schmitz, he seemed okay to harass the group for being transgender and "black". People just do not go around and harass other people; it is not part of our norm. Schmitz went against society 's norms and made fun of the group, but in some way, he was giving negative comments to the group, to tell them to change their behavior, to stop dressing and acting like the opposite gender that they are, and to start to become what he thinks should be normal in society. What he doesn 't understand is that social norms change every time, it is okay to be openly gay/lesbian/transgender, our society accepts it more, but he still doesn 't seem to accept it. As for Molly Flaherty, she went against formal social control. We have laws and regulation that conform formal social control. We have to act some way and not violate the norms, if we do; formal social control is issued as a way to address those who violate the law. Formal social control is used so we do not commit a crime. Flaherty violated the law and harmed an individual. She slashed McDonald with a glass, bringing harm to another person. As a result, it brought the group to lash out and go against formal social control, and instead of walking away and calling the police as a formal social control reaction, they attacked as well. It made McDonald react as she did, she had the opportunity to walk away but she stayed where she was and attack Schmitz. McDonald and her friends just reacted the same way as Schmitz and his friends first reacted to them, which is not part of a social