Mr Grape Case Summary

Mr. Grape is a 52-year-old, single, African American, male who was released from prison 10 months prior to this evaluation. Mr. Grape’s primary language is English. He described his childhood as fairly typical but later revealed his parents separated when he was 8 years old. He stated the separation was due to his father’s recurrent domestic violence and his mother’s infidelity. Mr. Grape described his father as punitive and strict, but also overly lax, uninvolved, irresponsible, and apathetic. He reported he felt like an outsider in his family due to his behavioral and attitude problems, which were in contrast to his two older siblings. Mr. Grape acknowledged he often engaged in purposefully defiant, oppositional, and negativistic behaviors …show more content…
Grape enlisted in the military after high school; however, he was quickly dishonorably discharged for reasons he refused to disclose. His employment history was unstable and consisted of primarily hands-on labor jobs that were relatively brief. Mr. Grape was also employed as a part-time substance abuse counselor; however, he never obtained the formal training necessary to hold this position in an official capacity.

Mr. Grape’s employment history was interrupted by numerous brief periods of jail detention, as well as five extended prison sentences. He reported over two dozen arrests with almost as many convictions. His numerous charges included motor vehicle violations, multiple substance-related offenses, shoplifting, resisting arrest, possession of a weapon, aggravated assault, burglary, fraud/forgery, terrorist threats, several violations of parole and probation, and nonpayment of child support.

Mr. Grape has never been married. He has fathered seven children from four different relationships. He admitted he has had little involvement with six of his children. He has been in a relationship for the past 5 years, most of which he has been incarcerated. His most recent child was the result of his current