The media sensationalism of the Christian Fernandez case alludes to his familial history, place and situation of birth, and his own abuse as the root cause of his past delinquency and current charges. In 2011, Christian Fernandez—a 12 year-old boy—faced life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering his 2-year-old brother and sexually assaulting his 5 year-old brother according to the Crimesider staff(2013). The case was presented in a way that acknowledged social disorganization with a twist of the social bond theory for good measure.
Christian Fernandez was born in 1999 into a bad situation with a 14 year-old mother assaulted by a 25 year-old man who was convicted of the assault. He was unsupervised and witnessed many horrors until at the age of 2 when he was found wandering outside of a motel where his drug-addicted …show more content…
I believe they further illustrated social structure based on the criminal justice system not knowing what to do with him (lack of social control), and the lack of effective intervention up to this point. So, he came from a poor economic situation, moved into foster care and multiple homes (residential mobility), and horrendous family disruption (evidenced by his entire life), led to poor supervision; subsequently, he became a criminal (Burfeind and Bartusch, 2016). This is almost verbatim the Sampson and Groves model of disorganization shown by Burfeind and Bartusch(2016, pg. 339). He came from a vagrant, low rent community with very little social cohesion and a lot of
Christian Fernandez was born in 1999 into a bad situation with a 14 year-old mother assaulted by a 25 year-old man who was convicted of the assault. He was unsupervised and witnessed many horrors until at the age of 2 when he was found wandering outside of a motel where his drug-addicted …show more content…
I believe they further illustrated social structure based on the criminal justice system not knowing what to do with him (lack of social control), and the lack of effective intervention up to this point. So, he came from a poor economic situation, moved into foster care and multiple homes (residential mobility), and horrendous family disruption (evidenced by his entire life), led to poor supervision; subsequently, he became a criminal (Burfeind and Bartusch, 2016). This is almost verbatim the Sampson and Groves model of disorganization shown by Burfeind and Bartusch(2016, pg. 339). He came from a vagrant, low rent community with very little social cohesion and a lot of