Our very interesting field trip experience on Tuesday had us absolutely buzzing for the next few days. We were given the privilege to walk about the court house and the jail complex. On our visit, we heard several different cases, all varying in severity and incredibility. There was, for many people, that one case that we each chose to be the thought of as the most shocking. One of cases that has stayed in my head is one I was able to connect well with the conflict theory.
It was that of an inmate charged with domestic battering. He was an older white male who was dating a woman with cancer. He was supporting her and himself. However, their relationship quickly became mutually violent and the woman had stabbed him three times in a certain occasion. Listening to his background, I found that he had been homeless and jobless for some time and that he had been previously charged for battering on earlier occasions with different individuals. The woman with cancer had had it with him and finally reported it.
The conflict theory revolves around a marginal surplus population, which we all have learned are the jobless people virtually useless to society. Those individuals ofter turn to violence in order to "vent." I concluded that because this man had been homeless for quite some time, he had resorted to violent outlashes which had unfortunately ingrained into him as an effective solution to arguments. Once able to support himself, he wanted to feel more important and support another person. She happened to be a fighter as well.
