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This case study entitled How Kristine died by George Lardner Jr. is a true
story/ true issue published in 1993 on Washington whereby Kristine Lardner,
daughter of the writer George was been murdered by her boyfriend Michael Cartier.
This is an example of an incident whereby certain problem needed to be solved
involving people behind the criminal justice system, law makers, psychologists or
mental counselor and different agency in a country and even in small unit of society.
How families interacts in societies issue and how they involve in particular problems
dealing certain criminal acts or offenses. What can we do as a member of society to
stop an existing illegal acts or abuse of people with habitual actions? With these
paper we can analyzed, understand, and knew the reasons behind. Kristine who is
an art student was murdered by such bouncer known as Cartier. His boyfriend who
are willing to do everything to make her girlfriend stay with him even violence,
threats and physical injury was been inflicted. His being habitual offender that made
Kristine got threatened.
On April 2, 1991, Cartier admitted for Section 12 for talking about killing
Rose Ryan. On April 21, 1991, Michael Cartier inflicted physical injury to earlier
girlfriend who is Rose Ryan by punching her mouth. Also, threatened to kill her. On
April 29, his probation was violated, report noted that Cartier was being treated by
Tri-City Mental Health Center in Boston for the committed Section 12. A law
providing for emergency restraint of dangerous person, because of suicidal
ideation and overdose. He was also sent to jail in Deer Island. On November 5,
1991, he was released early for being good prisoner after serving 29-59 days.
Analysis
The case note for How Kristin Died details several key decisions made by
public administrators and street-level bureaucrats. There were several examples of
Cartier being arrested for violating his probation, but receiving lenient sentences.
Lack of communication among various county offices allowed Cartier to manipulate
the system and evade harsher sentences. In particular, the failure of the Boston
Municipal Court to check the status of Cartier with the Brighton Probation
department allowed. him to evade further psychological evaluation. When Cartier
was eventually imprisoned, the criminal justice system sent him back on the streets
because of prison overcrowding problems. In many ways the criminal justice system
failed in their mission and goals. I will approach this case from an advisory role and
prescribe several recommendations to the agency head of the Massachusetts Court
System regarding collaboration between district and county courthouses
specifically, Suffolk County.
Conclusion
I therefore conclude that the family is important. Michael Cartier will not be
able to be habitual offender if he has a good parenting experience by his mother.
Also his father is very important in imparting values for being a father to him. As I
have read, he feel that her mother is unfair to him by abandoning him at an early
stage. I can say that being a good parent will result to have a peaceful community.
It will start by the home itself and the child must be mold and be to be taken care of
until they become an independent one and surely they will be a good person.
Society needs to be resposnsible in everyone because this will be the key to a
successful government. Unity within the government and the people is essential
especially in implementing laws. Without this, without due process of laws, right
implementing laws and right persons behind that justices with the cooperation of
the community, this case will be repeated. Victimizations will emerged if neglect as
like what Kristine had experienced.
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