Personal Application in Criminology Once I got off work and turned my phone on, I had a voicemail from my son saying that he staying over at his dad’s house for the night. I called his dad to verify that he was where he said he was going to be. By the time I get off the phone will my son’s father, I pull up at my house to realize that my garage door and kitchen door was open. Before entering, I called my son to ask him did he leave my doors open and he said that he made sure he locked up good before he left. So I decided to go check it out and see if someone was in my house. Walking up to my kitchen door, I pull out my pepper spray just in case I was going to run into trouble. Getting closer to …show more content…
On the kitchen counter I see a lock pick and some of my jewelry. When I asked what he was doing, I startled him because he jumped and knocked the lock pick and my jewelry off the counter. He then stated that he was looking for a pen and piece of paper to leave my son a note to call him because he left his backpack at his house. I then asked him how he got in and to explain what is he doing with my jewelry. He said that my jewelry was already on the counter and my son left his key in his backpack, that how he got in. I then told him to sit down and I was going to call his mother and my son. Then I told him to sit down and if he cannot give me a better reason for the situation that I was going to call the police. While on the phone with his mother he started crying so she said that she was on her way over. I then called my son’s father and told him to bring my son to the …show more content…
I sat down and asked them did they come up with an explanation. Neither one of them had nothing to say so I just talked to them about their behavior lately. I told them that as mothers, we know about the things that they do behind our back and at school. We know about the drugs, bad grades, and stealing so I know why my jewelry was on the counter. I then let my son know that he had to have his key to lock up the house before going to his father’s house, so I know the story about his keys being in his backpack that was left at his friends house was a lie. Then we told them that we will not call the police but they have to do better in school, stop the drugs, and stop committing