Shoplifting And Burglary Case Study Examples

Introduction
Claudia is a 13-year old Latino under probation. She undergoes a psychological evaluation, which reveals that she suffered neglect from her teenage mother Jennifer and abuse from her step-father. Having been abandoned by her mother in early childhood, Claudia was brought up by her grandparents and aunt. Although he was initially present in his daughter’s life, Claudia’s father also stayed away from her not long after her birth when he enrolled to serve in the army. She reportedly suffered sexual abuse from her grandfather who used to sneak into her bed at night. However, her memory is not clear about what happened when her grandfather crept into her bed. Later Claudia was moved, without being consulted, to live with her new Caucasian
Several factors may have resulted in Claudia being arrested several times for crimes such as shoplifting, not attending school, and residential burglary. First, when her mother left, Claudia became angry and vengeful to all the transgressions she might have suffered. Consequently, her grandparents became aloof, frustrated, and allowed her to do whatever she wished. As a result of the freedom to do whatever she wished, Claudia could not keep up in class and managed to pick up bad habits that would later transform into criminal acts such as shoplifting and burglary. Claudia’s delinquent behaviors may have also been caused by the fact that she was surrounded by people with somehow immoral behaviours. For instance, at some point in her childhood, her grandfather would sneak into her bed at night. She also lost her virginity to her step-brother, Wellington Junior. Also, her step-father was rather cruel to her and used to spank and bruise her. These cruelties and immoral behaviors from her family may have prompted her picking of violent and delinquent
Right from her childhood, her mother’s absence negatively affected her self-esteem since the mother was constantly way partying. Her low self-esteem may be traced to her childhood when her mother left for New Jersey while her father left to join the army. During this period, Claudia became angry, distant, and withdrawn. Evidences show that immoral behaviors by parents and peers have bad influences on adolescents’ self-esteem and confidence. In Claudia’s case, she remembers her grandfather sneaking into her bed early in life, a memory that has bad influence on her self-esteem as she imagines what might have