When we went to court I was paying attention to what was the reason why the criminals were in jail or on probation. All of the people who were in court were very deviant. Some more than others. One stood out to me the most and it was a women who looked to be about forty or so. She had an ex boyfriend who was disabled in a wheelchair, and she beat him with a club. The judge favored her on probation because she has a nine year old son and is a single mom. The poor man was in the back in his wheelchair crying and upset. I think the women reminded me of control theory because she felt she had control since he can't walk. The women didn't care about him she just wanted something from him and liked the power she had.
I also thought that the Sargent for jail was in control over the inmates because they acted deviant to end up in jail, but if they disobeyed him they knew they would be in trouble, no matter how "cool" they wanted to be.
That is such a heartbreaking story! I'm not sure if control theory fits there, however...
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