Elijah Rylson Case Study

According to a 2017 study done by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, “More than 10 percent of U.S. children live with a parent with alcohol problems.” The author Jeannette Walls uses the book, The Glass Castle, to talk about her childhood struggles of growing up with an alcoholic father. The reason this book was appealing was because I grew up with an alcoholic father as well and I found it interesting to read about someone who had gone through similar situations. In the first 90 pages the author tells us about her chaotic family life. Her father, who is weary of civilization and authority, packs up the family camp often to roam around the desert. Due to their frequent moving her father is not able to keep a stable job,

Augusten didn’t have the best of up upbringings. When he was just a young boy he was given up to his mom's crazy psychiatrist. He started drinking from a very young age, and it developed into into an escape. He started drinking whenever he had time, and it had a huge impact on his relationships,

Sanders started the article with how alcohol transformed his father from sober to a crazy stranger and his feeling of fear, guilt and shame in his childhood under the influence of his father. He described his father as a snoring dragon and a bomb in the house as his

Similarly, Sanders represents the seriousness of the effects of alcohol through medical statistics when he states, “I knew the odds of my becoming an alcoholic were four times higher than for the sons of nonalcoholic fathers. So I slipped warily,” (Sanders, 150). This affirmation of a child of a drunk being more likely to become an alcoholic through a medical source allows Sanders to broaden the span of his story by using facts that not only affect him personally, but overall all children that are in a similar situation. His experiences are easy to relate to for many readers because he uses intelligent sources that strengthen his arguments. Ultimately, Sanders is able to better connect with readers from his story through the use of facts and references from medical journals.

In “Under the Influence” by Scott Russell Sanders, an American novelist, the author explains the struggles he had to go through while dealing with his alcoholic father. Alcoholism has slowly transformed his father into a completely different person, and even a different creature at times. Every time his father would get drunk, Sanders and his family felt as if he was losing a piece of his dad. The family felt ashamed of the disease that had consumed their father and this developed where telling other people was impossible, making their father’s alcoholism a secret that the family kept hidden and closed away from the rest of the world. They felt the need to try and help their troubled family member. Sanders even states how he thinks that

“When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I survived at all…the poverty; the shiftless loquacious alcoholic father [and] the pious defeated mother moaning by the fire” (McCourt 1). This is how Frank McCourt introduces his memoir, Angela’s Ashes. He tells the story of his growing up in a poverty stricken world, brought on to them by the alcoholism of his father. Being the recollections of a person’s memoires it is sometimes difficult to believe in all the poverty, abuse and family which Franck claims existed and were caused by alcoholism. Alcoholism is the root of all problems in the book as it leads to poverty, abuse and family tensions. By comparing Frank’s testimony of how alcohol ruined his childhood to other real world scenarios it will be possible to determine if Frank’s case is the norm for alcohol taking this kind of effect or is his story just an extreme case of alcohol abuse.

A staggering 30% of U.S. adults have been or currently are alcoholics, and not all of them have abstained from parenthood. The essay “Under the Influence” by Russel Sanders tells the tale of a young boy who had an alcoholic father, who he could not understand why he was an alcoholic, except for the belief that he was possessed by demons. He didn’t live around any treatment centers that could help his father, for he lived in the backwoods of Ohio. He talked about the constant fear of his father beating him (which he never did), and the constant fear of his father leaving him (which he did for small increments of time). The trauma of having a father who was an alcoholic father stayed with Sanders well into adulthood.

Prominent essayist and novelist, Scott Russell Sanders, in his essay, “Under the Influence” (1989), describes how having an alcoholic parent shapes a person. Sanders’s purpose is to reflect on his bleak youth and its lasting effects on his adulthood. He adopts a resentful tone in order to convey to readers who have no experience of growing up with an alcoholic that alcohol abuse is destructive.

Adam Kelly Ward, 24, of Texas was charged and convicted for capital murder of a housing and zoning code enforcement officer for the city of Commerce in Hunt County, about 60 miles NE of Dallas. On June 13th, 2005, at the time of the crime Ward was living at home with his father. Ward was outside washing his car when Walker, the enforcement officer, arrived to talk photos for a report after many recorded property violations. Apparently this set Ward off because he then sprayed Walker with the water hose. At this time Walker called for help while Ward disappeared into the house. Wards father then emerged to tell Walker it might be best to leave, excluding the fact he suspected his son to possible have a gun in his bedroom. Then Ward reemerge

Isaac Turnbaugh is guilty for the death of his “buddy” Declan Lyons. I do not understand how you could walk free after a confession of a murder. “He gave some details this time that were consistent with evidence in the case,” he told the Huffington Post (Society). I also feel like the Fifth Amendment should be abolish.

Elijah James Beckett was born in London, England, on July 21, 1988. At the time of his birth, Elijah's father, Alastair Beckett, had been the VP of a London based motorcycle club. The club was known for gun running, prostitution, distribution of drugs and much more. Growing up, Elijah often witnessed the rebellious and sometimes hectic lifestyle that came with being so close to the MC. Elijah's mother, Bridget, had tried her best to shield her son from the darker aspects of that life, but it always managed to slip through the cracks, and so Elijah seen more than any child should when it came to a life of crime.

In reviewing the sample reports in Chapter 19, the appropriate case study that correlates with the case study of Kevon Collins is the report of Todd Merton (transfer to adult court) (Melton et al, 2007). The individuals in both reports have committed felonies which Title 18, U.S.C., Section 5032 is delinquency proceedings in district courts transfer for criminal prosecution; as well as Section 5037 (d) to determine the juvenile supervision (Legal Information Institute, 1992). The attorney of Merton and the judge from the case study of Collins wants to assess for intellectual functioning and psychological maturity.

Growing up in a neighborhood where crime rate and social disorganization existed contributed to Elijah’s actions. Elijah’s friends were high school dropouts, sold drugs at the corner of the neighborhood and caused many ruckuses. Elijah has a disability; he is unable to walk, so growing up and being on a wheel chair had its

When his parents were together there was always affection between the family members; his mom had tried to continue that same aspect until she had become ill. While going to school, Ronnie had enjoyed doing projects as a team or even on his own whichever made the project come together. In completing those projects there was a sense of accomplishment which was the best feeling. His greatest accomplishment was when he wrote his first book; although the money was nothing to smile about. As Ronnie’s mother became sick he had made a promise to himself that he would always keep a job and have money. There were times when she was ill around Christmas time that he would feel ashamed because he did not receive presents like his friends as the funds were tight. Not having the funds never stopped him from dating and treating his girlfriend to a movie and a nice dinner. He was so responsible that many individuals questioned his age since he acted so mature and he was only 14 years of age. Although, times were challenging within Ronnie’s childhood, he made the best of the situation and strived for accomplishments that he could be proud

Inside my family structure, my mother’s parents struggled with addiction. My grandmother, Ellen Sweeney, who has since deceased, was addicted to opiates, and my grandfather, Wayne Smith, who has also passed away, was an alcoholic. My mom was one of five children, her siblings included, Margaret “Markie”, the eldest, , Catherine “Kerrie”, the second eldest, my mother, Marian, the middle child, Amy, the second youngest, and lastly, Matt, the youngest. Moreover, my mother and my aunt Margaret “Markie” Smith have also battled alcoholism and my aunt Amy has since been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. Due to my mother’s family struggle with alcoholism, addiction, and mental disorder, my mother’s childhood was particularly difficult. Not only was she undoubtedly influenced by her parent’s substance abuse when she was a child, but it has continues to affect her as an adult raising her own children.