Court Case Study

On February 10th and 11th, 2016, this writer attended two court hearings at the Burien Courthouse. The court case of February 11th was at the criminal court. The defendant of the case was a white Caucasian adult male. The defendant previously was in the U.S.A army. The persecutor was a white Caucasian adult female with her 16 years-old son. The defendant was accused of second degree murder attempt. The defendant shot the 16 years-old, while he was in a car with a friend. The defendant stated that his intention was not to kill him, but to injure the 18 years-old. The reason for the defendant to shot him was because the 16 years-old covered the defendant’s car with eggs, according to the defendant. The defendant stated that he asked the mother

This writer attended the family court at the Burien courthouse, on February 10th. The court case was a custody battle. The custody battle was over a 4 years-old boy. The custody sides were the child’s maternal grandmother and the child’s father. This paper will introduce this court case. To introduce this court case, this writer will talk about the content of the case, relationships within the context, and a possible family therapy contribution. Learning about this court case experience will allow family therapists to have a better understanding of family therapy contribution with client who are involved in a court

The father talked in a louder more dominant tone of voice. His hand movement also showed assertiveness. Meanwhile, the grandmother and the interpreter used quieter tones of voice. They also did not use as much assertive body language as the father did. Sue and Sue (2013) stated that women are socially expected to be calm and less dominant in a conversation (pp. 502-503). Thus, The grandmother and the interpreter allowed the father to dominate the conversation. As mentioned early in the paper, the father interrupted them in various occasions. The only person stopping the father when he interrupted was the