http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2010/10/06/ng.ky.beauty.queen.attack.hln
So this story is about a 22 year old Kentucky Beauty queen who apparently had a freak out and decided to attack a gas station attendant with a pen, stabbing him with it in the neck. She then ran across the street and attacked a female pharmacist, punching her in the face, kicking her in the stomach, and biting her. She now faces up to 15 years in prison. When asked in the story what triggered this incident, a witness claimed that she was drunk.
So, at first glance this was a lot to take in. However, when it comes to whether or not this story is for entertainment, I would have to say YES! Who isn't entertained by seeing one of these so called "perfect" beauty queens completely lose it? In a way, it's nice to see that these people are human. I'm really not sure how this could influence criminal justice policy other than it being another story of an intoxicated person in public doing something stupid and/or violent. I guess it could be the media's way of portraying the affects of alcohol on the lives of the abusers. Sort of a "Look at the successful, beautiful women and see how alcohol ruined her life." Much like the countless other celebrities we see being arrested for DUIs and drug abuse.
When it comes the the article in class, Media and CJ Policy, the format of crime comes into play here. I would argue that this is an example of an episodic format, because it presents this case as a discrete event, which I am sure will be followed by the story of the resulting case. However, when it comes to the ideal offenders, I'm not sure where this would stand. This girl seemed to have it all, a perfect life, intelligence, successful, etc. However, she committed what was a pretty crazy crime.
This is rediculous! When they asked, hmmm why'd she do this? THe answer was, she was drunk. WHAT!? This girl randomly starts stabbing some innocent guy in the neck with her pen, then runs accross the street bite and punch some other innocent person. Let's blame alcohol.
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ReplyDeleteLol. I'm guessting this women wanted to showed how beautiful she really is. This really would be entertainment for viewers because this wouldnt be something to expect from a beauty queen. But HEY, we all are people and have criminal tendencies. No one is more perfect than another.
ReplyDeleteHMMM so next time life gets me down, I'll just put on an old prom dress and attack a pharmacist and gas station attendant. What bothers me is so many little girls look up to pageant queens and then this is what they do! No bueno! I need to get better role models for my nieces.
ReplyDeleteWow! I think anger management courses should be in her near future as well. Although there is a direct link between alcohol and violence, this seems excessive!
ReplyDeleteYou could analyze the events in the movie and then compare to the reality of human trafficking.
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