All of the sudden i saw Sociology when...

All of the sudden i saw Sociology when this week we went to jail. I must say i learned a lot while i was there. There is soo many Sociological terms that i can applies to the day that we spent in jail! When we were in jail i saw a Phenomenological theory. When Sargent was telling us the statistics on how many inmates come back to jail after they are released. This theory explains why they do that because they have a positive view on themselves and they do not think they are doing anything wrong with it. So they commit the crime again and go back to jail! Also the shaming theory can explain why the criminals are put into the jail. They are put in there so they would see how ashamed the people are of them and the would make them change themselves and learn the lesson. However not so many Inmates take that out  of jail. Because they are have no goals and nor role models so they could change. 
In one of the court hearing i saw the only women that was in it. So i could applie the Feminist Theory to her because her crime was not as what the men would commit but it was close. She was charged with beating up her boyfriend who is in the wheel chair, however the boyfriend was beating her up too so they were both being deviant. This week and the field trip was very interesting to me because in my future i do want to become a lawyer so this was a good reality check for me. I really liked seeing the court hearings. It was very interesting to me because i did not know how did proceed. However jail part was not one of my favorite parts because it is just scary on how much some inmates do not care that they are in jail. 
Thank you for a great field trip Mrs. Haas:)