11 unread reply.11 reply. Initial Response due Thursday @ 11:59 pm. Follow response due Sunday @ 11:59 p.m.
11 unread reply.11 reply.
Initial Response due Thursday @ 11:59 pm. Follow response due Sunday @ 11:59 p.m.
TASKS
I. READ CASE SCENARIO ON CASSIDY GOODSON
II. Review the Reenactment video from the link next to her picture and/or from the bottom of the page.
_GOODISON
BRIEF CASE SCENARIO
ACTIONS
(ACCESSIBLE VIA DOWNLOADABLE PDF OR ACCESSIBLE VIA THE TEXTBOX)
CASSIDY GOODSON, A 14-YEAR OLD FLORIDA TEEN WAS CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AFTER SHE STRANGLED HER NEWBORN BABY, HID HIS BODY IN A SHOEBOX, AND DUMPED IT IN A PILE OF LAUNDRY.
THE 14- YEAR OLD SECRETLY DELIVERED HER BABY WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS IN THE FAMILY BATHROOM BEFORE THROTTLING THE BOY TO DEATH AND HIDING THE BODY IN A SHOEBOX. ON THE DAY, SHE WENT INTO LABOR, GOODSON, INSTEAD OF CALLING FOR HELP, DISGUISED HER SCREAMS OF PAIN BY RUNNING THE TAP AND GRIPPING A TOWEL BETWEEN HER TEETH AS SHE SAT ON THE TOILET. AFTER PRISING THE 9.5LB BOY FROM HER BODY WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS, SHE FELT FOR A PULSE AND THEN STRANGLED THE BOY TO DEATH AND HID HIS CORPSE IN A SHOEBOX WITH DIRTY LAUNDRY.
THREE DAYS LATER, AS TERESA GOODSON CLEANED HER DAUGHTER’S ROOM, A FOUL ODOR DREW HER ATTENTION TO A PILE OF SOILED, WET CLOTHES IN WHICH SHE FOUND THE DECEASED INFANT HIDDEN IN A BOX. IN A PANIC, MRS. GOODSON CALLED HER SISTERS WHO IN TURN ALERTED THE POLICE.
AN AUTOPSY PERFORMED DETERMINED THE VICTIM WAS A FULL-TERM INFANT AND THAT HE WAS ALIVE AND BREATHING PRIOR TO DEATH. HE DIED AS A RESULT OF ASPHYXIA FROM STRANGULATION AND BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA.
SHE WAS CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AFTER POLICE LEARNED HOW SHE KILLED HER CHILD FOLLOWING MONTHS OF FEARFULLY DISGUISING HER PREGNANCY FROM HER MOTHER AND FATHER.
SHE KEPT PREGNANCY SECRET FROM HER MOTHER AND FATHER BECAUSE SHE FEARED HOW THEY WOULD REACT
DISGUISED BUMP WITH BLANKETS AND BAGGY PANTS. MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY GREW SUSPICIOUS OF HER APPEARANCE AND ATTEMPTED TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH THE TEEN’S MOTHER. MRS. GOODSON DENIED THE SUGGESTIONS, AS SHE SUBJECTED HER DAUGHTER TO DO TWO HOME TESTS, IN THE PRIVACY OF HER BATHROOM, WHICH BOTH CAME OUT NEGATIVE. HER FATHER, TIMOTHY GOODSON AGREED MEANWHILE THAT HE HAD NOTICED MISS GOODSON’S WEIGHT GAIN AND THAT SHE HAD BEEN WALKING AROUND AT HOME WRAPPED IN A BLANKET.
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE TEENAGER REVEALED THAT AFTER SHE HAD DELIVERED THE 9.5LB, 20IN BABY BOY INTO THE TOILET, SHE HAD FELT FOR A PULSE AND THEN STRANGLED HIM TO DEATH. CONFIRMING HE WAS DEAD BY ONCE AGAIN CHECKING HIS PULSE, SHE THEN CLEANED HERSELF AND THE BABY AND TUCKED THE EVIDENCE OUT OF SIGHT.
SHORTLY AFTER, HOWEVER, MRS. GOODSON NOTICED BLOOD IN THE TOILET SHE KNEW HAD BEEN RECENTLY USED BY HER DAUGHTER SO TOOK HER TO LAKELAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. THERE MEDICAL STAFF TREATING THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT TOLD MRS. GOODSON THAT SHE HAD SUFFERED A MISCARRIAGE AND SHOWED FOUR TO FIVE LACERATIONS ON HER VAGINAL WALL.
THOUGH THESE INJURIES WERE, IN REALITY, SELF-INFLICTED WHEN THE TEENAGER HAD PRIED THE BABY OUT OF HER WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS, SHE FALSELY CONFESSED TO HER MOTHER THAT SHE HAD INDEED HAD A MISCARRIAGE AT HOME AND FLUSHED THE FETUS DOWN THE TOILET BY MISTAKE.
POLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE DEPUTIES, ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES RESPONDED TO A CALL FROM THE HOSPITAL REPORTING THE CASE AND DETAILS WERE RETAINED BY THE PCSO BUREAU OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS FOR FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATIONS.
MISS GOODSON WAS ARRESTED AND TRANSPORTED FIRST TO THE JUVENILE ASSESSMENT CENTER AND THEN TO THE POLK COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY. SHE THEN TOLD DETECTIVES SHE WAS MOTIVATED TO HIDE HER PREGNANCY AND CHOKE THE BABY ‘TO STOP HIM FROM BREATHING,’ BY THE FEAR THAT HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HER PARENTS WOULD CHANGE IF THEY FOUND OUT THE TRUTH.
EVEN THOUGH THE CHARGES ARE SERIOUS, BECAUSE OF HER AGE GOODSON CAN STILL BE SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE ADULT COURT. YOU ARE THE INTAKE OFFICER, WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND AS THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION IN THIS CASE? TO HELP WITH YOUR DECISION REVIEW THE JUVENILE INTAKE PROCESS FROM THE VIDEO LINK BELOW:
Goodson Reenactment Video
III.Research additional information regarding the case.
III. As the juvenile probation officer in this case what recommendations would you make to the court? Explain your rationale for the recommnendations. Be sure to start your response with a high-level overview of your understanding of the case.
Restorative Sanctions to consider:
- Probation (length of time & intensity of supervision)
- Detention in juvenile hall?
- Placement in a treatment program for your girls?
- Home confinement
- Mental Health Treatment
- Day Program
Instructions
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