Jesse Kelly Research Paper

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Jesse Kelly was born into a society of unemployment and poor health care. He was born into a concentration of single, stressed parents; his part of Macquarie Fields was not known for grand houses or happy people. The culture of Kelly’s home was the reason his life continued the way it did; culture: the ideas, values, knowledge, rules and customs that have been learned from family and friends, as well as other members of society. These are shared by members of a collectivity (ethnicity/gender/sexuality/indigeneity/age/disability). Kelly’s socialisation (a process where people learn to follow the dominant values/beliefs of the society in which they live) was that you do what you can, or you’ll starve. Kelly did not grow up in a happy, successful …show more content…
His mother never paid him any attention, especially after getting married. Although his stepfather was “always honest, never stole or broke the law,” he never paid Jesse the attention that he needed to stop the deviance before it became a big problem. That was why Jesse was sent to live with his grandparents; his grandfather, Peter Perkins, explained that even though Jesse was only 12, he could not be disciplined: “We tried to discipline him but it was very hard.” His grandfather said that Jesse was quite smart, which could have taken him further in life, had he not chosen to allow his behavioural problems to take over his life. The last resort was to send him to the Campbell House for troubled teens, but that was most likely where Kelly learnt even more about committing crimes. It wasn’t long after being sent to Campbell House that Kelly started committing petty crimes again, showing that living with his grandparents potentially helped him, even if only in the slightest way. Jesse’s uncles lived nearby, and they quickly became role models for him, but role models aren’t always good. As his grandfather said, they were “the wrong role models,” and Jesse probably was, too, to other, younger boys. Jesse ended up serving 7 years and 9 months in
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