Criminal Justice Theory/Criminology CJ 414 Spring 2017 Life Analysis Project Part II: Application of Theory Ob.iective: to rcsearch and identify approprialc explanations for vour lack of OR involvenrent in crimirral and/or dcviant behavior. Your paper will be fonnatted according to the fbllowing APA forn"ratting requirenrents. Rcfer to the ApA Publication Manual. 6th edition fbr hcading rcquiremcnts. f itle l)age Abstracl Introduction to paper Life Analysis (may use first submission. rvith additionsidcletionslrevisions as needecj) I-iterature Rcvierv i. Two (2) indcpendent pieces of original rescarcUprimary source that discuss your theory(ics) ii. (not another author's discussion of someone else's research fl.om a textbook) b. Research located in peer-reviewed academic joumals c. Textbook and internet sources are RESOURCES only. Research must come from original source d. Comprehcnsive disclrssion of theory & research; thcre should be no..l., staLements in this section e. Merely reading the abstract is unaccelrtable; the entirc study rnust be discusscd in your.literature revieu,, Discussion applv the theory 1o vour lifb. citing specific exarnples/experiences and rc]rringthcnr ro thc poirrts of the tlreory Conclusion Refbrences Grading: LilcraturcReview(comprchensiveandappropriate) Discussion (relevant to theory and life cxperiences) Writing style Concise and profbssionall appropriate vocabulary; Grammar and sentence structure Corrcct usc of ApA IntroductionlCorrcl usi on 3 -5 pts 35 pts l0 pts l0pts 10 pts AS StATCd PTCViOUsIy. ALL INFORMAI.ION CONTAINED TN THIS PROJECT WII-L REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL. You are required to submit this paper to Turnitin.com no lair thon iiriro,arpOrl 2O* ,t W*. N, t"k popers will be accepted. I have posted q "Test' assignmenr so you can practice logging in and uploading a tVord document- Your completed paper shoulcl be iploaded under LIFE ANALqST|fi;i;;i6;.-i.riit" credentials: CLASS^ID is 1s082419 and the password is spring20lz.                                                                                            Clarene's Life                                                                                          Clarene Brady Belmont Abbey College Ili. nrv ttatttt is (,'lat'cttc Ilrldy. a native of Charlotte NC, and I am the youngest of eight in my family. There were 5 boys and 3 girls. in which there are just one boy and two girls remaining' The only parent in the home was my mother. After I came along, my dad decided that he no longer wanted to be married and walked away when I was about 5 years old. The eldest siblings were my mother's helpers. They allwent to school, got odcl jobs after school, and helped care for the younger siblings. My mother rvorked and supported us and I can't remember a day that we were cold' hungry or went without. My mother's job was domestic, where she rode the bus to the "rich neighborhoods" in Charlotte to clean homes to earn an income. At that timc. the money that she earned .

1. Criminal Justice Theory/Criminology CJ 414 Spring 2017 Life
Analysis Project Part II: Application of Theory Ob.iective: to
rcsearch and identify approprialc explanations for vour lack of
OR involvenrent in crimirral and/or dcviant behavior. Your
paper will be fonnatted according to the fbllowing APA
forn"ratting requirenrents. Rcfer to the ApA Publication
Manual. 6th edition fbr hcading rcquiremcnts. f itle l)age
Abstracl Introduction to paper Life Analysis (may use first
submission. rvith additionsidcletionslrevisions as needecj) I-
iterature Rcvierv i. Two (2) indcpendent pieces of original
rescarcUprimary source that discuss your theory(ics) ii. (not
another author's discussion of someone else's research fl.om a
textbook) b. Research located in peer-reviewed academic
joumals c. Textbook and internet sources are RESOURCES
only. Research must come from original source d.
Comprehcnsive disclrssion of theory & research; thcre should
be no..l., staLements in this section e. Merely reading the
abstract is unaccelrtable; the entirc study rnust be discusscd in
your.literature revieu,, Discussion applv the theory 1o vour lifb.
citing specific exarnples/experiences and rc]rringthcnr ro thc
poirrts of the tlreory Conclusion Refbrences Grading:
LilcraturcReview(comprchensiveandappropriate) Discussion
(relevant to theory and life cxperiences) Writing style Concise
and profbssionall appropriate vocabulary; Grammar and
sentence structure Corrcct usc of ApA IntroductionlCorrcl usi
on 3 -5 pts 35 pts l0 pts l0pts 10 pts AS StATCd PTCViOUsIy.
ALL INFORMAI.ION CONTAINED TN THIS PROJECT WII-L
REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL. You are required to submit this
paper to Turnitin.com no lair thon iiriro,arpOrl 2O* ,t W*. N,
t"k popers will be accepted. I have posted q "Test' assignmenr
so you can practice logging in and uploading a tVord document-
Your completed paper shoulcl be iploaded under LIFE
ANALqST|fi;i;;i6;.-i.riit" credentials: CLASS^ID is 1s082419
and the password is spring20lz.

2. Clarene's
Life
Clarene Brady
Belmont Abbey College
Ili. nrv ttatttt is (,'lat'cttc Ilrldy. a native of Charlotte NC, and I
am the youngest of eight in my family. There were 5 boys and 3
girls. in which there are just one boy and two girls remaining'
The only parent in the home was my mother. After I came
along, my dad decided that he no longer wanted to be married
and walked away when I was about 5 years old. The eldest
siblings were my mother's helpers. They allwent to school, got
odcl jobs after school, and helped care for the younger siblings.
My mother rvorked and supported us and I can't remember a day
that we were cold' hungry or went without. My mother's job was
domestic, where she rode the bus to the "rich neighborhoods" in
Charlotte to clean homes to earn an income. At that timc. the
money that she earned kept us af'loat. I can remember her
coming home in the evening, tired and worn out al1er a hard
day's work, but she was never too tired to find out about our
day. She wanted to know if our homework had been done or had
we read. She would see the book,,Dick. 'I Sally' and Janc. a
book that everyone in my era read and would smirk. We would
ask the question, "Why are you laughing at our book?" She
would say that the same book was being read by the children in
the home that she worked for, and that their books were new.
our books would have the front or back cover off of it. We
didn't understancl but she would always say, "that it will get
better with tinte." I can remember going to the five and tlime
stores in downtown Charlotte, namely Kress or Woolworth's.
'Ihe saleslady would fotlow us around in the store and ask
several times ,,may I help you'" Over and over my mother would
say no, but she continued until my mother would get annoyed' [t
was if the lady was looking for my mother to steal something. I
would see a white lady and her little girl going about freely in

3. the same store without being followed. We would go up to the
hot dog oounter go get a hot dog and would have to stand to eat
it, and the same lady with the Iittle girl would be sitting down. I
clidn't understand and once again rny mother would say "it will
get better with time.i ns I got older, I began to understand that
it was called,,racism,' and that the color of your skin was a big
factor in who you were. where you lived, and limitations to who
you could become. No matter what the situations were, my
mother was a woman who instilled in us to always pray and to
always do your best. For when you do your best and you know
that you have, then that's only required. She required and
demanded that we loved and respected each other, and when we
saw something or someone not doing what they were suppose
too, then don't get involved, fbr it will keep you out of trouble.
As time has gone by, I am now in high schoot. and right in the
niiiidle of busing. Having . had attendecl an all black school,
where we could walk, now we are bcins forced t9 go miles away
from home. This was my senior year and being in a class with
all whites and I am the only black student in the class was
uncomfortable, but I could hear my mother's voice, saying ,,do
vour best'" I made the best of it. There were plenty of
challenges while there. Whereas we were accustomed to being
in social clubs at "our" schools, we now had to fill out
applications to be a part of an organization atthis school. The
student's lounge was closed and the schedules forafter school
activities were pushed to a time where the buses would be gone
and we would not be included. It was terrible, in fact we had the
worst school riot in 1970 at Myers park High School. I ended up
graduating from there. Another thing that nry nrother instilled
in us was the f-ear of GOD. She took us by the hand and took us
to church. Church was one place that we could be ourselves and
be free. It was at church or in the community where another
adult could and would correct you and your parent/parents were
alright with it. It was in these places that you learnecl how to
respect yourself and others. [t was in these places that you
could participate in activities and someone said how proud of

4. you they were, and how they encouraged you to go on and
become somebody, no CLARENE BRADY matter what label
society had placed on you. lt macle you f'eel good about
yoursell and you wanted to succeed and have a better life. Now
we are all grown and all of my siblings did well, even though
four brothers and one sisterr are gone' They all graduated high
school and fjve graduatecl c-ollege in which I will be the sixth.
Our children are doing well. and all of my sibling's children are
college graduates except two and they are retired from the
military. We were poor' but rve did not know that we were poor.
The iove rve sharecl, the people in our neighborhood, the
people in the church who encouraged us, anci that VILLACE
that helped raise us made us who we are today. A lot went on
that we dicln't understancl that has made us better today and so
we pushed our ohildren to do even tretter. Thank GOD fbr our
Mother who lived to be 100 years olcl and died in January 2016.
I still hear her voice---"lt gets better with time" and it has.
Thank Cod for a praying mother for her ^A,*-tt**& P *l,W'l*1
j ch ildren.