Andrea Yates Essay

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Crime and Mental Illness Stella Wheeler SOC 274 – Criminology Professor Ryan April 25, 2009 Introduction I. The loss of five children’s lives by the hands of their mother. 1) The Beginning: a) Andrea Yates b) The Yates Children c) Andrea’s cries for help d) Warning! Warning! e) The End II. The Criminal Code that was violated in this case. 1) The Code of Criminal Procedure III. Who were the Offenders and who were the Victims? 1) Rusty Yates - Offender 2) Michael Woroniecki - Offender 3) Methodist Hospital - Offender 4) Dr. Mohammed Saeed - Offender 5) Andrea’s family members - Offender 6) Andrea Yates - Offender 7) Noah - Victim 8) John - Victim 9) Paul - Victim 10) Luke - Victim 11) Mary – Victim 12) Andrea Yates - Victim IIII. What were the social reactions to the event? 1) Does behavior depend on one’s culture and gender? V. How was the behavior rationalized by the defendant? 1) Andrea rationalized her behavior by believing in the preaching’s of a traveling minister. 2) Andrea also rationalized her behavior by stating voices in her head told her that she and her children were doomed to hell because they were bad. 3) Andrea also believed that her actions were justified because the children would be better off dead than alive. Andrea Yates This is the story of a very disturbed woman who, in the throws of life, became disturbed and did not know what true reality was. This is her story taken from various articles researched on the Internet. Andrea was born in Houston, Texas in July of 1964. She graduated from high school in 1982 as class valedictorian. She held many positions such as captain of the swim team and an officer in the National Honor Society. After completing pre-nursing requirements, Andrea acquired a nursing degree and worked as

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