Did I Hear a Niner in There?

Did’ga Know That…
There is direct, indirect, formal, and informal social control? Let’s make a grid!!!


So, hard core church goers would be influence by informal social control. They would feel like crap if they committed a ‘sin’ or they would see someone else loose everything for their ‘sins’. Either way, it sucks. You get YOU ARE GOING TO (fill in the blank) YOU SINNER! Or you see your neighbor getting the 'royal' treatment and think, “umm, guess that was a bad idea. Sorry ‘bout that Roger!” Lol, jk! In all seriousness though, they might see another member of their faith get into trouble for doing something that they thought was ok, but now they know that it isn’t so they aren’t going to do that particular thing. Get it? I personally think that formal can be more fun… *insert evil laugh here*. No, really, formal direct is like getting a speeding ticket and formal indirect is when you just get a warning or you see the cop and slam on your breaks. I think all four of these controls work together in someway shape or form to help us stay within the boundaries of being a good citizen in our own communities.


Did’ga Know That…
There are three types of plea bargaining? Yep, there is charge bargaining, count bargaining, and sentence bargaining. “What are these bargains?” you may ask… and “why do you want to know?” shall be my reply. Planning on doing some dirty deed and wanting to know how best to plead? Well, I suggest that you first fall down on your knees, sob hysterically, beg for mercy from ‘your most honorable judgeship, sir,” and try to look as utterly pathetic as possible so they will do anything to get you out of the courtroom as fast as they humanly can. And if that works, please contact me, because I want to do it just for the heck of it. Kidding! (Or am I?) Ok! Back on track, figuring out what these bargains actually are is really quite simple; charge bargaining=less severe charges or eliminating one of the charges all together if you pleade guilty to the others, count bargaining=the number of time you are being charge with the same crime will be reduced if you atmit to them, and sentence bargaining=when you plead guilty to everything and ask the judge to be lenient on his sentencing (but it is up to the judge to choose if he will actually be lenient or not). Were I in a situation like that, I wouldn’t trust the judge to actually be merciful. I would go for charge or count bargaining before I’d even think about putting myself in such a vulnerable position.

A website on plea bargains is http://www.expertlaw.com/library/criminal/plea_bargains.html