Matthew Dunn Case Study

Matthew Dunn is a 23-year-old male who has been sentenced to 7 years in federal prison for an armed robbery of a downtown convenience store. His charge was decided with knowledge of his extensive juvenile and adult record.

School Life Dunn was an honour roll student until grade 10. He loved math and did well in arts too. He loved going to school to see his friends, of which he had many. He hung out with a group that wasn’t exactly popular but didn’t go by under the radar. They were known to be funny and easy-going. That changed when he met a girl named Veronica. Veronica hung out with the “cool kids” who were cool for the wrong reason. They skipped school to do drugs and drink frequently and didn’t get passing grades. Dunn was hanging

The crime for which he was incarcerated was an attempted robbery of a high-profile convenience store in downtown Montréal. He entered the store with a ski mask and a knife and threatened to kill the cashier if he didn’t empty the register. The police were called and Dunn was arrested before he could make it out with the money that amounted to $1,402 plus damaged that cost over $2000 for breaking the shop's window and breaking items inside. This was the only offence he was charged with because the crown didn’t have enough evidence to convict him of anything else, his punishment was maximized because he had committed many other crimes that he either served jail time for or did community service. He also committed crimes where shop owners decided not to press charges and banned him instead.

Current Situation

Currently, Dunn has just begun his seven-year sentence in a medium-security penitentiary in Ontario. He has been disguised with a generalized anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder and an alcohol addiction which he will be treated for inside the penitentiary. He will be eligible for parole in four years. During his sentence, he also took up the opportunity to take up a trade of his choice like mechanics or plumbing. Assuming it goes to

An adolescent’s egocentrism can intensify the pain caused by breakups because he believes nobody understands what he’s feeling. Breakups are emotionally painful and it is shown that the same area of the brain is activated whether the pain someone is experiencing is physical or emotional (Arnett, 2013). She had a big impact on him because she and her group of friends completely changed his life and after months of being together it was all taken away. This caused him great unhappiness which was made worse because he didn’t have anyone to talk to about it. Adolescents usually rely on friends for intimacy and share their feelings and secrets with them, but after the breakup, he had nobody to talk to. He couldn’t talk to them or the friends he had previous to Veronica because they bullied him and socially rejected him. Parents, the second option for emotional intimacy, were not present either. This caused him to feel isolated and continue his drug and alcohol habits to try and reduce his pain. This is what led to an alcohol addiction, he used it as a coping method for the emotional pain he was experiencing which he carried in with him into emerging