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In Lisa J. McIntyre’s case study titled “Hernando Washington” we learn about a young man named Hernando Washington who kidnaps, rapes, and murders a 29 year old woman named Sarah Gould. Using common sense the answer to the question “why did Hernando do this?” is “because he is a horrible person”. Using the sociological imagination we ask questions such as, “What was the social milieu in which the event takes place?” and “what effects did the social system have on the individual?”. Asking the right questions, we find that Hernando Washington lived in an area where police activity was almost non existent. Hernando’s brother had been shot and sister had been raped with absolutely no police action ever taking place. This explains why Hernando thought he could get away with his actions. We also see that Hernando viewed the rape he committed as sex. He thought that since Sarah was alone and unprotected by another male, it was ok for him to have sex with (rape) her. Th...