The book describes people and events that made the NYPD into the organization it is today. ... Presidents is another man who was portrayed in this book. ... This book provides insight into the world of New York City policemen. ... After a time, Roosevelt felt that the job was too demanding and he requested to be appointed as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. ... After his job rejection, Battle was involved in an incident involving a group of African Americans and a white cop. ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The biggest struggles represented in the book are due to racism, poverty, and crime. ... In the "Goin" Legit" chapter of the book we see the discrimination that is experienced by Primo and Caesar when they attempted working in a "legitimate" work environment. ... Hence, they are denied well paying jobs not only because of their race but because of their lack of education. ... This machoism and cruelty can be seen in various instances throughout the book. ... These people are able to hold legit jobs and practice the morals and values of mainstream America. ...

• Word Count: 884
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A Clockwork Orange Response Paper The book "A Clockwork Orange," is a brilliant book in itself. ... He does a great job of putting his own opinions in the book as in my opinion creating a character in the book to support his views. ... Burgess had many good ideas throughout the book such as "violence makes violence." ... The way the police treated criminals never seemed to change throughout the book. ... I think this is where we the readers see Burgess come alive in the book. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Hoffer does a great job of breaking down what kind of person it takes to join these mass movements. ... The book The True Believer is a very great book. Hoffer does a very good job of generalizing the people that join a mass movement. ... This whole book had this effect on me. ... This book may not strike everyone, but it did get my attention....

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• Grade Level: High School

Claude Brown's novel, Manchild in the Promised Land, is not only a story about one man's struggle to find freedom and intellectual happiness, but a story about his discovery of his own inherent strengths and abilities. Throughout the novel, he progresses from compliance to independence, from invinci...

• Word Count: 490
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Theory links up the research and the problem, which is examined in the research. Theory allows the researchers a streamline of action. It is a set of logical, coherent, interrelated concepts, which attempt to explain some observable phenomena or group of facts. Review of the literature provides awareness of the facts and researcher gets a guideline for the inquiry of the problem. Theory is a systematic explanation for the observed facts and laws that are related to particular aspects of life. ...

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• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These theories become evident in the book from the start. ... In the first couple pages of the book, Sam says, "I am going to get away from American City, too many temptations." ... He had the means to do so, thereby meeting the criteria to act as a fence as described in the book as " a person [who] must be energetic, ingenious, capable of making sound decisions, quite personable. ... Sam can be seen exhibiting this criminal trait throughout the book, whether it be denying a crime or passing off a crime to be not much of anything. ... Chapter 2 As the book progresses, Sam's ties to t...

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• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

Sohail Shah, a thirty year old male clerk at the 7-Eleven located on Barbur Blvd. near Jackson Middle School, has been in the United States for four years. He moved here with his wife and two children to "escape punishment". Sohail claims he was in the secret police protecting the president when man...

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• Grade Level: High School

In his book Fair Play, Robert Simon explains it another way. ... They learned that we accept violence and abusive behavior from many athletes that would result in loss of job and reputation if it occurred from a teacher, computer programmer, or doctor."... In their book, Sex, Violence and Power in Sports, authors Michael Messner and Donald Sabo attempt to explain. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

(Women being stuck in lower status paying jobs) I want to give them something that they can use for as long as they can remember. ... This saves time and money, because before the officer would bring the offender to the station and book them. ...

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"The Reality of the Prison Walls; Fair or Unfair?" The story "Past Present" by Jimmy Santiago Baca is a story of the prison system and the unfairness that he had seen during his time in there. The prison system to him is considered "unjustified". They have caused him to become a person that he d...

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• Grade Level: High School

Mike Bastian is just the man for the job, one that Ben has raised to be able to handle a knife, a gun, and his fists, but a man that has never broken the law. ... All in all this was a good book and I enjoyed reading it. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He wrote several books which were published including a book on antisemitism. ... Darwin took a job as a naturalist aboard a ship called the Beagle. This job allowed Darwin to explore geological formations, fossils and living animals on different islands and continents. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is obvious that significant improvements have been made in the way that the criminal justice system deals with Blacks during the history of the United States. Blacks have not always been afforded a right to trial, not to mention a fair one. Additionally, for years, Blacks were unable to serve on juries, clearly affecting the way both Blacks and whites were tried. Much of this improvement has been achieved through various court decisions, and other improvements have been made through federal and state legislatures. Despite these facts, the development of the legal system with regard to race ...

• Word Count: 3584
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate