The Outsiders - by SE Hinton The Book I have chosen is the "The Outsiders- by SE Hinton. ... The book really focuses on what some kids in the US have to go through. ... I think "The Outsiders- is a really good book. ... One other reason to read the book is that the end of each chapter of the book does not leave you in suspense. ... There were two other reasons for why it was hard to relate to the book: the first reason is that my life is not like the lives of the characters in the book. ...

• Word Count: 1470
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the book, The Dream Shattered by Patrick Du Phuoc Long, "I have only a sister and a brother. ... According to Choo, Kyung-Seok (2007) author of Gangs and Immigrant Youths reports "shows that about 33% of the adolescents (383 out of 774) of the adolescents served by the center are in some way involved in gang-related activities.... In the book, Always Running by Luis Rodriguez mentions his frustration and what he was going through when it was about his struggles of teacher and schools. ... Also in the book, The Dream Shattered by Patrick Du Phuoc Long he pointed out that, "A c...

• Word Count: 1016
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

If a person committees a crime, they should be reported and they will receive the same punishment according to the state laws. ... Students may need to have book report assignments and decide to go on the Internet to search for topics about their reports. ...

• Word Count: 888
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

This book explains that the criminal justice system frees prisoners who are later proven innocent, but only after a lengthy legal process. ... Our investigating has also revealed that the trooper who falsely reported the laboratory examination results has done so in other cases on other occasions and may have testified to those false reports..." stated a lawyer hired by the state, "if Woodall were to get a full blown trial (pg 108)." ... Such things as "The defense bar and the prosecution agencies must inspect underlying data from science reports, to ensure that testimony is not distort...

• Word Count: 1796
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

According Amnesty International in the book When The State Kills, "The death penalty [ ] is not an act of self-defense against an immediate threat to life. ... Eyewitness always report that there is a smell of burned flesh"(57). ... The online magazine Action Alert, reported the following, "In recent years, numerous studies have found that one in seven persons on death row are later proven innocent. ... In the book Death And Discrimination by Gross and Mauro, research done by Harold Garfinkel concluded that, "defendants who kill whites were more likely to be sentenced to death than those who k...

• Word Count: 1323
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

(Jewkes, p.160) The Guinness Book of Records lists the case as the "most viewed trial" with a daily average of 5.5 million American watching. (Guinness Book of Records, 1996, p.409). ... The Guinness Book of Records lists the case as the "most viewed trial" with a daily average of 5.5 million American watching (Guinness Book of Records, 1996, p.409). ... The focus on this rather than the actual facts of the case were being reported which resulted in misleading public opinion. ...

• Word Count: 2053
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Capital punishment is the penalty of death for the commission of a crime. Throughout all of human life, it has been used as the highest of corporal punishments to condemn offenders of the vilest crimes, such as murder or rape. It is practiced even today, although there are many reasons why it is an ...

• Word Count: 1086
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Through the analysis of the writings and reports of academics and experts of gun control and urban violence, it will be possible to examine the issues and theories of the social impact of this issue. ... In his book, The Saturday Night Special, Robert Sherrill explains the cheap, usually illegal, easily concealed handgun that plays a part in so many crimes in the United States. ...

• Word Count: 2619
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

The past century has been one of sensational crimes that have amazed many Americans. Form the Lindbergh baby to the exploits of Al Capone, to serial murderers like Ted Bundy. Crime has become a cultural phenomenon that has captured the interests of academics and the causal reader alike. To look back...

• Word Count: 4508
• Approx Pages: 18
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A 1997 report from CNN attributes the migration of gangs to family relocation. ... In the book, Gangs: An International Approach, Wade lists others such as status, power, structure, shelter, food, clothing, nurturing, discipline, unconditional love, activities, economic support and respect. ... In his book, Dangerous Society, Taylor points out several gang-prevention strategies on which we might focus. ...

• Word Count: 4105
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School