The plot is easy to follow and the first sentence starts right away with the plot "without any forewords. ... One problem is how Ponyboy has to grow up without parents. ... It also shows how if a member of a family has an injury it's tough for the family and friends. ... It really does show how these things can affect a family and friends. ... One other reason to read the book is that the end of each chapter of the book does not leave you in suspense. ...

• Word Count: 1470
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• 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. ... It explains how before PCR, the most sophisticated way to identify a suspect was by blood typing. ... The following chapter describes the difficulties of starting over once an innocent person has been freed. ... This is an astonishing book and I would highly recommend it, especially to those involved with law enforcement. ... This book proves that the truth of th...

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

"The congressionally mandated report defines sexual harassment as an unwelcome sexual advance, request for sexual favors or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that can affect a career, job performance or create an abuse workplace " (Simeone). ... Many people see these men and think, "how can someone do something like that? ... In the book that I had read the author said, "Paraphilia's are primarily (but not exclusively) male disorders, many of which begin in childhood or adolescence and persist into adulthood. ... The command-in-chief once said, "Let's start with th...

• Word Count: 1437
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

When a violent action is reported publicly, there is a move to blame someone or something for what has happened. ... Does media violence "Video, game, book, or otherwise "influence people, including young adults? ... Many reports on the issue have been made and most of the results of these studies have been inconclusive. ... Constant perverse mouse-clicking never has the ability to train someone how to load a weapon and wield it in a rage of personal power. ... I remember this arcade craze as it started in the early 90's with such memorable violent games as Smash TV, and Operati...

• Word Count: 2170
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(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 hype of the case started in the very beginning with the speed chase for Simpson. ... " we're starting to be asked. 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

So it is reasonable to remark that the theories reported to crime may be also considered true for deviance. In the 14th Century Italy, the idea of free will started to gain ground. ... Auguste Comte (1798-1857), of France as the founder of Sociology, commented by his studies while imprisoned that people pass through stages that can be grouped based on how they try to understand the world in which they live. ... Weber (1864-1920) described how cultural and religious forces controlled the social climate to prevent crime. ...

• Word Count: 2056
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They start by asking why most people do not commit crimes rather then why they do commit them. ... Travis Hirschi's 1969 book, Causes of Delinquincy, he focuses on the family, the school, and peers as the most influencial factors on a youth. ... One's attachment to school depends on how one appreciates the instiution and how they are received by fellow peers and teachers. ... In the 1997 annual report provided by the Census Bureau it states that "family resources and the amount of parental attention given to children is strongly influenced by the number of parents in a household." ...

• Word Count: 2364
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In his book L"Umo Delinquente (1876) he argues that criminals were throwbacks to an earlier and more primitive form of human being and claimed to have identified a number of genetically determined characteristics which were often found in criminals. ... Sullivan also reported that about every one in every twenty seven black men, compared to one in every two hundred and five white men, died violently, also one in one hundred and seventeen black women met an untimely end as compared to white women which only one in four hundred and ninety six were killed due to violent crimes. ... In contrast ...

• Word Count: 2347
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate