Fall 2007 102 Readings
with Hyperlinks
Topic: Conflict, Homicide and Art
Professor Mary T. Conway, Community College of Philadelphia, Department of English
Fiction
“Everyday Use” by
Alice Walker
https://marytconway.tripod.com/theresearchpaper/id49.html
“Story of an Hour”
by Kate Chopin
http://www.pbs.org/katechopin/library/storyofanhour.html
Material Culture
“Lost Dreams on Canvas” (Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts, young victims’ portraits, ongoing)
http://www.pafa.org/lostDreamsOnCanvas.jsp
“The Spirit Painter” Philadelphia
woman commemorates homicide victims
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20070816_THE_SPIRIT_PAINTER.html
Non-fiction
Group One: Acceptable Sources:
reviewed, edited, or claiming to use reliable researching, reporting or argument methods, which are either transparent or
available upon request. Not a guarantee of accuracy, lack of bias or comprehensiveness.
1. “The Mysterious House that is
White” (Philadelphia Daily News reporter’s blog, addressing causes of homicide rate, July 2007)
http://blogs.phillynews.com/dailynews/crime/2007/07/the_mysterious_house_that_is_w.html
2. “Does Gun Control Reduce Crime
or Does Crime Increase Gun Control?” (Academic Journal, 2006)
https://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cj26n1/cj26n1-6.pdf
3. “Adolescent Birth Rates, Total
Homicides, and Income Inequality in Rich Countries” (Academic Journal, 2005)
http://www.ajph.org/cgi/reprint/95/7/1181
4. “Mining the Crime Drop of the
1990s for Social Cues” (National Public Radio, Talk of the Nation Program, February 2007; audio file)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7453416
5. “Does Eating Salmon Lower the
Murder Rate?” (New York Times [Sunday magazine], April 2006)
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/16/magazine/16wwln_idealab.html?ex=1185940800&en=7b71fe289db5e620&ei=5070
6. “Econometric Modeling as Junk
Science: Myths of Murder and Multiple Regression” (Academic Journal, 2002)
http://crab.rutgers.edu/~goertzel/mythsofmurder.htm
7. “Philadelphia Homicides Rise Dramatically”
(National Public Radio, Interview with Temple criminologist and Philadelphia Daily News Reporter/Blogger, audio file, May
7, 2007)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10041811
8. “Stop Whistleblowin’”
(blackprof.com, Academic Blog, May 16, 2007)
http://www.blackprof.com/archives/2007/05/stop_whistleblowin.html
9. “The Story of a Snitch”
(Magazine, in-depth report; April 2007)
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200704/stop-snitching
(full article by subscription only; available
only within CCP library)
10. “A Prohibition-style Crime Wave”
(Alternet website, webpage collecting alternative media, original source, book review from The DrugReporter, November, 2004)
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/20578/
11. “Rapper Who Might Not Snitch
on Cho” (Alternet, webpage collecting alternative media, original source, New America Media, April 2007)
http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/51007/
12. “How drugs harm the family tree”
(Daily News in depth article, June 2007)
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20070611_HOW_DRUGS_HARM_THE_FAMILY_TREE.html
13. “A city’s deadly toll”
(Philadelphia Inquirer interactive map of shootings and homicides, 2007; statistical data)
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/special/violence/
14. “As suspect surrenders, a family
gives up on city” (Philadelphia Inquirer, news report, August, 2007)
http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20070811_As_suspect_surrenders__a_family_gives_up_on_city.html
15. “Dawson Family Survivors File
Lawsuit Against Officials, Police” (Baltimore
Sun news report, February 2005)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/crime/bal-dawson0218,0,5070444.story
16. “You Do What You Eat” (Ode
Magazine, 2005)
http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/26/you_do_what_you_eat#comments
GROUP TWO
Commentary and Opinion; reliable first person accounts,
or arguments based on multiple first person accounts; or, shorter arguments using limited information. May be reliable and
use outside sources, but claims are limited and often need to be corroborated.
1. “A Hip-hop Backlash against Snitching”
(National Public Radio, audio file, January 2006)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5178424
2. Black Informant Blog Posts on snitching
and media coverage
http://blackinformant.com/?s=snitchin
3.”Snitching is risky; staying silent
even riskier” (Daily News columnist, August 2007)
http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20070803_Elmer_Smith___Snitching_is_risky__staying_silent_even_riskier.html
4. “Next Killer May Already Be Wanted”
(Daily News Column, August 16, 2007)
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20070816_Stu_Bykofsky___Next_killer_may_already_be_wanted.html
5. “The Real Meaning of Snitching”
(Washington Post Opinion, August 20, 2007)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/17/AR2007081701715.html
GROUP THREE
Advocacy Groups: These MAY be
Reliable Sources, but need to be validated by an outside source (they often use other sources within their articles). Advocacy
groups usually make obvious their position and do not explore both sides of an issue.
1. “States With No Death Penalty
Share Lower Homicide Rates” (Death Penalty Information Center, 2000)
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=17&did=437
2. “New York Times Reports Rising
Murder Rates” (Council for Conservative Citizens, June 2007)
http://cofcc.org/?p=319
3. “Prison snitch may have to forget
about release” (Webpage with information about informants; criticized for endangering witnesses; applauded for challenging
the use of criminal informants by police)
http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/whosarat/vpost?id=820809