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Title:

Prisons : an opposing viewpoints guide / Jamuna Carroll, book editor.

Publisher:

Greenhaven Press/Thomson Gale,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

104 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Prisons.--Juvenile literature.
Crime prevention.--Juvenile literature.
Essay--Authorship--Juvenile literature.
Written communication--Study and teaching--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Carroll, Jamuna.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-100) and index.

Contents:

Prisons reduce crime / David Muhlhausen -- Prisons do not reduce crime / Jim Holt -- Prisons should rehabilitate inmates / Ralph A. Rossum and Constance Rossum -- Prisons should punish inmates / Charles Murray -- Three-strikes laws have led to excessive imprisonment / Vincent Schiraldi and Geri Silva -- Three-strikes laws have not led to excessive imprisonment / Chuck Poochigian -- The five-paragraph essay -- The cause-and-effect essay -- Essay one: Unjust laws cause unnecessary imprisonment -- Exercise A: create an outline from an existing essay -- Essay two: Heavy sentences help America -- Exercise A: create an outline from an existing essay -- Exercise B: create an outline for an opposing cause-and-effect essay -- Essay three: imprisoning juveniles reduces crime -- Exercise A: examining introductions and conclusions -- Exercise B: using quotations to enliven your essay -- Final writing challenge : write your own five-paragraph cause-and-effect essay.

Series:

Writing the critical essay

ISBN:

9780737735840
0737735848 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780737735840 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)71800557

LCCN:

2006031176

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)