GENED060 Spring 07 :
Books, Readings, and Other Resources
Overview
Please pay close attention to the reading as it is described on the sequence page because it lists very specifically the pages or sections you are asked to read. So if you see a long reading, or even a short one, look carefully to see which pages you should be reading!
There are four different major sources to which you will be turning for your reading and viewing materials. These are:
b = books students are expected to purchase
Bb = on course Blackboard site
e = e-reserve
w = on the web - click on link on sequence page
Below I explain what you will find in each of these categories.
b = books students are expected to purchase
You should find in the Temple bookstore, which of course I recommend, the following two books
Black, D. The Behavior of Law. New York: Academic Press, 1980. (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 6) (paperback) (used and new from $35 at Amazon)
Mosley, W. FuturelAnd. New York: Warner Books, 2001. (Chapter titled "Angel's Island") (paperback) (used and new from $1.45 at Amazon)
Bb = on course Blackboard site
Various documents have been uploaded to the Bb course web site. These include some large readings that I did not have time to get on e-reserve, memos or other documents handed out in class. Some of these are just for background so do not freak out.
e = e-reserve
CLICK HERE for instructions on how to access e-reserve
There are four types of resources you will find here. Types 2 through 4 are pdf files you can download, save, and read!
1. Links to movies related to this course the library holds. These are on overnight reserve
Dead End (1937) with Humphrey Bogart (*)
Dirty Harry (1971) (*)
Magnum Force (1973)
The Wrong Man (1956) (*)
There are some additional films we are trying to get that we also will be putting on reserve. These additional movies include:
Attica (1974) (documentary)
Brute Force (1947) (*)
Private Hell 36 (1954) (*) with Ida Lupino
Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
Serpico (1973)
Thunder Road (1958) with Robert Mitchum
The starred movies are the ones that I think are the most important, as will be explained in class.
2. Links to pages from the reports (1931) of the National Commission
on Law Observance and Enforcement, also called the Wickersham
Commission.
This was the first national commission informed by social science data that sought to analyze and make policy recommendations about a wide variety of crime and justice related concerns, ranging from prohibition to immigration to police to prisons. Although the Commission's "split decision" on whether or not to maintain Prohibition cost them substantial credibility, and perhaps contributed to much of their later work being overlooked, they collected and organized a lot of information on a lot of issues and had contributions from some of the strongest academics in the field at the time. For each of the major parts of the justice system we will examine, we will start with key readings from the Commission.
There have been important crime commissions since, but this was the first one. These files are available:
National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement: Report of the Advisory
Committee on Penal Institutions, Probation & Parole, Penal Institutions
National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement: Report on Crime and
Foreign Born, Letter of Transmittal
National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement: Report on Crime and
Foreign Born, Part I, Section I
National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement: Report on Crime and
Foreign Born, Part I, Section II
National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement: Report on Crime and
Foreign Born, Part II
National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement: Report on Lawlessness in
Law Enforcement, Chapter 1
National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement: Report on Lawlessness in
Law Enforcement, Chapter 2
National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement: Report on Lawlessness in
Law Enforcement, Chapter 3
National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement: Report on Lawlessness in
Law Enforcement, Chapter 4
3. Copies of Philadelphia Bulletin clippings, organized by topic
It has been said that newspaper reporters write the first draft of history. Temple's Urban Archives hold the entire clipping file from the Philadelphia Bulletin, a Philadelphia paper that went out of business in 1970. This is an extraordinary treasure trove. What we have done is put together copies of several clippings in different topic areas. Most of these stories are about what was happening in Philadelphia. Reading old newspapers gives you a more immediate sense of what was happening.
Are newspapers a primary source? What is the difference between a primary source and a secondary source? Which type do I want for which purposes? These are important questions as you contemplate writing papers for this course or on other research topics. We will spend some time talking about this issue.
Although we are "spoon feeding" you some of these materials from the Urban Archives, we also will take a trip over there so you can see how they are set up and how you would do research there.
Committee of Seventy-Grand Jury Investigations of Organized Crime, 1938
Philadelphia Grand Jury Probe - September 1-15, 1928, Newspaper Clippings
Philadelphia Grand Jury Probe - September 17-30, 1928, Newspaper Clippings
Philadelphia Grand Jury Probe - October 1-14, 1928, Newspaper Clippings
Philadelphia Grand Jury Probe - October 15-31, 1928, Newspaper Clippings
Philadelphia Grand Jury Probe - November 1-15, 1928, Newspaper Clippings
Philadelphia Grand Jury Probe - November 16-30, 1928, Newspaper Clippings
Philadelphia Grand Jury Probe - December 1928, Newspaper Clippings
Philadelphia Grand Jury Probe - January-February 1929, Newspaper Clippings
Philadelphia Grand Jury Probe - March 1929, Newspaper Clippings
Philadelphia Grand Jury Probe - April 1929, Newspaper Clippings
Philadelphia Grand Jury Probe - Miscellaneous 1928, Newspaper Clippings
Juvenile Justice, Newspaper Clippings
Prisons & Jails, Newspaper Clippings
4. Some other readings that are to be assigned also are on e-reserve
Dudden, Arthur P. "The City Embraces 'Normalcy' 1919-1929." In: Weigley, R.
F. ed. Philadelphia: A 300 Year History. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1982.
Haller, M. "Philadelphia Bootlegging and the Report of the Special August
Grand Jury." The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1985,
109(April), pp. 215-33.
w = on the web - click on link on sequence page
As you go through the sequence of topics pages you will sometimes see links to articles or materials that are on the web. If you just click on the link the document or web site should come up. If you have problems with any of these, please let the instructor or TA know right away.