Crime fiction

confessions from thought criminals. They confessed their hatred for the government. Today daytime talk shows are full of white trash that enjoys sharing stories about tales of their pathetic existence with the world. Although 1984 was made to be a work of fiction in a dystopian world, many aspects of the story are true in today’s life, yet there are a few differences.…

recorded crime has doubled between 1970 and 2000. Crime is a very well talked topic for the great public concern and interest. For most people its concern comes from the views and perceptions that the level of crime is rising throughout the years thus leading to an increase in threat to our property and safety. Public’s awareness on the level of crimes is mostly influences by the media reports. They tend to focus on certain kinds of crime as it can misrepresents the public’s insight on crime in…

actions no matter how big or small. When it comes to the variety of different crimes ethics plays a very crucial part in every case that occurs and faces trial. The two most important crimes pertaining to ethical investigations is homicide and rape. The reason why homicide and rapes cases are most important when it pertains to ethical investigations is because they are the most heinous and psychologically damaging of all crimes. In order for cases to be successfully prosecuted it is important…

Blood Pit Kate Ellis is a crime fiction writer known for her ability to incorporate medieval history and archaeology in her crime and mystery novels. The historical facts used to illustrate Kate’s novels enrich its plots providing readers not only with the excitement of solving mysteries but also with interesting facts about history of the medieval times. The Wesley Peterson series is an example of her mystery and history blend, it is an exciting series of eighteen crime novels in which she…

Campbell, K. (2012). Lester's dreadful sweaters. Tonawanda, NY: Kids Can Press. Summary: Clara’s cottage is consumed by a crocodiles so she moves in with Lester’s family. Clara makes Lester a sweater and he thinks it was so sweet of her until he see the dreadful sweater. Everyday Clara knits Lester a new sweater and each sweater comes in contact with a mysterious and tragic end. The last sweater makes Lester look like a clown, and At Enid’s party Lester meets a clown that loves it. Lester takes…

execution, it is too late to take into account their childhood trauma because they have already committed a crime that can only be punished by death or life in prison. There is literally no hope for these victims of abuse because their history of abuse, is not going to make up for the crimes they commit. By using the age-graded theory, it could have prevented these boys from ever committing the crime and could have helped them with their abusive history. “The Age-Graded theory states, positive…

Whilst there is no doubt that a system of bandits did exist, what is less clear is how far the Thuggee archive is entirely an orientalist product full of inaccurate reflections of Indian crime especially Thuggee. Notably, the “authentic archive” was created by Sleeman himself indicating accounts on thugs were influenced by preconceived notions of Indian men. Consisting of oriental biases, the archive was perhaps a product of ‘deep-seated European inclination’ to civilise India. Depicted as…

Gray, Geoffrey. Skyjack: The Hunt for D.B. Cooper. New York: Crown, 2011. Print. Skyjack: The Hunt for D.B. Cooper is a non-fiction book depicting the DB Cooper story and the possible suspects behind the crime. It describes the hijacking in great detail and talks about the author’s research, which reminds me of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. However, this book does not include DB Cooper’s impact on airport security. I borrowed this book from the St. Louis County Library and read it over…

The story of Lord of the flies, which was written for young readers, is another evidence, among so many put forward by Abate, to show that the violence, crimes and the acts of killing are common themes used in children’s literature. I found that it is a quote by David Ray Papke, who characterizes the nation’s literature production as ‘‘crime-related cultural production’’ (xiv, quoted in Abate,…

The movie “The Sting” is a well liked movie that was produced in 1973 by the director George Roy Hill. It’s set up in the view of 1936 Chicago which was a rough place in the Depression-era. “The Sting” stars Robert Redford, Robert Earl Jones, Robert Shaw, and Paul Newman. Newman plays a drunk by the name Henry Gondorff who has to come out of his recent habits to become the great con artists he used to be. While Redford is Johnny Hooker who is a young trickster who steals money from people…