Fictional amateur detectives

Nancy Drew, commonly known as the original “Girl Sleuth”, is the lead detective of the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories. A young girl of 16 or 18 years of age (her age varies between stories), she was created by publisher Edward Stratemeyer, famously known for his The Hardy Boys detective series, and written by a variety of ghostwriters under the penname Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew 2015). Nancy Drew is a female, amateur detective who stumbles upon mysteries in the fictional town of River Heights where she lives with her father, noted lawyer Carson Drew. Though she occasionally receives help from her father and friends, she does most of her detective work independently . Nancy Drew stories continue to be published today and have been admired for nearly…

advantage of the “little man” in the current NCAA system. Figuratively speaking, the “big man” is the NCAA, with the little man being it’s athletes. The NCAA knows it cannot get away with not paying it’s head coaches “market value” so they are left no other choice then to do just that. However, the NCAA knows that it has its athletes pinned against a wall, in that they have no other choice then to play NCAA sports before trying to go professional, due to this I believe the athletes are easily…

NCAA: Always and Forever Amateur Imagine being able to go to college for free and be able to play the sport you enjoy the most. This is the life of many college athletes. They get free rides in college, and they get to play their favorite sport as well. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA, has kept the athletic events amateur since the beginning of college sports. Now, athletes are demanding that they get paid for their college services. Student athletes already get…

upon Beernsten’s account and he was sentenced to 32 years in prison” (Collins). Avery’s appeals dating up until 1996 were denied by the courts. In fact in 1995, a police detective in a neighboring county called the Manitowoc County jail, informing them that that an inmate named Gregory Allen, serving a 60 year sentence in his jurisdiction on a rape conviction had admitted to, “sexually assaulting a woman jogging near Lake Michigan at the same time Beernsten said she was attacked and the inmate…

Based on this study, these results do not support the role of investigative experience as the key to effective profiling but also, the trends among the police groups seem to be opposite of what would be expected. This study finds little evidence to support the hypothesis that investigative experience is the essential skill for effective psychological profiling. This study is good because it provides research that shows criminal profiling is still in its infancy. There have been previous studies…

The American dream is defined as an “ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved”. Sound like the perfect dream, doesn’t it? But sadly every one must wake up eventually. The American dream is a major theme is novels and poems such as a book called The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and a poem titled “I, Too, Sing America” by Langston Hughes. The Great Gatsby is the story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby…

What is the plot of this story? Use your own words to summarize the plot in one thorough paragraph: The plot of the story is about a prince named Prince Prospero. Prince Prospero was a very rich man. There was a illness spreading rapidly throughout their town killing everyone. The illness was called the red death and was described as fatal and hideous. The Prince thought the only escape from the red death was to lock himself away in his castle with many of his friends. To pass time they drank…

Page 98. “Spr[inging] from his Platonic conception of himself,” James Gatz changes his identify to Jay Gatsby. Page 65. As Gatsby states, “I’ll tell you God’s truth,” he doesn’t intend to tell Nick the actual truth, but the truth his delusional mind has created to fit inside his own religion. Page 61. While Gatsby acts as God of his own religion, Nick compares Gatsby’s house to the yard of a church. Page 110 - 111. Gatsby becomes taken with Daisy from the moment he sees her and her house.…

fraction of the diverse and complex notion behind something as small as who we are and where we came from. Homosapiens are very inquizitive asking a abundance of questions for just a fraction more of knowledge. As a famous detective this is a thought that runs through my mind on a daily basis some of the horrendous things ive seen make me rethink am i making a differnce, i know this was a long explination but due to my job these 2 ideas keep circling my head. Everyone though we are created from…

Although they don’t make as much money as a lawyer, the work appears much more exciting and the amount of schooling is far less, thus saving me money in the long run. Detectives also have more hands on experience in their line of work, they get to be outdoors more and even travel sometimes. This variety and unpredictability is extremely appealing to me but even more so is the chance to make a difference in people’s lives. Detectives make the community a secure and sound environment for all…