Leopold and Loeb

Chicago Lit Final Essay Throughout the semester we as students have read many different pieces of literature that have helped characterize Chicago. With many opinions and various perspectives to consider Chicago is a twisted city, nobody is safe from its grasp. The city, being divided, has made it difficult to accurately depict Chicago's true nature. Some may say that the city brings nothing but wonder and amazement from the eyes of a tourist however, what lies beneath the tales of wonder is…

The sentencing system in the US and the influences upon prison inmates is an increasing issue. The way people are raised and the environment people grow up in really affect them. The effect that inmates’ backgrounds have on prison sentencing is anything but just due to things such as social status, race, and the lack of resources, environmental factors, and financial income. This causes even the most dangerous criminals to receive short or reduced sentences, and puts people that make our world…

As Halloween approaches, we are all indulging in our love of all things spooky. Ghosts, spirits, monsters, and—this year particularly—clowns have all been filling our minds lately. For our third dispatch, I was looking for something different to the Art Institute or the Shedd Aquarium. The idea of looking at haunted hotels first appealed to me because of the location of them. The Congress is what I stare at while I sleep. If something grotesque happened that close to where I lived, of course I…

Social Control Theory was composed by Travis Hirschi in the late 1960s. The basic concept behinds this theory was that individual’s strong attachment, commitment, involvement, and belief promote a lawful environment. In the case of Gary Gilmore, Social Control Theory could be used to explain many of his delinquent and subsequent criminal behaviors. Leading up to his death in front of a firing squad, Gary’s life was set to be filled with rejection, abandonment, resentment. From the moment he…