Across the Curriculum with Detective Fiction for Young People and Adults

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 07.02.09

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Objectives
  4. Snitching as a Social Phenomenon
  5. The Crime Fiction Genre
  6. Teaching Strategy
  7. Classroom Activities
  8. Annotated Bibliography
  9. Appendix A
  10. Appendix B
  11. Appendix C
  12. Appendix D
  13. Notes

Police Investigative Challenges: To Snitch or Not to Snitch, That is the Unanswered Question

Christine Shaub

Published September 2007

Tools for this Unit:

Notes

1. The American Heritage Dictionary 3rd Ed, Houghton Mifflin

2. Delaware Education Research and Development Center, 2006 School Rating: Academic

3. Johnson, P. 2

4. Introduction to How Witness Protection Works, http://people.howstuffworks.com/ witness-protection.htm

5. Washington Crime News Service, April 30, 2004

6. U.S. Supreme Court Center, http://supreme.justia.com/us/485/1024/case.html

7. "Omertà ." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 5 Jul 2007, 15:22 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 7 Jul 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php ?title=Omert%C3%A0&oldid=142679355.

8. "Police procedural." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 3 Jul 2007, 00:46 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 7 Jul 2007, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php ?title=Police_procedural&oldid=142135885.

9. Encyclopedian website: www.encyclopedian.com

10. Privilege is an exemption held by a particular person or class of persons. Privileged information is that information held by a person with the privilege and is not subject to discovery such as attorneys, physicians, spouses, clergyman, executive privilege, journalist and state secrets. Legal Office Concepts & Procedures by Robert Cummins, J.D., South Western Educational Publishing, 1998

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