Sunday, February 28, 2010

RJA #6b

Social Media

Blogged
the execution of juveniles
search engine math was the technique I used to narrow my search
March 1, 2010
Twelve hits
relevance--4


Globe of Blogs
Abolishing the juvenile death penalty
regular search
March 1, 2010
50+ hits
Relevance--2


Video Surf-Beta
Juveniles and the death penalty
regular search
March 1, 2010
fourty-one hits
very relevant--.5!!

Thursday, February 25, 2010

ENG 1020- RJA #6a

Websites


Bing

Juveniles and the Death Penalty

I went to Bing.com and used key words to conduct my search

February 25, 2010

well over 300,000 hits

Relevance--(2)




Bing

Juveniles and the Death Penalty written by Lynn Cothern

I used Bing.com and used search engine math to conduct this search

February 25, 2010

again, 384,000 hits

Relevance--(2)





Meta/Multi Search Engine


Carrot Clustering Engine

I used the Meta/Multi search engine list and chose carrot clustering. Then I typed in some key words to search for my topic-Juvenile offenders in todays world

February 25, 2010

there was 100 hits

very relevant--(2)




Monster Crawler
I used regular key words in monster crawler-Death sentences and executions for juvenile offenders

February 25, 2010

69 hits

Relevance--(1)




Directories

Internet Public Library

I typed in "executing juvnile offenders"

February 28, 2010

473 hits

Relevance-- 3


Sunday, February 21, 2010

ENG 1020 RJA #5c

Reference Article
juvenile crime
juvenile delinquency
Pearson Education: 2000-2006
2-21-2010

dictionary.infoplease.com
juvenile crime/juvenile offenders/youth adjudication
120+ hits
relavance = 2

Thursday, February 18, 2010

ENG 1020- RJA #5b

Periodical Article
Curtis A Bradley
The Juvenile Death Penalty and International Law Duke Law Journal
Volume 52. No. 3
PP. 485-557 Durham, North Carolina Duke University School of Law http://www.jstor.org/stable/1373162?origin=pubexport&cookieSet=1
Auraria Library search--World Libraries
2/18/201o

ENG 1020- RJA #5a Books

Book 1
V L Streib
Death Penalty for Juveniles
Vol. 1
March, 2002:Bloomington, IN
1987

Sunday, February 14, 2010

ENG 1020- RJA #4c Research Question Check

Awaiting Approvals

Dick Blluger
http://dickeng1020.blogspot.com/2010/02/rja3b-rja3c.html#comment-form

J. Madison

http://jmadison411.blogspot.com/2010/02/rja-3c-research-question.html#comment-form

ENG 1020- RJA #4b

SEARCH STRINGS

Math

+youth +imprisonment/incarceration +life

+juvenile +adjudication

+when kids get life


Boolean

(juveniles OR youths) in the Department of Youth Corrections NOT (DOC)

adjudication NOT conviction

ENG 1020- RJA #4a

FO- Kid, kids, children.
crime, crimes, committing a crime
RE , ST- adolscents, juvenile(crime), youth, minors, kids, children,
young people, youngster.

Ladder of Generalization

Criminal Justice System

Juvenile Justice System

Department of Youth Corrections

Juvenile Law

Juvenile Courts

Juvenile Adjudication

Life imprisonment/juvenile death penalty

Monday, February 8, 2010

ENG 1020 - RJA #3c

1.)
Who has the power to abolish life imprisonment of juvenile offenders?

What are some proactive things that people can do to help end this?

When will people start to realize that it's not ok to put a minor to death?

Where (which states) is putting a juvenile to death not against the law?

Why is the U.S. the only country other than Somalia that will put a minor to death?

How was this never deemed "against" what the Consitiution is all about?

Should the people of America vote to make minors being sentenced to death/lifetime incarceration obsolete?


Should the people of America vote to make minors being sentenced to death/lifetime incarceration obsolete?

This question really stands out and interests me the most because if there is ever going to be any change, its going to take everyone to get it done.

RJA #3b

Life Imprisonment for Juvenile Offenders. Juvenile Death Penalty

Questions I came up with.
  • Should minors be sentenced to death?
  • Should a person spend most of thier life in prison for a crime they committed when they were young?
  • Does this violate a persons right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment under the 8th Amendment of the United States Constitution?

What my classmate added.

  • Minors should not get the death penalty; they should not be charged as adults.
  • Why do they, or why should they be tried as an adult?
  • They should never get more than two years, unless they become a repeat-offender.

What another classmate added.

  • It all depends on the age. e.g. 16-19. Old enough to know right from wrong.
  • No juvenile death penalty.
  • No lifetime imprisonment unless criminal behavior continues.
  • Death penalty is never moral.

Do different states have different opinions on the death penalty?

What criteria is involved when sentencing a juvenile to death?

Thursday, February 4, 2010

RJA #3a Research Topic Exploration

I began my research online at a number of different websites. I googled "kids on death row" and "juvenile incarceration rates", and a lot of good information came up. This gave me a lot of facts on how the different states have different ways of dealing with juvenile offenders. I found a number of websites that I am confident will have more great information on my topic. I also set up an account on 'delicious'. I am pleased I have this account now because I firmly believe it will makes things easier. Being able to keep track of all the best websites I have visited really puts me at an advantage. I tried to wikipedia my topic to get started but I didn't feel like there was adequate information to help me, but this is no big deal.