EH 1302. Crime and Criminals. Darrow, Clarence. Law Assignment.

All sources for this assignment must have an author (first and last name) and must have a full date (day, month, year) unless the source provided by the instructor does not. As stated in the “Instructor Addendum to the Syllabus,” a Week 1 reading assignment, the sources must be online, and I must have unfettered access to all sources. Avoid using an online copyright year as a date. Copyright dates, just like URL’s on many websites are not static.
Read Clarence Darrow’s “Crime and Criminals: Address to the Prisoners in the Chicago Jail.” This handout is a condensed version of a lengthier online reading. Click here for the condensed Darrow reading.
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Compose a persuasive response (500 words minimum, 600 words maximum) that expresses your opinion about Darrow’s ideas. Specifically address the following two contentions in Darrow’s address.
 “The people here [jail] can no more help being here than the people outside can avoid being outside. I do not believe that people are in jail because they deserve to be. They are in jail simply because they cannot avoid it on account of circumstances which are entirely beyond their control and for which they are in no way responsible.” 
“First and last, people are sent to jail because they are poor.”
NOTE: Assume that Darrow is speaking in this century (twenty-first).
Develop a thesis for Formal Essay 3 and underline it in the introductory paragraph of your essay. Before developing a thesis (argument, opinion) for your essay, click here to read “A Word about the Thesis.”
Agree or disagree with Darrow, but take a firm stand in your thesis.
For the Works Cited section and the essay, use the information in the source below and one other source of your choice that supports your thesis. Make sure that the text of your essay includes in-text citations for both sources and a direct quotation from each source. Each direct must be at least two complete lines of text.
The textbook, Blackboard, and Google Drive are never outside sources. The other source used must list an author (both first and last name) and must be fully dated (day, month, and year).
CAUTION: It is acceptable to use the Bible, other sacred documents, and reference sources but only as tertiary sources, not secondary sources.If the Bible is used, the formatting must conform to the example in-text citation and full citation in the course “How To” section, “How to Cite the Bible.” If another citation format is used, it will not be credited, and the appropriate grade for that citation will be reflected in the final grade of the assignment.Make sure that the text of your essay includes at least one direct quotation from each source, minimum two lines of text for each quotation. However, quotations shall be no more than ten lines (accumulative) for the entire essay. In-text citations are required for all quotations, and each quotation must be in a separate paragraph.
Do not submit essays or a research paper in which a large part is quoted material. I want your writing based on your research.
Paragraph divisions provide transition, clarity, and organization to an essay. The essay must include a minimum of five, well-developed paragraphs: introductory paragraph that includes the thesis, three supporting paragraphs (minimum), and concluding paragraph. The Works Cited page is not included in the word count. Identify this assignment as "Formal Essay 3."
Quotations are not permitted in the introductory paragraph or the concluding paragraph. Those paragraphs should be uniquely yours.
POINT OF VIEW: Compose the essay from the first-person point of view of a law enforcement officer or the first-person point of view of a victim of a felonious crime. The thesis, however, must be written from a third-person omniscient point of view.
Just a reminder for anyone who needs it: When writing from the first-person point of view of a law enforcement officer or a victim, the voice in your entire essay must be the voice of a law enforcement officer (or victim), and the voice must be especially strong in the introductory and concluding paragraphs. Do not write about the voice, be the voice. Remind your audience in every paragraph who you are (law enforcement officer or victim). Write from only one point of view except for the thesis.
The language in assignments that require writing from a particular point of view must conform to the “English Composition Checklist.” For example, a dirty rotten scoundrel would probably use some unsavory language filled with inappropriate expletives, but if an English Composition student were writing from the point of view of a dirty rotten scoundrel, the voice must be that of a dirty rotten scoundrel, but the writing (usage, grammar, language mechanics) must be suitable for English Composition classroom expectations.
For help with first-person point of view, see the “Can My Essay Be in First Person?” video in the course “How To” section.
Since this is an online course, the sources for all essays that require research must be online. As stated in the “Instructor Addendum to the Syllabus,” sources must be no more than five years old unless instructed otherwise. Ask the instructor about exceptions.