Extra Credit

MISCELLANEOUS POINTS

DUE:  NLT Sunday, May 2
POINTS: Up to 21

Whether you intend to be a police officer, probation or social worker,
bartender or even a social scientist, research skills are a crucial
skill to possess.
 
(up to three points for each question)

   a) Identify the source(s) of your material
   b) Answer the explict question
   c) Tell us something (anything) interesting about the topic in about
      20 words
 
1) Who was the first woman executed in Illinois and where and for what crime?

2) What is a "fish?" (Definition AND origins of the term)

3) What was the ethnic (eg, black, nonwhite, etc) composition of U.S.
prisoners in:   1830, 1880, 1930?

4) When and where was the first woman's prison built?

5) When was the last public execution in the U.S.?

6) When was the last public flogging in the U.S.?

7) What is a "water crib" and when was its last use in the U.S.?

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