Sociological Imagination Paper Part 2 (Due Date Updated to 03/31/19 by 11:59 PM) A sociological literature review shows what you have read, evaluated, and comprehended regarding your topic. While literature reviews are generally based on numerous readings, for this assignment you should find at least two external sources (strive for sociological sources) that capture key areas of research on your topic. Conducting this background research will sharpen your sociological imagination paper topics! Where can you find sources...? Our library subscribes to several journals that may be relevant for your paper. To access them, you need not be on campus, but log onto our library website and search the digital resources. Academic Search Premier includes a number of sociology journals, so you will likely have some luck there. Visit the following link: ​http://alameda.peralta.edu/library/article-databases/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Some ideas for sources are the American Sociological Review, Journal of Ethnic and Racial Studies, International Migration Review, Contexts, or any sociological research that pertains to your topic. You can also create an ​account​ with JSTOR and review up to three titles for a two week period. See the following link: http://about.jstor.org/rr (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. http://alameda.peralta.edu/library/article-databases/ http://alameda.peralta.edu/library/article-databases/ https://peralta.instructure.com/courses/17219/assignments/119981# http://about.jstor.org/rr Once you find two sources, read them carefully. Take notes on the research questions, methods, main points, and your critique. Think about how the articles relate to your specific research question(s). Then, compose a two to three page literature review that builds on part I of your term paper. Be sure to address if there are any holes of shortcomings in prior studies and how they should be remedied. It is best to organize your literature review and include section subheadings. (See the sample paper (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.​ for inspiration) and think of the following question -- how are you going to order your discussion of the research? 1. Chronologically (by time if you have a historical paper) 2. thematically (by key themes that your paper will cover [ex. if you are writing on health & aging I would include ​health​ and inequality; aging by place; and empirical studies on aging and health), 3. conceptually (by key sociological concepts - ex. race, class, and gender) 4. methodologically (by the types of methods - quantitative or qualitative), or a combination? PLEASE USE APA FORMATTING What section headings will you use? [See the sample papers that I've uploaded] In Case you Need a Review the following discussion details what a literature review is (this is available under part I included an excerpt from ​A Guide to Wri.

1. Sociological Imagination
Paper Part 2 (Due Date
Updated to 03/31/19 by
11:59 PM)
A sociological literature review shows what you have read,
evaluated, and
comprehended regarding your topic.
While literature reviews are generally based on numerous
readings, for this assignment
you should find at least two external sources (strive for
sociological sources) that
capture key areas of research on your topic.
Conducting this background research will sharpen your
sociological imagination paper
topics!
Where can you find sources...?
Our library subscribes to several journals that may be relevant
for your paper. To
access them, you need not be on campus, but log onto our
library website and search
the digital resources. Academic Search Premier includes a
number of sociology
journals, so you will likely have some luck there.
Visit the following link:
http://alameda.peralta.edu/library/article-databases/ (Links to an
external site.)Links to an external site.
Some ideas for sources are the American Sociological Review,
Journal of Ethnic and
Racial Studies, International Migration Review, Contexts, or
any sociological research
that pertains to your topic.

2. You can also create an account with JSTOR and review up to
three titles for a two week
period. See the following link:
http://about.jstor.org/rr (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.
http://alameda.peralta.edu/library/article-databases/
http://alameda.peralta.edu/library/article-databases/
https://peralta.instructure.com/courses/17219/assignments/1199
81#
http://about.jstor.org/rr
Once you find two sources, read them carefully. Take notes on
the research questions,
methods, main points, and your critique. Think about how the
articles relate to your
specific research question(s).
Then, compose a two to three page literature review that builds
on part I of your term
paper.
Be sure to address if there are any holes of shortcomings in
prior studies and how they
should be remedied.
It is best to organize your literature review and include section
subheadings. (See the
sample paper (Links to an external site.)Links to an external
site. for inspiration) and
think of the following question -- how are you going to order
your discussion of the
research?
1. Chronologically (by time if you have a historical paper)
2. thematically (by key themes that your paper will cover [ex. if
you are writing

3. on health & aging I would include health and inequality; aging
by place; and
empirical studies on aging and health),
3. conceptually (by key sociological concepts - ex. race, class,
and gender)
4. methodologically (by the types of methods - quantitative or
qualitative), or a
combination?
PLEASE USE APA FORMATTING
What section headings will you use? [See the sample papers that
I've uploaded]
In Case you Need a Review the following discussion details
what a literature review is
(this is available under part I included an excerpt from A Guide
to Writing Sociological
Papers that includes a discussion of writing literature reviews):
This is an example that might be useful for you:
What is a literature review...?
Writing a literature review is a critical step in composing a term
paper.
It is through the process of examining literature published on
your topic that you are
able to refine your research question(s) and find evidence to
support the answer that
you will propose.
If I am writing a paper that explores the sociological
significance of Barack Obama
presidency, I would go to the library and look up some
sociological sources on this
topic. I would use the College of Alameda's electronic resources

4. like the Article
Databases.
Visit the following link:
http://alameda.peralta.edu/library/article-databases/ (Links to an
external site.)Links to an external site.
http://eperalta.org/spring2014/mod/resource/view.php?id=34754
https://peralta.instructure.com/courses/17219/assignments/1199
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http://online.peralta.edu/fall2013/%20http:/alameda.peralta.edu/
library/article-databases/
http://online.peralta.edu/fall2013/%20http:/alameda.peralta.edu/
library/article-databases/
Look, I found the following appropriate sources:
● BARACK OBAMA AND THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN
RACIAL POLITICS by
Rogers M. Smith and Desmond S. King Du Bois Review: Social
Science
Research on Race, Volume 6, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 25-35
● An article from Contexts on The Social Significance of
Barack Obama's
Presidency: http://contexts.org/obama/ (Links to an external
site.)Links to an
external site.
I will read each article and take notes on the central argument
of the authors. For
example, what are racial politics...? What do Smith and King
suggest about Obama's

5. role in the future of American Racial Politics..? Why did
Contexts devote an entire issue
to Barack Obama...? What do prominent sociologists who study
race and ethnicity
argue...?
I will address how these articles answer my research
question(s). What do the articles
suggest about the sociological significance of Obama's
presidency?
I might even include some holes or issues the articles do not
examine. For example, do
these articles problematize Obama's racial assignment as
black...?
As you conduct your literature review, your research question(s)
may sharpen and shift.
Reviewing these two articles might push me to write about
whether Obama's presidency
signals that U.S. society is post racial. I might go back and
reframe my introduction to
http://contexts.org/obama/
http://contexts.org/obama/
fit this direction.
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English 1102 week 6
Textbook Reading

6. The Book of Lost Things: Chapters Twenty-Seven to Thirty
In the Of Fairy Tales, Dark Towers, and Other Such
Matters section at the back of The Book of Lost Things (red
cover book):
· "Rumpelstiltskin" (pages 349-354)
Web-site Reading
· John Connolly's "The Rat King" from the 10th Anniversary
edition of The Book of Lost Things, published in 2016 by
Hodder & Stoughton Publishing
· "The Concept of Evil" (Links to an external site.)from The
Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/concept-
evil/ (Links to an external site.)
· (Links to an external site.)"What Do We Mean by
'Evil'?" (Links to an external site.) - Rollo Romig for The New
Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/what-do-
we-mean-by-evil
The Psychology of Evil (23:10)
https://youtu.be/OsFEV35tWsg (Links to an external site.)
Question:
There is much evil in this story, however, the Crooked Man,
perhaps, is the most evil of all. What is most evil about the
Crooked Man based on what you have read up to this point (the
end of chapter 30). What do you think he represents in the real
world? Is the Crooked Man the most evil character so far in the
book? Why or why not?
Instructions: Write an 800 to 1000-word essay in MLA
format in response to the questions above. No outside research
is required; however, a minimum of one source outside of
Connolly's writing should be used (either of the articles given
or the TEDTalk video provided)

7. Police Brutality
Most of the cases involve dealing with rioters whenever there
are demonstrations turned
violent. There are also cases where robbery suspects are short
by the police even in a case where
arresting them would save lives. This paper will be dealing with
two articles that concern police
brutality (Babovic´ 374-380). That is: “The long and painful
history of police brutality in the
united states by Katie Nodnjimadem and “police killings,
brutality damaging mental health of the
black community by Lisa H. Thurau and Johanna Wald. In this
paper, the writer will discussing
the arguments of the authors as well as critiquing them and
eventually stating how research is
related to the issues identified in each of the two articles.
The Long and Painful History of Police Brutality in the United
States by Katie Nodnjimadem
The writer of the article starts by narrating a case where a
former police officer, Jeromino

8. Yanez was acquitted by the jury. The decision brought about
massive protests in the united states
with the demonstrators calling for police brutality against the
black community in the United
States. The writer goes ahead to mention other related
incidences in the United States indicating
a rise in the number of police brutality cases in the United
States of America. This includes
giving a preview of the history of police brutality as well as
giving the names of some of the
victims of police brutality (Thurau, Lisa and Johanna Wald 4).
The paper though covered most aspects of police brutality, dealt
on police brutality on the
blacks. This is despite the fact that police brutality affects the
people of other races including the
Spanish and Arabic native. It is the opinion of the writer that
the author of the article should have
dealt on police brutality affecting all the citizens of United
States. These conflicts the numerous
reports about many people are killed in cases where no black is
involved (Babovic´ 374-380). It
is therefore in the opinion of the writer that more need to be
done to identify the reasons for the

9. police dealing brutally on the members of a particular group
compared to the rest. It should also
have given an opinion of the sociologists on how the police can
be trained and required to deal
with individuals who commit criminal offences.
The issue identified in this paper is the police brutality all over
the world. The article by
Katie Nodnjimadem relates to the police brutality that has risen
in the recent past. This involves
murder of unarmed black individuals, physical injuries and
other inhuman treatments that are not
bestowed on the white individuals who commit the same crime.
Police killings, brutality damaging mental health of the black
community by Lisa H. Thurau
and Johanna Wald
The article starts by giving a description of how police brutality
on the blacks in the
United States is damaging the mental health of the black
community. The article talks of a case
in where a 17-year old unarmed black male was killed by the
police for fleeing a car that was
being chased by the police. The policeman involved in this case
was new to the job and had only

10. served for a month. The article goes ahead to report the findings
of Boston university a few days
after the murders of Rose indicating that the massive killings of
the black people had caused an
increase in the number of depression case, stress as well as
other mental health issues along the
black community in America (Nodjimbadem 5). In other words,
the author reports that police
brutality had a lot to do with the damages in the mental health
of African Americans. This
includes individuals who have no connection to the individuals
who had lost their lives. The
article goes ahead to describe the public health issues that has
been caused by police brutality of
the black community.
The article has however not been able to give a solution on how
the cases of mental
health issues can be dealt with by the police. There is also the
need to give findings on other
issues related to mental health. The other critique just like the
first article is the failure to
mention the case of police brutality on the other races in the

11. United States. The article would
have been more complete had there been a discussion on the
cases that drive criminal intent
amongst the black community and the reasons for the police
dealing brutally with the blacks
compared with members of other races who are involved in
similar criminal acts (Babovic´
374-380). Start with your question and also include references
to
course material （FROM PROFESSOR）
Works Cited
Babovic, Budimir. “Police brutality or police torture.” Policing:
An International Journal
of Police Strategies & Management 23.3 (2000): 374-380.
Nodjimbadem, Katie. “The Long, Painful History Of Police
Brutality In The U.S.”

12. Smithsonian, 2017,
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/long-
painful-history-police-brutality-i
n-the-us-180964098/. Accessed 4 Nov 2018.
Thurau, Lisa H., and Johanna Wald. “Police Killings, Brutality
Damaging Mental Health
Of Black Community”. Usatoday.Com, 2018,
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/policing/spotlight/2018
/09/14/police-brutality-
damaging-black-communitys-mental-health/1218566002/.
Accessed 4 Nov 2018.