Graduate students taking this class must choose at least one book and one movie from this list to review. Undergraduate students may do so as well, for extra credit, but do not have to.

BOOKS

Good guys--police

Clark, R. (1999). Mr. White's Confession. Picador USA.

Connelly, M. (1996). The Last Coyote. St. Martin's Press.

Graham, M. (2000). The Resurrectionist. Avon Books: New York.

Sjowall, M. & Wahloo, P. (1993). Roseanna. Vintage Books.

Woods, P. (2000). Inner-City Blues. One World.
 

Bad guys--criminals

Butterfield, F. (1996). All God's Children: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence. New York: Avon

Lethem, J. (2000) Motherless Brooklyn. Vintage Contemporaries

Long, P.D.P. (1997). The Dream Shattered: Vietnamese Gangs in America. Northeastern Univ. Press

Mailer, N. (19?). The Executioner's Song. New York: Vintage Books.

Rodriguez, L. (19?). Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in LA. Touchstone Books.

Sereny, G. (1998). Cries Unheard: Why Children Kill: The Story of Mary Bell. New York: Owl Books.

Shakur, S. (1993). Monster: The Autobiography of an LA Gang Member. New York: Penguin.

Walker, K. & Schone, M. (2001). Son of a Grifter. William Morrow & Co.
 

Lawyers, judges, jurors

Darrow, C. (19?). The Story of My Life. Da Capo Press.

Schwartz, B. (1983). Inside the Warren Court. Garden City, NY: Doubleday.

Tucker, J.C. (1997). May God Have Mercy. New York: Delta.

Turow, S. (19?). One-L. Warner Books.

Turow, S. (1993). Presumed Innocent. New York: Warner Books.

Williams, J. (2000). Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary. Times Books.
 

Prison

Arriens, J. (1997). Welcome to Hell: Letters and Writings from Death Row. Boston: Northeastern Univ. Press

Brown, L. (1951). Iron City. Northeastern Univ. Press.

Chevigny, B.G. (Ed.) (1999). Doing Time: 25 Years of Prison Writing. Arcade Pub.

Early, P. (1992). The Hot House: Life inside Leavenworth Prison. New York: Bantam.

Gordon, R.E. (2000). The Funhouse Mirror: Reflections on Prison. Washington State Univ. Press. 0874221986 $14.95

Sinclair, B.W. (2001). A Life in the Balance. Arcade Pub.
 

The mob

Cohen, R. (1998). Tough Jews. Simon & Schuster.

Davis, J.H. (1994). Mafia Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the Gambino Crime Family. Harper.

Durante, G. (1998). The Company She Keeps. Celebrity Books.

Lee, B. (1999). Chinese Playground: A Memoir. Rhapsody Press.

Maas, P. (1997). Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia. Harper.

Pistone, J.D., (1997). Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia. Signet.
 

Serial killers, mass murders

Ellroy, J. (1999). Killer on the Road. Twilight.

Rule, A. (?). Stranger Beside Me. New American Library. 0451164938 $7.99

Schechter, H. (1998). Depraved: The Shocking True Story of America's First Serial Killer. Pocket Books.

Schechter, H. (2000). Fiend: The Shocking True Story of America's Youngest Serial Killer. New York: Simon & Schuster.
 

MOVIES

Good guys--police

Naked City
Cop Land
Bladerunner
Mississippi Burning
In the Heat of the Night
Lone Star
Dragnet
Fargo
The Untouchables

Bad guys

Diabolique
Jackie Brown
Fury
Heat
The 400 Blows
Scarface
Pulp Fiction
Heidi Fleiss, Hollywood Madam
New Jack City

Lawyers, judges, jurors

Inherit the Wind
Brother's Keeper
Paradise Lost

Prison

Escape from Alcatraz
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Dead Man Walking
Life
The Green Mile

The mob

Once upon a Time in America
Casino
Prizzi's Honor

Serial killers, mass murders

Falling Down
Natural Born Killers
Silence of the Lambs
Kalifornia
Freeway