(Please read instructions carefully)
Construct a Cohesive Essay based on the readings below:
1. Construct a thesis that makes a compelling argument using only the sources listed below. Do not just summarize them. Compare, contrast, and express the ideology and opinions. Pit like-minded authors against theories they disagree with. Find problems and suggest solutions that may stall argument. Who is contradicting?
2. Vocabulary should accommodate a high school reader
3. *Some summaries on the readings will be provided to ease writer on the readings
4. 10 pages double spaced/ 12pt font/1 inch margins
5. In Page APA CITATIONS BY AUTHOR & PAGE NUMBER. eg:
Jane Jacobs (1961, p.36) argued that storefront retail…
Storefront retail is important (Jacobs 1961, p36)
Some Summaries and Journals in Blue text are provided.
Please remember to use in page APA CITATIONS BY AUTHOR & PAGE NUMBER
Policing the City
• Roger Lane, “Urban Police and Crime in Nineteenth Century America,” Crime and Justice 15 (1992): 1-50
• James Q. Wilson and George Kelling, “Brokwn Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety,” The Atlantic Monthly, March 1982. Available at: https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/politics/crime/windows.htm
• Michael D. White, “The New York City Police Department, its Crime Control Strategies and Organizational Changes, 1970-2009,” Justice Quarterly 31 (2014): 74-95.
The City as a Natural System
• Abel Wolman, “The Metabolism of Cities,” In Cities: A Scientific American Book (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965), pp. 156-174.
• Asa Jansson, “Reaching for a Sustainable, Resilient Urban Future Using the Lens of Ecosystem Services,” Ecological Economics 86 (2013): 285-291.
Bankrupt Cities
• Christine Chung, “Zombieland/The Detroit Bankruptcy: Why Debts Associated with Pensions, Benefits, and Municipal Securities Never Die…And How They are Killing Cities Like Detroit,” Fordham Urban Law Journal 41 (2013-2014): 771-847.
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