Social Sciences – The Serial Reader

What Happens When People Care

July 13, 2016June 14, 2017 by Scila @TheSerialReaderBlog

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I Wish My Teacher Knew. How One Question Can Change Everything for Our Kids, by Kyle Schwartz One day, the third-grade teacher at Dull Elementary in Denver -Kyle Schwartz, asked her students to "fill in the blank" in a very simple sentence: "I wish my teacher knew _____." She asked…

How To Fake Your Own Death

June 28, 2016March 14, 2017 by Scila @TheSerialReaderBlog

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Playing Dead. A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud, by Elizabeth Greenwood Strangled by debts? Cops are after you? or is it your ex-wife stalking you and demanding for more money? Either be one or the other, here's your way out: faking your death could be the solution to your…

Millennials: Are You One of Us?

May 26, 2016August 3, 2016 by Scila @TheSerialReaderBlog

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One of the best part of becoming a self-proclaimed "book blogger" is when authors and PR people from publishing companies reach you out asking if -by any chance- you'd like to read this or that book and help them spreading the word. Duh!! I'm a bookworm. Sure I would like to…

The Pornography Industry

April 11, 2016 by Scila @TheSerialReaderBlog

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The Pornography Industry.Â What Everyone Needs to Know,Â byÂ Shira Tarrant The business of pornography is a major and ubiquitous multi-billion dollar enterprise.Â Â Porn allegedly accounts for one-third of all internet traffic, every second there is an average 28,258 internet users watching pornography. The business is so popular because the product is made…

Why a First Time Non Violent Offender Ends Up in Marion

February 16, 2016 by Scila @TheSerialReaderBlog

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Letters from Marion, by Joel Blaeser Based on Mr. Blaeser's personal experience, Letters from Marion is a rough yet touchingÂ accountÂ of the author's day to day life inside federal prisons; Â Blaeser was charged and sentenced at 23 for Federal LSD violations as a first time non violent offender to 151…

Incarceration Nations.

February 9, 2016 by Scila @TheSerialReaderBlog

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AÂ Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World, by Baz Dreisinger What does losing your freedom means in Africa, Thailand, Brazil, Australia, Singapore and Norway? When an English professor, criminal educator and criminal justice activist embarks on a 2 year pilgrimage to prisons around the worldÂ what you have is an…