In a minimum 200 word response, describe some ways how the public has responded to the October 2001 USA Patriot Act. Has the public’s response been positive or negative? What are some pros and cons of the USA Patriot Act with the American public? Explain your answer.

A Review of “Drug Use, Drug Possession Arrests, and the Question of Race: Lessons from Seattle,” by Katherine Beckett, Kris Nyrop, Lori Pfings, and Melissa Bowen

Read the article “Drug Use, Drug Possession Arrests, and the Question of Race: Lessons from Seattle,” by Katherine Beckett, Kris Nyrop, Lori Pfings, and Melissa Bowen (Published in Social Problems in 2005) and write a 3-4 page double-spaced review of the article and upload it on Canvas no later than February 27, 2017 @ midnight PST.

A review is a critical evaluation of a text, in this case a research article that appears in a highly regarded academic journal. According to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Writing Center, a review has three main parts:[a]

First, a review gives the reader a concise summary of the content. This includes a relevant description of the topic as well as its overall perspective, argument, or purpose.
Second, and more importantly, a review offers a critical assessment of the content. This involves your reactions to the work under review: what strikes you as noteworthy, whether or not the article is compelling and persuasive, and how it enhanced your understanding of the issues at hand.
Finally, in addition to analyzing the work, a review often suggests whether or not the audience would appreciate it (and why or why not).
Taking these general directives seriously, first and foremost, your review should reveal that you have read the article, thought about it, and can convey to the reader the major concepts, empirical findings, analytic themes, and overall argument(s)s in the article. Really good reviews, however, also make an argument; indeed, think of your review as commentary on the article, not merely a summary. It allows you to enter into dialogue and discussion with the assigned article. In order to do so, find another article of your choosing that speaks to the themes in the assigned article (“Drug Use, Drug Possession Arrests, and the Question of Race: Lessons from Seattle,”) and integrate the content of the article you choose into your review of the assigned article. In other words, choose another article on the topic and bring it to bear in your assessment of the required article being reviewed. The article you choose could be a journalistic article, an academic article, a piece of literature, etc., but it needs to relate to the assigned article in a way that makes you want to use it in your review. Of course, you should fully reference the article you choose to use in your review.

As you engage with the assigned article through your review, consider the following:

What is the main question the authors pose and address?
What kinds of data do the authors use to address the main question(s)?
What “facts” did you find most interesting, provocative, or problematic? Why?
What “analytic assertions” did you find most interesting, provocative, or problematic? Why?
What remains unclear after you read the article? That is, what else should the article addressed that is related to its major themes?
What is your intellectual reaction to the work?
What is your emotional reaction to the work?
Would you recommend this article? Why? Why not?