It's October, which means that spooky season is officially in full swing! Have you ever watched a show and wondered how your favourite fictional detectives solve crimes? This week, NUS Libraries provides us with four texts for us to learn more about the science behind crime, so you can be a sleuth alongside your favourite detectives on screen!
Your Reading Summary:
Read four texts about the Science behind crime
In our Literary Journal, Joyce reviews The Man in the Rockefeller Suit
Nicole reviews The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down’ by Haemin Sumin
Wendi reviews Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings
Darcel reviews Persuasion
This Weeks Reads: The science behind crime
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Criminal Behavior, Criminal Mind
The innovative theory of the “criminal spin” presents a phenomenological description and interpretation of criminal conduct.
Criminology Goes to the Movies
Criminological theory is produced not only in academia through scholarly research, but also in popular culture, through film.
Thugs and Thieves
Why do some individuals commit violent offenses while others restrict themselves to nonviolent crime?
The Criminology of Place
The authors present a new way of looking at crime by examining why specific streets in a city have specific crime trends over time.
Literary Journal
We publish original articles written by our team that cover a range of topics from the trendiest authors to books, reading news and more! Simply put, Lirra's Literary Journal is your go-to publication for all things reading.
A true crime review - By Joyce
What is reality? Is it a single chain of events waiting to be discovered or is it real by virtue of being believed in?
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit is a true crime story about the serial conman and murderer Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, who “took to extremes his ability to construct assumed realities,” according to the author, Mark Seal.
In this week’s review, Joyce delves into the story of this fascinating case and reflects on the appeal of true crime.
I read ‘The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down’ by Haemin Sumin so you don’t have to. - An article by Nicole
Sumin’s work certainly provides some space for self-reflection and practice of mindfulness, as well as simple advice. However, I have to say, if a friend were to ask for a recommendation for a book that offered nuanced advice that were substantiated with research or anecdotes, this book would not be the one.
Read the full review for some excerpts from the book and a more complete critical take.
Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings - A review by Wendi
Long overlooked in the Anglophone world of poetry and literature, Native American poetry and spoken word is making a comeback in Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings.
With the exploration of conflict resolution within the oppressed individual in a largely white world, Harjo’s poetry works to undermine the White gaze and achieve indigenous empowerment through the ekphrastic form.
When one thinks of Jane Austen, one would inevitably imagine all of the burlesque comedy, the brazen heroine, and the brilliance of the Regency Era that had been profoundly depicted in her novels. However, unlike its predecessors, Persuasion is relatively bland and dreary with lacklustre writing and mostly uninteresting characters.
The possibility of an old puppy love blossoming sets Persuasion up for a bang but everything else cascades in a despondent fashion instead of a dynamic one.
How is Persuasion different from other Jane Austen novels and is it still worth a read?
