Detainees in the War on Terror

Jost, Kenneth. "Prosecuting Terrorists: Should suspected terrorists be given military or civil trials?" CQ Researcher March 12, 2010.
President Obama is under fierce political attack for the administration's decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, and Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called Christmas Day bomber, in civilian courts instead of military tribunals. Republican lawmakers argue the defendants in both cases should be treated as “enemy combatants” and tried in the military commissions established during the Bush administration. Administration officials and Democratic lawmakers say criminal prosecutions are more effective, having produced hundreds of convictions since 9/11 compared to only three in the military system. And they insist that Abdulmutallab is providing useful information under interrogation by FBI agents. But the administration is reconsidering Attorney General Eric Holder's original decision to hold Mohammed's trial in New York City and considering making greater use of military commissions with other terrorism cases.
From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

More Articles

FACTS.com - Treatment of Detainees in the 'War on Terror' Research Topic - links to numerous articles.

CQ Researcher

Jost, Kenneth. "Closing Guantánamo: Can Obama close the detention camp within one year?." CQ Researcher February 27, 2009.

Stern, Seth. "Torture Debate: Is the U.S. war on terror legitimizing torture?." CQ Global Researcher September 2007.

Katel, Peter and Kenneth Jost. "Treatment of Detainees." CQ Researcher August 25, 2006.

ProQuest

Subject (terrorism and trials)

(interrogation and memo*) AND (cia or c.i.a. or office of legal counsel or justice department)

Prisoner Treatment AND Guantanamo (350+ full text articles)

Uighur* AND Guantanamo - Chinese Turkic Muslim minority detainees cleared of being 'enemy combatants' (25+ full text articles)

EBSCOhost

SU (terror* and trial*) - 230+ full text articles

(detainee* or prison*) and (interrogat* or torture) and (CIA or Central Intelligence Agency)

SU terroris* and SU ( detention or prisoners ) (375+ full text articles)

( detainee* or guantánamo ) and supreme court (300+ full text articles)

Books

Ball, Howard. Bush, the detainees, and the Constitution : the battle over presidential power in the War on Terror. University Press of Kansas, 2007. Main Collection KF5060 .B35 2007

Brecher, Robert. Torture and the Ticking Bomb. Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2007. Main Collection HV8593 .B74 2007

Cassel, Elaine. War on Civil Liberties : How Bush and Ashcroft Have Dismantled the Bill of Rights. In Ebrary. Chicago Review Press, 2007.

Yoo, John. War by Other Means: An Insider's Account of the War on Terror. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006. Main Collection HV6432 .Y66 2006

Web

Torture Archive. Natl. Security Archive, George Washington University, 25 Aug. 2009. "...primary source documents...related to the detention and interrogation of individuals by the United States."

United States. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence. Declassified Narrative on DOJ Office of Legal Counsel's Opinions on the CIA Detention and Interrogation Program 22 Apr. 2009

United States. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Inquiry Into the Treatment Of Detainees In U.S. Custody, November 20, 2008. 22 Apr. 2009

Shapiro, Ari. "CIA Officials Won't Face Charges For Waterboarding." Morning Edition. Natl. Public Radio. 17 Apr. 2009. Includes "four Bush-era legal memos describing 'enhanced interrogation techniques' CIA interrogators were allowed to use on some terrorism detainees" released by the U. S. Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC).

United States. White House. Statement of President Barack Obama on Release of OLC Memos. 16 Apr. 2009.

United States. White House. Background: President Obama signs Executive Orders on Detention and Interrogation Policy. 22 Jan. 2009.

• Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and Closure of Detention Facilities.


• Review of Detention Policy Options.


• Ensuring Lawful Interrogations.


• Review of the Detention of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri.
  

ESL Resources

Short URL of this page: http://bit.ly/cbcesl

Handout: Top 10 Things ESL Students Should Know About the Library

Online Library Reference Databases
(You don't need a password to use these on CBC campus, but you can login from home with the quarterly library password posted in Angel "Library Research" open course.)
Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
Oxford Reference Online
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Daily Life Online Essays about the domestic, economic, religious, and other aspects of people's daily lives, ancient to modern.
CultureGrams Concise, readable information about countries and cultures.
MAS Ultra - School Edition


Books
List of CBC Library books on ESL (mostly for ESL instructors)
List of CBC Library language dictionaries

A few sample books
Author: Blamires, Harry.Title: The Cassell guide to common errors in English /Publisher: London : Cassell, c1997.Call Number: PE1460 .B64 1997Location: Reference

Civics and citizenship toolkit: a collection of educational resources for immigrants / Publisher: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Institute of Museum and Library Services, U.S. Govt. Printing Office, 2007. Information about the toolkit.

Practice Makes Perfect : English Grammar for ESL Learners/by Swick 2005
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/cbcpasco/docDetail.action?docID=10155012&p00=practice%20makes%20perfect


Local Public Library (Mid-Columbia Library) Resources

Online Database Learning Express: free online practice tests from Mid-Columbia Library:
• Go to their Electronic Resources page;
• Scroll down to the end of the page and click on Learning Express Library;
• Click on "New User" to register for free;
• The Username should be your 14-digit mid-columbia library ID card number
• Make up a Password for yourself;
• Once logged in, to practice TOEFL: search "toefl" and you will find TOEFL iBT Reading, Speaking, Listening, Writing Practices and lessons
• Or click on "US Citizenship" tab and you can practice the 100 civics, history, and government sample questions for the citizenship test. (The USCIS government website also has Study Materials for the English Test  and Study Materials for the Civics Test.)
  
Tumblebooks: "An online collection of animated,talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they'll love."

Free Websites

Free Online Learning at Goodwill Community Foundation (‘hundreds of free online lessons on Computers, Reading, & Math)

Agenda Web (‘hundreds of free English exercises’)

Typing Web (‘free online typing tutor’)

Free Rice (‘vocabulary builder that helps to fight world hunger’)
Spelling City
OWL resources for ESL from the Purdue Online Writing Lab for second language writing.

Vocabulary Builder from Vocabulix, a commercial company (you can hear the pronunciations)
Activities for ESL students by The Internet TESL Journal

Learn English lessons from U.S.A Learns (for beginning and intermediate learners, you can hear the lessons with videos)

ESL Video Lessons from Real English (you can hear the lessons with videos)

Learner.org Interactives: Spelling Bee

Learner.org Storytelling: Cinderella

List of Resources for ESL students designed by Ampheon, a commercial web development company .
Dave’s ESL Café resources for students
Starfalls Learn to read website.
English Health Train: English language skills for health care

More Links:
www.manythings.org
www.eslpod.com
www.learn-english-online.org
www.welcometousa.gov
www.lingual.net
www.studyguidezone.com/ged
www.usalearns.org
www.newsforyouonline.com
www.conquiztador.com *
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com
http://www.typingtest.com/
www.freetypinggame.net
http://www.learn2type.com/TypingTest

Other Useful webpages:

• GED
• Compass Test Prep
• Evaluating Sources| UC Berkeley Library "Evaluating Web Pages"
• CBC's Financial Aid page
• CBC's New Student page
• Occupational Outlook Handbook - Narrative descriptions about occupations, particularly about training and advancement; by United States Dept. of Labor
  • Sample occupation profile in Spanish using the free Google Translate service.
• Occupation Explorer by Washington State Employment Security Department
• Occupation Profile search by CareerOneStop, Sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Labor
• go2web20.net: hundreds of “Web 2.0 Tools and Applications” for your computer

ESL Goals and Orientation

updated y.y. 5/15/2012

Youth Violence & Juvenile Justice

Billitteri, Thomas J. "Youth Violence: Are “get tough” policies the best approach?" CQ Researcher 5 March 2010. Several recent violent crimes by youths, including the vicious beating death of a Chicago honor student by a mob of teenagers, have sparked a new look at urban youth violence. Despite a steep overall drop in youth crime in recent years, researchers say many urban areas continue to be plagued by homicide and other violence involving young offenders. Some experts say tougher sentencing laws and a greater focus on parental responsibility are the best ways to fight the violence, while others argue for more federal money for social programs and anti-violence efforts. In some cities, collaborative approaches involving police, educators, community leaders and neighborhood groups are aimed at pressing youths to forsake violence while offering them a path toward redemption. Meanwhile, two competing proposals are being considered on Capitol Hill, and major foundations are funding programs to help youths in trouble.
From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

Katel, Peter. "Juvenile Justice: Are sentencing policies too harsh?" CQ Researcher 7 Nov. 2008.

Other Articles

EBSCOhost:
Subject(youth & violence) - over 560 full-text articles

juvenile* and (justice* or delinquen*) and United States - over 1250 full text articles

juvenile* and (correction* or detention or rehabilitation) and United States - over 300 full text articles

ProQuest:
Location (united states) AND Subject(youth) AND Subject (violence) - over 200 full text articles

SU((juvenile*) and (justice or delinquen*) ) AND GEO(united states) - over 550 full text articles

Reference

Gale Virtual Reference Library: Entries related to Juvenile Justice from several scholarly encyclopedias covering law, crime and justice issues

ABC-CLIO eBook Collection: McShane, Marilyn D. and Frank P. Williams. Youth Violence and Delinquency: Monsters and Myths, Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2007.

• Volume 1, Juvenile Offenders and Victims.
  
• Volume 2, Juvenile Justice.
  
• Volume 3, Juvenile Treatment and Crime Prevention.

Books

CBC Library Catalog - (juvenile? OR child?) AND (justice OR corrections OR delinquen? OR violen?) AND United States

Ebooks

Kupchik, Aaron. Judging Juveniles : Prosecuting Adolescents in Adult and Juvenile Courts. New York University Press, 2006.

Zimring, Franklin E. American Juvenile Justice. Oxford University Press, 2005.

Search ebrary: (Youth And Violence) OR (Violence In Children)

Search ebrary: Juvenile AND (Justice OR Rehabilitation OR gangs OR corrections)

Web

National Center for Juvenile Justice - national, non-profit private research organization.

United States. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Offers a publication search for government information related to juvenile justice.

"US: End Life Sentences for Youth Offenders." Human Rights Watch. May 7, 2009.