required to select a criminal justice related book from the list below and create a powerpoint presentation of at least 10 slides that summarizes and analyzes the book

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The list of the approved books for the review presentation is as follows:

  • Arbitrary Justice: The Power of the American Prosecutor by Angela J. Davis
  • Crook County by Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve
  • Homeward: Life in the Year After Prison by Bruce Western
  • Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
  • Misdemeanorland by Issa Kohler-Hausmann
  • Rethinking Rehabilitation by David Farabee
  • Snitching: Criminal Informants by Alexandra Natapoff
  • Stop and Frisk by Michael White and Henry Fradella
  • The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
  • The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison by Jeffrey Reiman & Paul Leighton

The information that must be included in the presentation includes:

  • Author’s Objectives—What is the goal? Why was it written?
  • Summary of the Main Points of Each Chapter, IN YOUR OWN WORDS
  • Personal Evaluation, by answering the following:
    • How does the author support their arguments?
    • What are the main strengths and weaknesses of the book?
    • How has the book helped you better understand the topic?
    • What is the most interesting part of the book and why?
    • Who would you recommend the book to and why?