Debra Dickerson

This is the homepage of the author's official website. (Consider: What makes a website "official"?)

When Dickerson gave a talk following the publication of her 2000 book, An American Story, the organizers put together this brief bio for the occasion. How does the information here differ from the biography on her own site? Why does it differ?

Salon.com has posted a good selection of essays by and about Dickerson with titles like "Black Like Who?" and "White Men Can Jump." Read one and try to make some connections to the piece in your text.

The New America Foundation, where Dickerson was once a senior fellow, posted this collection of her articles. Pick one that catches your eye and try to make connections to the piece in your text.

What do you think about the issue of U.S. women in combat? Click here and you can see an email exchange between Dickerson and Stephanie Gutmann on the topic. Whose position do you find more persuasive?

The homepage of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Statistical Briefing Book "provides basic information on juvenile crime and victimization."

The Yahoo! Directory on juvenile crime is another approach to researching this subject. There, you'll find the subject arranged into issues such as the death penalty, school violence, and teen court.

The Washington Post offers a "Juvenile Violence Time Line," covering acts of violence in the U.S. from 1996 to 2000.

Let's say you'd like to see if an aspect of the Columbine massacre would be suitable as a research topic. This CNN special report called "Are U.S. Schools Safe?" will give you information that will help you decide.