to another without ever being able to establish long-lasting paternal
relations.
So, in this case the claim may be worth holding on to, but only in
the extended form to cover this new category of deprivation. However,
this may lead the author either to conclusions she didn’t foresee, or in
a direction which doesn’t serve the main purpose of her argument,
which may have been to establish the claim that all crime can be iden-
tified with a particular social class.
Whichever is the outcome, whether you step off at Steps 2, 3 or 4,
you will have discovered for yourself that you have well thought out
reasons for criticising and discussing the authors’ arguments. Try it in
the following exercise.112 ResearchPractice exercise 9
Note-taking for criticism and evaluationRead the following passage carefully for comprehension. Then, after
you’ve read it a second time, take the structure out of it in pattern notes.
Now go through each of the steps above, asking yourself the questions
about the principal claims made in the passage. You may not come up
with much at this stage, but at least you’ve set your subconscious mind
thinking about the issues. Then leave it for a day or two.
When you come back to it, go through the steps again, critically
assessing the author ’s arguments. Your aim is to map out your reactions
in pattern notes. So allow your mind to range free and fast over the
issues. Remember, you’re trying to tap into your mind’s self-organised
structures, so fluency and quick responses, as the ideas come flowing
out, are important to get it all down in a structured form without losing
any of it.
After you’ve completed this, compare it with the answer given below.PassageA Carnivore’s CredoThis may be the age of enlightened sympathy for all animals, but
certain facts are unassailable. We are at the end of a long evolu-
tionary process that has produced a human society for whom meat-
eating is natural. Indeed man’s superiority is built on exploitingHTW15 7/26/01 9:10 PM Page 112