S e c o n d e d I t I o n 1 Reading for the Real World 1

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However, bounty hunters can 
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_________________ criminals in other states. 
And even if the criminal 
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_________________ to another country, bounty 
hunters may still go after them.
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hough bounty hunting is very dangerous work, it is a job that is not 
limited to men; some women are bounty hunters, too. Mackenzie 
Green is a woman--- and a very well-respected bounty hunter. In fact, 
she has been called “the most successful bounty hunter in the US.” Why is she so 
successful? She relies more on her brain than on physical strength. “A good 
bounty hunter relies on gut feelings and people skills to pick up information on 
the whereabouts of a skip,” she says. This means that she trusts her feelings 
about people and situations to figure out if they are telling her the truth or if 
they are trying to hide something. She also doesn’t carry a gun. “You can’t tame 
a bull by hitting it with a stick,” she says. This means that violence always leads 
to more violence. She prefers to use good people skills to get people to trust her. 
Then, when they least expect it, she arrests them. 
When asked what qualities make a good bounty 
hunter, Mackenzie Green had this to say, “Being a 
bounty hunter is difficult work, and a person has 
to have experience in self-defense like judo and 
boxing, as well as a familiarity with weapons. A 
person also must be part detective to track down 
the skips, part lawyer to know what the different 
state laws allow, and part actor to try and get 
people to give you information that they otherwise 
wouldn’t give out. A person must also be patient 
and lucky.”