Compulsion was "the first 'documentary' or 'non-fiction novel' ("a style later used in Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song").
Compulsion adalah "'dokumenter' atau 'novel non-fiksi' pertama ("gayanya kemudian digunakan pada In Cold Blood karya Truman Capote dan The Executioner's Song karya Norman Mailer").