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Month: August 2017

Talent Agents, Personal Managers, And Their Conflicts In The New Hollywood

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I. INTRODUCTION

Hollywood is an impersonal, uncaring, and unforgiving place, and artists need the sophisticated assistance of third parties to help them locate employment opportunities and to assist them in making career decisions. This is where talent agents and personal managers step in. Agents and managers represent artists, and their collective role in the entertainment industry is straightforward. According to agent Joel Dean, they “try to put [artists and producers] together to make a match . . . . It couldn’t be simpler.” To be more specific, agents procure employment for talent.Their job is to get the artists they represent as much work as possible. Managers, on the other hand, shape artists’ careers.Their job is to serve their clients in an advisory capacity and to counsel them on the career options that have been made available to them through their agents.7 When looked at this way, things seem very black-and-white: Agents present artists with employment opportunities, and managers suggest which of those opportunities artists should accept.

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Editorial. Surveillance Studies: Understanding Visibility, Mobility And The Phenetic Fix.

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Abstract

Surveillance studies is described as a cross-disciplinary initiative to understand the rapidly increasing ways in which personal details are collected, stored, transmitted, checked, and used as means of influencing and managing people and populations. Surveillance may involve physical watching, but today it is more likely to be automated. Thus it makes personal data visible to organizations, even if persons are in transit, and it also allows for comparing and classifying data. Because this has implications for inequality and for justice, surveillance studies also has a policy and a political dimension.

Introduction

At the start of the twenty-first century it is clear that ‘surveillance studies’ is a rapidly developing field of analysis and theory. Diverse practices and processes for dealing with personal data are multiplying, and the speed with which records can be accessed is accelerating. The old top-heavy bureaucracies of the earlier twentieth century are being replaced with computerized and networked systems. While it should be noted that some surveillance relies on physical...

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Victim Precipitated Criminal Homicide

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In many crimes, especially in criminal homicide, the victim is often a major contributor to the criminal act. Except in cases in which the victim is an innocent bystander and is killed in lieu of an intended victim, or in cases in which a pure accident is involved, the victim may be one of the major precipitating causes of his own demise. Various theories of social interaction, particularly in social psychology, have established the framework for the present discussion. In criminological literature, however, probably von Hentig in The Criminal and His Victim, has provided the most useful theoretical basis for analysis of the victim-offender relationship. In Chapter XII, entitled "The Contribution of the Victim to the Genesis of Crime," the author discusses this "duet frame of crime" and suggests that homicide is particularly amenable to analysis.' In Penal Philosophy, Tarde frequently attacks the "legislative mistake" of concentrating too much on premeditation and paying too little attention to motives,

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Theatre Research International, Summer 1995 Introduction: Theatricality: A Key Concept In Theatre And Cultural Studies

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Abstract:

The meaning of 'theatricality' was an issue at the Theatre Historiography Symposium held at Helsinki in 1993. The word 'theatre' has not only been used in a metaphorical sense but has also been used as a cultural model in different disciplines. Four papers presented at the Helsinki Symposium examines the meaning, function and use of the word 'theatre' in different discourses. The publication of these papers aims to spur a vigorous discussion on theatricality and to intensify the study of theatre history in relation to other disciplines.

Full Text: COPYRIGHT 1995 Oxford University Press

At the Theatre Historiography Symposium, held during the 1993 Helsinki IFTR/FIRT Conference, a specific term came into circulation which infiltrated and permeated the discussion to such an extent that it appeared to adopt the position and function of a key term in theatre historiography: 'theatricality'. This was no great surprise, however. For the symposium set out to consider two basic issues:

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I Do Not Take Rejection Well

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I do not take rejection well at all. I have had a crush on a man for a long time, even though we have never talked to each other. For a long period of time he would look at me and give me signals that he liked me, but that has since stopped. I have tried to think of someone else who I might like, but somehow my mind always seems to wander back to this man. Part of me wants to stop liking him and move on, but I don’t know how. I’m afraid to tell anyone about this, because once I spoke of things to a friend, but when we parted ways she told everybody everything I had told her in confidence. This usually brings down my self-confidence. My parents say that they worry that I have emotional issues and want me to see a psychologist instead of a therapist. Why? I have emotional issues, not psychological issues!

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Factors of Attraction and Relationship Satisfaction: The Love-is-Blind Bias and Perceived Risk of Infidelity

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Abstract

Attraction and relationship satisfaction have been topics of increased investigation over the past several decades (Yela & Sangrador, 2001; Buss & Schmitt, 1993; Hall & Taylor, 1976). The love-is-blind bias hypothesizes that individuals within fulfilling relationships exhibit the phenomenon of rating their partner’s attractiveness higher than self-ratings of their own attractiveness, a product of positive partner illusions (Swami & Furnham, 2008; Gagné, & Lydon, 2004). Using the Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS) and novel measures for attraction and perceived infidelity, this study applied the love-is-blind hypothesis against relationship satisfaction and perceived risk of infidelity. The creation of two new subscales for measuring the love-is-blind bias, self-perceived love-is-blind bias (SPB) and externally-perceived love-is-blind bias (EPB) were instrumental in computations. Significant positive interactions between both scales of the love-is-blind bias and both attraction, and relationship satisfaction were found. Perceived risk of infidelity was negatively related to all positive scales. The findings suggest a system of interactions among the love-is-blind bias, perceived risk of infidelity, relationship

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Acid Phosphatase Reaction as a Specific Test for the Identification of Seminal Stains

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In a variety of sexual offences, the seminal stain is usually encountered in a dried form on clothing worn by the participants of the offence as well as on other extraneous objects such as carpets, floor, grass, linoleum, mat; turf, wool, wood, and on the vaginal and rectal parts of the passive agent, depending upon the nature and circumstances of offence. The acid phosphatase reaction has now become an indispensable chemical test in the hands of a forensic scientist to identify the presence of semen which is an abundant source of the enzyme acid phosphatase (1). This enzyme acts optimally on monoesters of phosphoric acid at pH values around 5 to 6 (2). This test has been successfully employed to obtain a proof of the presence of seminal stains (3-12). The acid phosphatase reaction is a typical test in which the suspected seminal stain or an extract of it on a filter paper is reacted with a solution of the substrate,

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Descriptive Study Of Recall Of Local And Network News Anchors And Their Association To Television Affiliates And Networks

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INTRODUCTION

Since the dawn of network television news in 1944, the news anchor behind the news desk was in a position to influence audiences. The anchor was the person Americans trusted and depended on to deliver the nightly news. CBS, NBC and ABC created the anchor person who influenced the way the American public received its news. These three networks continue to provide the nightly news to millions of Americans in thirty-minute time periods. The anchors who represent the big three networks are icons to the public (Diamond, 1986). The news coverage may be the same on the three networks on any given night, but the messengers are quite different. Dan Rather, Peter Jennings and Tom Brokaw may appear to be three white middle aged males, but their differences go beyond the surface. And the audience, subconsciously, knows this. Viewers have read the implicit iconography of the evening news and aligned themselves in accordance with their understanding of...

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Naked Suicide | Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

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Marilyn Monroe was found lying nude, face down, with a sheet pulled over her dead body.1 After much publicity and controversy, the coroner ruled that she had died of acute barbiturate poisoning by overdose. The controversy about the cause of her death continues to this day. The naked body of Robert Maxwell, billionaire British tycoon, was found floating some distance from his yacht in the waters off Grand Canary Island. Maxwell was facing a scandal on his return to England involving the disappearance of corporate assets and pension fund monies. Although his death was ruled an accidental drowning, there was much doubt about the cause of his death. Theories of his demise included murder, suicide, heart attack, and accident. Cleopatra completed suicide shortly after Mark Antony fell on his sword. The legend is that she committed suicide by allowing herself to be bitten by a poisonous snake, an asp. A famous painting by the French artist Jean Andre´ Rixens (1846 –1924) depicts

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Assessing the Offending Activity of Criminal Domestic Violence Suspects: Offense Specialization Escalation and De-Escalation Evidence from the…

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PROPOSAL ABSTRACT

Research Goals and Objectives:

Two key dimensions of the criminal career paradigm include specialization and escalation. Although these topics have generated theoretical and empirical debate in the criminal careers area, this line of research has not been integrated into the study of domestic violence, and remains limited in several ways. In this project, we build upon these limitations and explore, using both official records and victim interviews, issues related to specialization and escalation using data from the Spouse Abuse Replication Program (SARP). Specifically, we examine (1) the extent to which offenders participating in the SARP exhibit a specialized proclivity to violence; and (2) tendencies of these individuals to escalate or de-escalate the severity of their attacks against the same victim.

Results

First, regarding the extent to which criminal domestic violence offenders specialize in violent offending, our analysis reveals that the majority of domestic violence offenders with prior official criminal records have been involved in non-violent forms of

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Correlates of Specialization and Escalation in the Criminal Career: Summary Report

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Do offenders specialize in a single crime type or cluster of similar crime types? Do offenders increase the seriousness of their criminal offenses over the course of their criminal careers? Blumstein et al. (1986, 1988) and LeBlanc and Frechette (1989) have suggested that at the onset of the criminal career, offenders will tend to commit a wide variety of offenses. However, as offenders age, and gain more experience in committing criminal acts, they should become more proficient at some crimes and should be increasingly likely to repeat those crimes where they have been more successful. Alternatively, though not to the exclusion of the notion of specialization, some offenders are also expected to increase the severity of the crimes they commit across their criminal careers, ultimately specializing in a more serious type of crime. The reasoning here is similar: offenders who have gained a certain level of expertise in one type of crime (or cluster of similar types of crime) may be

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Transition from Mental Hospital to Community

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Abstract

Making the transition from the hospital to a community setting can be extremely challenging for patients with acute mental health conditions. Transitional services have been created to help patients overcome difficulties associated with this transition. Nurses frequently play an integral role in the success of these services. By providing patients with individualized support during such transitions, nurses act as clinical liaisons and directly contribute to an increase in positive patient and system-level outcomes. This article describes a transitional service called the Bridge Program, designed to help adolescents make a successful transition from the hospital to the community. An overview of the Bridge Program is provided, and the results of an evaluation of this program are presented. Results suggest that the Bridge Program contributes to a decrease in the length of hospital stays and improves continuity of care for patients and their families.

See Also: Hospital-to-community transitions. A bridge program for adolescent mental health patients.

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The Politics of Policing: Ensuring Stakeholder Collaboration in the Federal Reform of Local Law Enforcement Agencies

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I. INTRODUCTION

On November 21, 2006, after obtaining a "no knock" search warrant based on false information, several Atlanta police officers stormed into the home of ninety-two-year-old Kathryn Johnston. Ms. Johnston, who lived alone and feared a home invasion, always locked her door and kept a gun for protection. When the officers burst unannounced into the home, Ms. Johnston fired a single shot but struck no one. Officers at the scene, however, returned fire, striking Ms. Johnston multiple times and fatally wounding her. When a search of the home revealed no drugs, rather than leaving the scene, one of the officers planted in the basement three bags of marijuana seized in an unrelated case. The officer then filed a false incident report stating that someone had purchased drugs at Ms. Johnston's home earlier in the day. To conceal their crimes, the officers suggested to Atlanta homicide investigators that Ms. Johnston's shooting death was justifiable. Fortunately, in later

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Murder Investigation Manual

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1.1 INTRODUCTION

This manual is concerned with the police investigation of the three offences which are included in the Home Office definition of homicide. These are murder, manslaughter and infanticide. The investigation of homicide presents unique challenges to investigators. Some of these challenges arise because homicide is a serious crime, and bringing offenders to justice is a priority for both the public and the police. As a result, there is often a great deal of pressure on Senior Investigating Officers (SIOs) to identify the perpetrator as quickly as possible. Other challenges arise from the range of circumstances in which homicide is committed. This leads to a great deal of variation in the type of information generated in each case, and the way it is distributed at scenes and among witnesses. This means that SIOs can face numerous, different problems in locating and recovering material. SIOs will be better able to address these problems if they have a clear understanding

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Psychology of Compulsory Detention

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The compulsory detention and treatment of patients against their will is unique to psychia try. It is arguably the most stressful event in psychiatric practice, both for the doctor and for the patient, and yet, although much has been written about the details of mental health legislation (Clare, 1980; Fennell, 1995), very little has been said about the psychological impact that this procedure has on either the doctor or the patient (exceptions are Mills, 1962; Rogers et al 1993). This paper will examine the emotional factors involved when a patient is deprived of his or her liberty, and will take as its point of reference the Scottish Mental Health Act. Among psychiatrists there is a spectrum of attitudes towards compulsory detention. At one end there is the position, exemplified by Thomas Szasz, which views psychiatric intervention as an infringement of personal liberty. If,for example, a person wishes to kill himself, that is his right and no one should interfere.

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Moral Reasoning and Ethical Theory 

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While moral reasoning can be undertaken on another’s behalf, it is paradigmatically an agent’s first-personal (individual or collective) practical reasoning about what, morally, they ought to do. Philosophical examination of moral reasoning faces both distinctive puzzles – about how we recognize moral considerations and cope with conflicts among them and about how they move us to act – and distinctive opportunities for gleaning insight about what we ought to do from how we reason about what we ought to do.

Part I of this article characterizes moral reasoning more fully, situates it in relation both to first-order accounts of what morality requires of us and to philosophical accounts of the metaphysics of morality, and explains the interest of the topic. Part II then takes up a series of philosophical questions about moral reasoning, so understood and so situated.

1. The Philosophical Importance of Moral Reasoning
1.1 Defining “Moral Reasoning”
1.2 Empirical Challenges to Moral Reasoning

See Also: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Moral Reasoning & Ethical Theories (2466 downloads )

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