UNI TO HOST 'BULLY' FILM PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR

UNI's Center for Violence Prevention is supporting the Bully Project's: 1 Million Kids movement by bringing the documentary film, "Bully," to the Marcus College Square Theatres in Cedar Falls. Students and educators in Cedar Falls and Waterloo schools and UNI will receive a total of 1,000 tickets for the film which will be shown April 27 through May 1. The public can purchase tickets through Marcus College Square Theatres. UNI will host "Bully" film director, Lee Hirsch and producer, Cynthia Lowen for a special panel discussion at 4 p.m., Tuesday, May 1, in Sabin Auditorium. UNI faculty who research and educate about bullying will join Hirsch and Lowen. The panel will discuss bullying and strategies for prevention as well as the film.

Final Role Essay

Details about turning it in.

Due HARD COPY. Must be dropped off and put in my mailbox in Baker 334 by noon on Friday May 4th. Do not shove under my office door or put anywhere else. You of course may turn it in early if you wish BUT no earlier than Thursday May 3 @ 5pm. This is because the trial ends that morning, and you will want to include some remarks in your paper on the final outcome and discussion. You may want to have most of your paper written by then though, and then you can add to it that afternoon or evening. To be uber-clear, DO NOT turn in your assignment as a comment to this post--these are only the directions.

The paper itself:

In this case, it is not plagiarism to use work from your previous 3 role essays :) You may need to ultimately rework, rewrite, or reorganize that information, but definitely feel free to copy and paste those posts into a document to get you started.

You have great latitude in what you want your paper to be, but if you'd like a bit more structure, some content to consider including is:

Educational requirements for your role

Aptitude requirements (like personality, physical skill, etc)

Day-in-the-life information

Job description

Salary and workplace information

"Profile" information (ie., you might include details about a specific person who is that role)

How this role/occupation interacts with the legal system

etc, etc, as it relates to the role in the real world.

Also include:

Information on your experience in preparing and conducting your role (most of your paper will probably be the above information; but you'll probably still have a lot to say about your experience)

How your role relates to psychology

Additional information:

You may include material in appendices if it is hard/weird to include in the text of your paper. This could include 'products' of your role like your jury notes if you are a juror, your sketch you made if you are the sketch artist, your profile if you are the profiler, your warrants, police reports, etc, etc, if you are in law enforcement, and on and on. If it's relevant to your role and you want to include it, do so.

Your assignment is worth 100 points. It IS comprehensive to your knowledge gained about your role, your experience with your role, your work associated with that role, and how it all relates to psychology.

Watch the movie Conviction.

What are your thoughts on this movie? How does it relate to psychology?

Attorneys and Judge are EXEMPT from this assignment (TAs give full credit)

Read YOUR CHOICE of a chapter in the Minds on Trial book.

Summarize the chapter, do some additional research on the case (outside of the book), and report on your findings here. Make sure to be specific about how psychology relates.

Defense and prosecution attorney and the judge are EXEMPT from this assignment (TAs, give full credit)

Watch the Movie "The Life of David Gale"

What did you think? How true to reality do you think it is? What issues related to psychology does it bring up regarding the efficacy of the death penalty? What other aspects of the movie relate to psychology? Be specific.

Defense and prosecution attorneys and the judge are EXEMPT from this assignment (TAs, give full credit)

Read chapter 13.

You know what to do!

Defense and prosecution attorneys and the judge are EXEMPT from this assignment (TAs, give full credit).

go see the movie, and post your response (you can also view on dvd/vhs on your own).

MOVIE NIGHT: 'THE ACCUSED'

The kickoff event to raise awareness about sexual assault is the showing of "The Accused" from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Monday, April 9, in 252 SEC. The movie features Jodi Foster and tells the true story of a woman who was raped and her experiences with the criminal justice system.

a little extra time due to it being posted late

Please read Chapter 19 in the Minds on Trial book (Andrea Yates). Briefly summarize the chapter and your opinion of it. Then describe what aspects of psychology are relevant to this case. Finally, find three additional sources (links) on the internet that discuss the specific case, or a specific psychological issue relevant to the case. Discuss each of those links. Provide your links at the bottom of your comment.

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For this topical blog, watch 12 Angry Men (you can watch the old version, or the 'new' 1997 version). One of the versions will be shown in class on 3/22.

Next, write your comment. Your comment does not need to provide an overview of the movie (we have all seen it).  Discuss the movie in terms of the psychological principles operating (particularly as relevant to social psychology).

Read Chaper 6, Jury Selection.

What was your level of knowledge about jury selection prior to reading this chapter? How is that different now? What was the most surprising thing you learned in this chapter? Now, choose one topic that you learned about in this chapter, and go out in the internet world and find out more about that topic/case/etc. Discuss what you found and provide your link(s).

Dr. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva: The Racial Grammar of Everyday Life in Contemporary America

There was an extra credit opportunity last week that some of you took advantage of...if you went, please write up your thoughts about the talk as a comment to this blog post. If there were relevant connections to psychology and law, note those as well.

Read Ch 9 in C&K.

What was your level of knowledge about the insanity defense prior to reading this chapter? How is that different now? What was the most surprising thing you learned in this chapter? Now, choose one topic that you learned about in this chapter, and go out in the internet world and find out more about that topic/case/etc. Discuss what you found and provide your link(s).

This essay should show your developing knowledge of your role in the mock crime/trial. You should discuss and describe what you are learning about your role. If you role has been engaged in the class project already, make sure to discuss your experience (without divulging case-sensitive information!)

Read Ch 2 on Interrogations and Confessions.

Summarize the chapter. Did you learn anything surprising? Were any of your own ideas about interrogations/confessions debunked by reading this chapter? What is something you want to learn more about? Search on that topic and report on some additional information about that topic. Provide any links to resources.

This topical blog will be devoted to your analysis of the movie Silence of the Lambs.

Watch the movie (rent, netflix, in class on tuesday 2/21). Take notes.

Next, write your comment. Your comment does not need to provide an overview of the movie (we have all seen it). Your comment should be an in-depth analysis of the elements of the movie that are accurate and inaccurate in terms of profiling. You should use scenes and characters to provide examples of textbook/lecture concepts (and discuss their accuracy).

Watch the movie (rent, netflix, in class on tuesday 2/14). Take notes.

Next, write your comment. Your comment does not need to provide an overview of the movie (we have all seen it). Your comment should be an in-depth analysis of one or more principles about the intersection between law and psychology. You should discuss whether or not the principles you focus on are depicted accurately (or not). You should use scenes and characters to provide examples of textbook/lecture concepts. Finally, you should discuss what was the most interesting aspect of the movie for you.