Below are the guidelines for the mid-term review:

1a. Consider your initial assumptions/expectations about the drug culture film. Have these developed or changed over the course our screenings & discussions thus far? If so, how?

1b.Briefly, explore several of our screenings (or, alongside a few of our screenings, one or two from outside) that made an impact on you (positive or negative), as drug culture explorations; why did these leave an impression, and what is their significance to you?

1c.Are there patterns/repetitions within or about our drug films that emerge from our screenings thus far, either formal or content-wise, which can be mapped across our viewing selections? What are these? Furthermore, consider the sub-genres of drug films we've screened so far: what are they (how would you classify them), and do particular formal approaches apply to specific sub-genres? Please list and briefly discuss several examples.

2. Based upon our materials from the first half of class, what directions/issues/explorations concerning "drug culture" are you intrigued to further investigate in screenings, discussions, blackboard postings, readings, "listenings," etc. during the second half of the class. Please list several areas of interest, including specific artifacts, texts, films, music, etc. if you have any in mind. If possible, briefly list several of texts/artifacts/sounds from our BB content postings (beyond the films) that have engaged you, and why?

3. List five to seven most memorable moments from our screenings (if some of the linked blackboard material has lingered with you, list those too). What are they? Please be as detailed as possible, especially if recalling a particular shot/scene/sequence, visually or aurally.
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The final response has three components.
1. First, as with the mid-term response, explore several films that made an impact on you during the second half our screenings; how do these fit into your conception of a drug culture (and drug culture film); what different or new perspectives were revealed to by your selections - were new directions opened to you by the work?
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2. Second, briefly, if you were given the opportunity to develop a media-based (publicly presented) project addressing a significant concern of yours relating to "drug culture," what would you propose to do?
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What platform/format would it assume? What would its key audience demographics be, and why? In relation to your proposal, what mediums may be most effective in framing issues and reaching your audience(s)? What demographic groups might be most significant to target, and how might your messaging alter depending upon demographic groups? What obstacles - institutional, economic, cultural - are there in the dissemination of your proposal's perspectives on drug culture? And, of course, give your reasons for why the particular content of your proposal appealed to you, as well as briefly discuss how/where it would fit into the program of films/media we explored in class this term.
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(Yes, a lot to chew on here, but I'd like people to think a bit about how alternative perspectives on drug cultures are propagated in an environment where institutional players/concerns have a massive economic advantage, in both marketing and policy-influence/creation).
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Also, select at least five memorable moments from our second half screenings, in as much detail as possible.
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3. Third, as with the previous brief film response assignment, give a paragraph or so review of the following films - again, how/where do they fit into the program of our class screenings? What sub-genres do they fit into?
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Streams:
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Brick
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The Cabin in the Woods
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Cutters Way

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(1) This assignment has us explore the presence of "drug culture" in our daily routines, as well as explore our topic as it relates to Temple University directly:

A. Please depict two or three observances of "drug culture" in your daily routine/transit to, from and about Temple's campus.

If possible, please include photos (please use prudence and discretion in taking these, if warranted!), along with a brief annotation as to where it was recorded, why you selected/found/experienced the image, what category of "drug culture" would you classify it/them as, and when you first became aware of this on your daily routine.

B. Find at least one link to a drug culture-related article/website concerning Temple University; give a brief description of content, and reasons as to your selection (why did it interest you?).
(http://articles.philly.com/2012-08-23/news/33322867_1_criminal-charges-intent-corrupt-organization)
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For example, this can be an investigative article, campus newspaper editorial, research abstract/article, creative or expressive work, scientific research (e.g. particular research lab), crime reports, historical/archival documentation.

(2) Also, Please post at least one image of a space/place on Temple's campus (or in the immediate surrounding neighborhood) that represents a location of "Unheimlichkeit" for you. (If you do not have access to a camera/cell phone camera, the please describe area and location in detail).

Include location information, brief description, as well as your reasoning/experiences for selecting the image(s). If you'd like, include unsettling experiences you (or others) have had in relation to the location.

Additionally, you can include other images of Unheimlichkeit from the area or your "home" area; please include brief annotated information as above.

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Please interview three people: one of your peer group, one of a younger generation, and one of an older generation.
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Ask them their initial definitions relating to "drug culture"; what films/media come to find for them, concerning "drug culture;" and what issues most concern them regarding "drug culture"
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For one individual (doesn't have to be one of your interviewees), if possible, ascertain what their current drug usage is (prescription), and list these, annotating the drugs as to their function/use. Outside of age and gender, this information can be included anonymously, whether it one of the interviewees or not.
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For each, give a brief response (an extended paragraph or so), in particular focusing on how the film fits into the traditions (sub-genres) of the drug culture films we've explored so far.
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1. What do you consider a "drug film"?

Are there certain aspects of such films you expect or anticipate? What are these?

Would you consider such films to constitute a genre of film - if so, what are some of the thematic and formal elements of such a type of films? More specifically, what are some sub-genres of the drug culture film, and how would you classify these?

2. What is a "drug"?
How would you define a drug culture?
Throughout your daily movements/activities, how often do you encounter drugs/drug culture? List some your observations of such a drug culture, where you find it, how you experience it, voluntarily or not. Is it possible to go about your daily activities without encountering a "drug culture?"

3. List as many instances ??" explicit and implicit ??" of drug culture in The Big Lebowski as you can recall, including specific drug moments and scene context. (A visual shot guide/database will be posted in the next week, and beforehand, explored in class.)

4. Finally, what areas or issues most interest you pertaining to our topic of "drug culture"? List several that you would be intrigued to explore in greater depth. Also, if there are films beyond our syllabus listing that you would like to recommend, please list them here.
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II need a literature review looking at Multidimensional Family Therapy and drug abuse. In terms of the drug culture, does this type of therapy have any effect? Very simplistic literature review

I need a three page analysis paper on Paxil and tying this drug into three different readings: (Using these readings to help support my analysis)? The three articles are as follows: ?The Cult of Pharmacology?, How America Became the World?s Most Trobuled Drug Culture?, by Richard DeGrandpre, the second one is: ?Becoming a Marijuana User? by Howard S. Becker, and the third one to reference is: ?Making up People?, by Ian Hacking.

Specific statements from supportive sources should be cited in the narrative of the paper as well as identified in the references. General references should also be included in the references. APA citation format is required. Grading will be based on the thoroughness of the examination of each segment, strength of the basis for decisions and supportive sources.

Ethical dilemmas permeate the criminal justice. At every level, in each segment of the system, people are exercising discretion that will impact on the fate of an individual and/or the security of the community. Incongruous laws, regulations, policies and practices create conflicts and distort the basis upon which judgments are made. Very often these conflicts result in an ethical dilemma. Which is the appropriate course of action? What is the moral/ethical rational for the decisions that were made? What purposes or principles are served? This project will ask you to consider a sequence of decisions (do, or not do) all of which contribute, directly or indirectly the final scene. For each of the four (4) scenarios, your assignment is to:

Examine each situation and describe the ethical and/or moral question,
Describe what you believe to be the motivation of the actor and the potential consequences of BOTH options,
Identify the decision you believe the actor SHOULD make, and
Provide the ethical basis for your decision.
NOTE: The scenarios are sequential. However, each decision must be considered separately and not be influenced by earlier decisions and/or actions. For instance, the decision to fund/not fund a new prison does not impact on a later decision to sentence a convicted felon to incarceration. The sentencing dilemma is independent.
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1. The Parole Board

As the chair of the parole board, Robert knows the state prisons are critically overcrowded. Advocates are threatening the corrections system with Federal suits. One alternative is to broaden the parole eligibility criteria to allow more inmates to be released to community-based supervision. However, reviewing the current risk assessment results, Robert is concerned that any further relaxation of standards may result in the release of inmates more likely to re-offend than he considers safe. Robert just received a call from the Governor asking him what the parole board can do to ease the overcrowding that will be the basis of the federal law suits. The Governor reminds Robert that if these suits are successful, inmates will be released under a federal process outside the parole boards control. What does Robert, as chair of the parole board, tell the Governor?

2. The Warden

William is the warden of a century-old correctional facility. Despite his best arguments, his operating budget was severely cut for the fiscal year that just started which eliminated overtime for correctional officers and froze hiring of replacement employees. Almost all of the rest of his budget is dedicated to food and medical services for inmates, and fixed utility costs. He was staffed for his average population (same as capacity population), but those numbers have skyrocketed due to an aggressive arrest and prosecute campaign. The facility is dangerously overcrowded with no foreseeable sign of relief. The major problem is staffing. William is concerned for the safety of his employees as well as the inmate population. He thinks that if his officers feel threatened they may report off for medical reasons, resign or simply not report for duty; any of which would only exacerbate the problem. William does have an off-site work release program which could handle the additional inmates. However, there is no risk assessment or screening process in place which means the designation of inmates to community-based work release would be based on unsupported security guess work. The union representatives for the security officers have a meeting with William to hear how the warden intends to ensure the safety of his members. How does William respond?

3. The District Attorney

Martha ran a successful campaign for district attorney on a very conservative platform generally critical of plea bargaining and reduced prison sentences for convicted felons. The citys police chief, following his mayors directive to take back the streets from gun-toting drug dealers has launched a very aggressive arrest campaign, resulting in a dramatic increase in criminal cases. A review of sample cases clearly shows many of these arrests lack supportive probable cause and/or have very weak evidentiary support. As cases, most are losers. Martha knows from the criminal records that most of the arrestees are heavily involved in the citys drug culture, even if the current case is weak. She also knows that anything other than aggressive prosecution of these cases will portray her as unsupportive of the mayor and the police and reneging on her campaign pledge. Marthas chief of staff has asked her for some directive to her prosecutors as to how she wants these cases handled (trial, plea bargain, dismiss, etc.). What direction should Martha give?

4. The Officer

About 3:00am on a deserted street corner, Linda, a police officer confronts a young man acting in a manner which she recognizes from her experience and training as consistent with the mannerisms of a drug-deal look-out. Linda confronts the man and asks for his identification. She also asks him if he would empty his pockets for her. From one pocket the officer has recovered several vials which she recognized as crack cocaine; in the other pocket she finds $400 in cash. Linda remembers her sergeant at roll call chastising other officers for bringing in petty drug cases that just take time from patrol and clog the system. The department is getting complaints about overloaded dockets from the prosecutors office and there is no more room in the local jail. Earlier, in the locker room, fellow officers were griping about their colleagues who make themselves unavailable to handle calls for service because they are off processing some time-consuming minor arrest. With his pockets now empty, the subject still has not produced any positive identification. At this point Linda knows nothing about the suspect... and she can't find out unless she arrests and charges him so the suspect can be fingerprinted and positively identified... and Linda can't arrest and charge the suspect without the contraband. At this point the police dispatcher calls for Linda and asks if she is available to serve as back-up for a burglary in progress call. What does Linda tell the dispatcher?



Format Requirements

Paper should be a minimum of 3,000 words in APA format

Double space

12 pt. font

1 margins

Use APA citations for all sources

Include reference page using APA format guidelines (not included in word count)

This project is a 10-12 page paper; double spaced, 12 point font, excluding the separate cover page and references page(s). Specific statements from supportive sources should be cited in the narrative of the paper as well as identified in the references. General references should also be included in the references. APA citation format is required. Grading will be based on the thoroughness of the examination of each segment, strength of the basis for decisions and supportive sources.

Ethical dilemmas permeate the criminal justice. At every level, in each segment of the system, people are exercising discretion that will impact on the fate of an individual and/or the security of the community. Incongruous laws, regulations, policies and practices create conflicts and distort the basis upon which judgments are made. Very often these conflicts result in an ethical dilemma. Which is the appropriate course of action? What is the moral/ethical rational for the decisions that were made? What purposes or principles are served? This project will ask you to consider a sequence of decisions (do, or not do) all of which contribute, directly or indirectly the final scene. For each of the four (4) scenarios, your assignment is to:


Examine each situation and describe the ethical and/or moral question,
Describe what you believe to be the motivation of the actor and the potential consequences of BOTH options,
Identify the decision you believe the actor SHOULD make, and
Provide the ethical basis for your decision.
NOTE: The scenarios are sequential. However, each decision must be considered separately and not be influenced by earlier decisions and/or actions. For instance, the decision to fund/not fund a new prison does not impact on a later decision to sentence a convicted felon to incarceration. The sentencing dilemma is independent.
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1. The Parole Board

As the chair of the parole board, Robert knows the state prisons are critically overcrowded. Advocates are threatening the corrections system with Federal suits. One alternative is to broaden the parole eligibility criteria to allow more inmates to be released to community-based supervision. However, reviewing the current ?risk assessment? results, Robert is concerned that any further relaxation of standards may result in the release of inmates more likely to re-offend than he considers ?safe?. Robert just received a call from the Governor asking him what the parole board can do to ease the overcrowding that will be the basis of the federal law suits. The Governor reminds Robert that if these suits are successful, inmates will be released under a federal process outside the parole board?s control. What does Robert, as chair of the parole board, tell the Governor?



2. The Warden

William is the warden of a century-old correctional facility. Despite his best arguments, his operating budget was severely cut for the fiscal year that just started which eliminated overtime for correctional officers and froze hiring of replacement employees. Almost all of the rest of his budget is dedicated to food and medical services for inmates, and fixed utility costs. He was staffed for his average population (same as capacity population), but those numbers have skyrocketed due to an aggressive arrest and prosecute campaign. The facility is dangerously overcrowded with no foreseeable sign of relief. The major problem is staffing. William is concerned for the safety of his employees as well as the inmate population. He thinks that if his officers? feel threatened they may report off for medical reasons, resign or simply not report for duty; any of which would only exacerbate the problem. William does have an off-site work release program which could handle the additional inmates. However, there is no ?risk assessment? or screening process in place which means the designation of inmates to community-based work release would be based on unsupported security guess work. The union representatives for the security officers have a meeting with William to hear how the warden intends to ensure the safety of his members. How does William respond?



3. The District Attorney

Martha ran a successful campaign for district attorney on a very conservative platform generally critical of plea bargaining and reduced prison sentences for convicted felons. The city?s police chief, following his mayor?s directive to ?take back the streets from gun-toting drug dealers? has launched a very aggressive arrest campaign, resulting in a dramatic increase in criminal cases. A review of sample cases clearly shows many of these arrests lack supportive probable cause and/or have very weak evidentiary support. As cases, most are ?losers?. Martha knows from the criminal records that most of the arrestees are heavily involved in the city?s drug culture, even if the current case is weak. She also knows that anything other than aggressive prosecution of these cases will portray her as unsupportive of the mayor and the police and reneging on her campaign pledge. Martha?s chief of staff has asked her for some directive to her prosecutors as to how she wants these cases handled (trial, plea bargain, dismiss, etc.). What direction should Martha give?



4. The Officer

About 3:00am on a deserted street corner, Linda, a police officer confronts a young man acting in a manner which she recognizes from her experience and training as consistent with the mannerisms of a drug-deal ?look-out?. Linda confronts the man and asks for his identification. She also asks him if he would empty his pockets for her. From one pocket the officer has recovered several vials which she recognized as crack cocaine; in the other pocket she finds $400 in cash. Linda remembers her sergeant at roll call chastising other officers for bringing in petty drug cases that just take time from patrol and clog the system. The department is getting complaints about overloaded dockets from the prosecutors? office and there is no more room in the local jail. Earlier, in the locker room, fellow officers were griping about their colleagues who make themselves unavailable to handle calls for service because they are off processing some time-consuming minor arrest. With his pockets now empty, the subject still has not produced any positive identification. At this point Linda knows nothing about the suspect... and she can't find out unless she arrests and charges him so the suspect can be fingerprinted and positively identified... and Linda can't arrest and charge the suspect without the contraband. At this point the police dispatcher calls for Linda and asks if she is available to serve as back-up for a ?burglary in progress? call. What does Linda tell the dispatcher?


Format Requirements
A minimum of 2,000 words
Double space
12 pt. font
1? margins
Use APA citations for all narrative and reference page sources
Include reference page using APA format guidelines (not included in word count)
Additionally -
Create a cover page for your assignment (not included in word count)
Include your name
Course title and number
Project title

Marilyn Manson intrigues me as an icon and..do not just attack him in this paper also do not idolize him. Be careful with language and the tone in the paper. If good support dont need to use tone. Also make sure each paragraph has a topic sentence and concluding sentence leading into next paragraph..Transitional sentences important! ***Topic question: To what extent has the Southern California Location of Marilyn Manson''s cult following led it its development and or continued success? Also: Although he has cult followings elsewhere, what is it about Southern California or Los Angeles and Hollywood that makes it such fertile land for Manson''s cultic social groupings. Things to consider my prof says: -Make sure that u can justify why u think the chosen group is indeed a cult. What "Cult criteria" does the group meet? Explain and describe details and ideology and some history of Manson. -To what extent does the natural geography of Southern California (proximity to desert and ocean..can be found in source by McWilliams)foster eccentric religions and apocalyptic thinking? -Also What social factors (history of rapid social change through migration, the presence of Hollywood, racial seg..etc.) in Southern California contribulte to cultic groupings. My professor was saying that the opposition is really implied ...and can be used throughout paper affadavits and stuff..opposition might say well why does his cult following particularly flourish in So Cal and Hollywood cause it does elsewhere..but say well look at how other city officials like in Midwest wont allow his performances and think manipulates youth and satanic and pagan and witchcraft rituals he makes youth partake in. *Also my prof was saying have to make sure explain what makes Marilyn Manson icon and qualifies his followers as a cult. *Also my prof says their is the Music industry and the drug culture that intoxicates Hollywood and Los Angeles why his cult flourishes here. *Manson can also be related to LA and Hollywood cause of his name explained in Gavin Baddeley''s "Dissecting Marilyn Manson" about how Manson''s identity that is self-invented "a name split between the theoretical opposites of America''s most infamous killer, Charles Manson, and her most beloved Hollywood star, Marilyn Manroe." He wanted to represent this dichotomy..both notorious and glamourous icons of LA. He is definitely tied to Hollywood. In Manson''s lyrics often refers to Hollywood as "the drug capital of the world". Sources to use: 1) Dissecting Marilyn Manson by Gavin Baddeley, London: Plexus Publishing Ltd, 2003===The best source with lots of info. Use this one!! He says Manson has led a "new generation of disaffected teenagers" to their forbidden pleasures. He analyzes the obscure references to occultic disciplines in each of Manson''s album releases. He refers to how Manson''s ascendancy to stardom and his cult following has significantly developed through the growth of the internet in the 90s. Manson explains the purpose of his music here: "A lot of people perceived it as a product and thats why rock ''n'' roll has been so safe and boring. I want to take it and make it into a religion."** Some of his followers are referred to as Spooky Kids and have mentioned figures like Friedrich Nietzsche, best known for his "God id dead" as the reason for their fascination with Marilyn Manson. Baddely not only asses Manson''s references to Nietzsche as a part of his ideology, but also explains over the course of chapers the "conceptual relationship between Marilyn Manson and Charles Manson" through the use of his lyrics of Charles Manson that are embedded in many of Marilyn''s songs. ***Baddeley states how Manson makes reference to Charles Manson as a "gifted philosopher" and how "he is only one of a long tradition of counter-cultural figures who have fallen under the spell of Charles Manson." He espends time describing the elements that underly his lyrics and the voice of his followers: Satanism, fetishism and the goth aesthetic. Baddeley says, "The primary origin of fetishism remains the expression of individualiy-which is why the fetish counterculture finds its darkest high-profile advocate in Marilyn Manson, the self-appointed "Nineties voice of individuality." **Also important is Manson''s relationship with Anton La Vey and how he made Manson a reverend of the Church of Satan before La Vey died. 2)Marilyn Manson''s own The Long Hard Road Out of Hell autobiography with Neil Strauss, New York: Harper Collins Publishers, Inc., 1998.: important has affadavits written by opposition..shows how midwest and other states not allow his concerts and think has pagan rituals and satanic rituals that manipulate youth. also has great info from Marilyn himself. 3)Goth Chic: A Connoisseur''s Guide To Dark Culture by Gavin Baddeley=London: Plexus Publishing Ltd,2002.: Very good book that explores gothic culture and satanism and takes a pop and subcultural perspective. Baddeley is an expert on the occult and history of goth and the occult. Can use this book to show how Marilyn Manson''s cult following actually qualifies as a cult and why it flourishes in Los Angeles especially, though it does nationally and internationally too. 4) Need to use these next two sources for sure too cause need to be integrated in paper. 4) Mike Davis "Cult Catastrophe." Ecology of Fear. New York: Vintage Books, 1999. 304-311. and 5) Carey McWilliams. "Dont Shoot Los Angeles." Southern California: An Island on the Land. Santa Barbara: Peregrine Smith, Inc. 249-272. 6)Margaret Thaler''s book Cults in Our Midst: The Hidden Menace in our Everyday Lives, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1985. This is the book I found with general info on cults and one i listed i would use..but if you cant find it ..u can use another book on cults which identifies what makes a cult and the dangers associated with it and the perceptions of one.

Case study- 2 pages for the teenager Katie. Please be sure to use Piaget and Erikson and add either Kohlberg and Elkind or both. The case study begins with a description of the subject. Write about the behaviors and/or conditions; then write about each one of the behaviors/ conditions in the sections Physical development, Cognitive development, and Psycho-social development.

Case Study- 2 pages for the grandmother Corabeth. Please use be sure to use Piaget and Erikson and add Kubler-Ross. The case study begins with a description of the subject. Write about the behaviors and/or conditions; then write about each one of the behaviors/ conditions in the sections Physical development, Cognitive development, and Psycho-social development.


Information for Case Study for Katie and Corabeth:

Drake is 2 years and 5 months old. He is small for his age and noticeably underweight. He carries a bottle with him, though it is often filled with orange pop. He is relatively listless, displaying no interest in playing and no curiosity about his world. He shows no interest in television; he doesnt play with toys; he doesnt look at books. He sits for long periods of time looking out the patio doors. Two weeks ago, he and his 16 year old mother moved in with his grandmother and grandfather, both of whom work from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. His paternal, great grandmother lives next door, and she frequently visits Drake. Drake can say a few words, mostly naming objects, but he has difficulty following directions and cowers if someone speaks directly to him. He does not like to be picked up; if his grandparents do pick him up, he often becomes stiff and cries. His grandparents have not seen him voluntarily approach his mother. One night, he crawled into his grandmothers lap and went to sleep. A reputable pediatrician has examined Drake and can find nothing physically wrong with him except malnourishment; his eyesight and hearing are good. He can walk but his grandparents have never seen him run or jump. They have never heard him laugh. He shows no preferences in food; he eats whatever is on his plate. He has never asked for anything special.
Katie is Drakes 16 year old mother; she celebrated her sixteenth birthday the day before she moved in with her parents. Katie dropped out of school when she was 13. Until then she had been an honor student and a member of the swimming team; she had been a leader in her churchs youth group and a volunteer in Candy Stripers. When she was 13, she became involved with an 18-year old who was part of the drug culture. She ran away from home, lived on the streets with him, and ended up living in a commune-style house. She smoked marijuana heavily and drank wine but did no hard drugs while she was pregnant-she thinks; she did not have pre-natal care. She gave birth to Drake at the group house; she took him for medical care only when he was extremely ill, once with pneumonia and once with a staff infection on his leg. He has not had any of his childhood vaccinations. At the house, the children belonged to everyone; all the adults took care of the children in a central nursery. No one child received much attention; the children were fed, bathed, and put in a crib to be safe. She doesnt know where Drakes father is.
Katie has not said why she came home. She doesnt want to return to school but has agreed to earn her GED and enroll in a vocational school to train for a job. Her classes begin a week from now; she has not made arrangements for Drakes care while she is in class. She does not have a drivers license, but a bus runs one block from the house. She has no idea what type job she wants and no plans for her future. She has not contacted any of her former friends. She is underweight and anemic. She is extremely withdrawn; she doesnt confide in her parents; she silently listens to them but doesnt participate in discussions. Her conversation is limited to yes and no responses. While she was away, she called a few times but left her parents no way to get in contact with her; they did not know about Drake until she came home. She has not shared any of her experiences from the three years she was gone. She pays no attention to Drake, other than to see that he is fed and dressed if no one else does. She is content to let her mother care for him in the evenings; after her parents get home, she frequently goes to her grandmothers house and sits. Her mother insists that Katie help with dinner and cleaning up afterwards; she has also left her a list of chores to do during the day.
Corabeth is Katies grandmother. She is 67 years old; she is active and coherent. She has moderate arthritis and is a bit hard of hearing; her vision problems are minimized by glasses. She can do most of her housework by herself but does need help with changing light bulbs, washing windows, and what she calls deep cleaning. Her son keeps her yard mowed and trimmed. Her husband died two years ago; her sister died a month ago, and her best friend is suffering from Alzheimers. Her bridge club has lost four members in the past year.
Corabeth loves to tell Katie stories of her infancy and has tried to share her albums filled with pictures of Katie at different ages. So far, Katie has not responded other than to keep coming back. Corabeth visits Drake almost every day and has begun taking pictures of him and showing them to him; she has asked Katie to bring him over during the day. She bought a portable CD player which she takes with her and plays Mozart for him as she sits and talks with him. She is coaxing him to walk with her to her house to play. She has put a swing set in her fenced-in back yard; Katie brought him over to look but he did not want to swing. She bought a puppy for Drake, but he cried each time the puppy came near him. Now Corabeth has bought a Winnie-the-Pooh bear to put in the swing so Drake can see how much fun he can have. Corabeth and Katies parents are puzzled by Katies listless behavior and obvious disinterest in life. This Sunday they are taking Katie and Drake to church and Sunday school.

The Popular Music Forum: Assignment #3 - A Paper on an Aspect of Change in Popular Music

Change is what rock and roll is all about. ??"Bruce Springsteen

The emergence of rock and roll in the 1950s was dramatic to say the least. In 1954, the year before (Were Gonna) Rock Around The Clock hit Number One, record sales stood at $213 million. By the end of 1959, record sales had tripled to $613 million and 80 percent of those sales were to teenagers who bought rock and roll records. Black artists who had never been able to mount a sustained presence in the popular mainstream became established stars in the pop Top Ten and competed on equal footing with white artists, despite the efforts of the major labels to promote cover versions of R&B and rock and roll over the African American originals. Although controversy would continue to surround rock and roll music, the marketplace had overwhelmed every attempt to restrict or retard its growth and rock and roll won out over the objections of parents, critics, and moral authorities who saw it as a plague on the Nations youth.

The recording industry itself was dramatically reshaped by rock and roll. Prior to rock and roll, the major labels (RCA, Columbia, Decca, and Capitol) controlled the popular mainstream. Of the 162 million selling records sold between 1946 and 1952, the major labels produced all but five. However, rock and roll was virtually ignored by the majors and by 1957 two thirds of records on the pop charts were produced by independent labels.

Although 1950s rock and roll ??" and its wide-ranging cultural effects ??" undoubtedly produced the most dynamic and dramatic changes that ever occurred in the history of popular music, more changes would come and many would produce significant shifts in music and in our culture. The British Invasion of the 1960s ??" led by The Beatles and followed by The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, The Who, The Dave Clark Five, The Hollies, The Animals, The Spencer Davis Group, and, ultimately, Led Zeppelin ??" ended the US domination of pop music. The emergence of psychedelic rock fueled the teen drug culture of the 1960s and carried with it the counterculture revolution of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. In the 1970s, heavy metal, punk, and new wave would redefine the social and musical movements of the 1960s and, in turn, would spawn alternative, glam, and heartland rock and roll in the 1980s. That decade would herald further dramatic upheaval as rap and hip-hop crossed over from inner cities into the popular mainstream and MTV redefined how music was presented and delivered. The changes would keep coming in the 1990s with grunge, indie rock, and Britpop, and, of course, continue today as we cross the millennium and entered the 21st century.

Your Assignment

Identify, explore, and critique any subgenre of rock and roll that brought about change in American popular music that you feel is significant and worthy of examination. It could be a change from the distant past or from the near past and, as a consequence, part of your own personal experience. It could also be a change that is taking place right now and is currently reshaping what we understand popular music to be. Also, your selection does not have to be limited just to rock and roll; you can explore any kind or aspect of popular music, as long as you clearly identify the change in which it ushers, how that music changed (or is changing) things, and discuss what effects your selection and its consequential change produced (or is producing) culturally and socially. In the paper, you should cite examples to support your conclusions. It is, of course, advisable to cite outside sources for support and frame your argument in the form of a formal essay (Look over Presenting Arguments, Tips On Writing Papers, and Critical Thinking in the Syllabus).
Some examples you could focus on include, but are certainly not limited to:

MTV brought the music video into the mix of popular music and made music something to watch. This, obviously, changed popular music in a dramatic way. Artists whose musical talents may have been questionable became big stars because they were video friendly. Hits were driven, not by radio, but by music videos, and the art of the music video became a form unto itself. What effects, positive and negative, have been produced by the music video? How has the music video changed our perception of popular music? What effects has the music video had on the quality and significance of popular music in our culture?

Rap/hip-hop has created more controversy than any other musical form in recent memory. The arguments surrounding sex and violence in rap music have been around since the 1980s and continue to the present day. Like many genres of music, rap contains some sexist and violent elements, but is rap actually more sexist and violent than other genres? Is rap racist in its outlook? Does rap encourage listeners to violent behavior and adopt sexist attitudes? Does the media engage in a disproportionate amount of coverage on sexism and violence in rap music?

Music trends seem to run in cycles. Boy bands seem to occur and reoccur like clockwork. In the 1970s it was Menudo, in the 80s it was The New Kids On The Block, in the 90s it was N Sync and the Backstreet Boys. Teen idols reoccur with much the same frequency and predictability. They stretch from Ricky Nelson to Justin Timberlake (during his N Sync days), David Cassidy to Zac Efron. Are there trends in the making? Is the past about to once again turn into the present? And if so, what accounts for the cyclic nature of any specific trend? And what changes are wrought if what appears to be change has actually happened over and over again in the past?

Topic of your choice on discrimination, injustice

1.Define the issue/Define the topic.
ex1)What are the caues of violence between whites and asians in Philadelphia? ex2)How does sexism affect women in the financial industry? ex3)How dose the drug culture affect white people living in the inner city?

2.Gather evidence
3.What are the causes
4.How will the problem be solved
5.Your personal opinion on the mather

Senior Project Main Topic is War on Drugs and also answer the the following questions in the reasearch:

1. How and when drugs became popular?
2. How are the inner-cities/communities being effected?
3. How has social change been created with war on drugs?

Use the following resources:
1. The Book- THE CORNER: A year in the Life of an Inner-city Neighborhood
2. www.nytimes.com/books/97/11/23/reviews/971123.23moslet.html
3. The Movie- The Corner- HBO completed season
NOTE: Add 2 more resources, but you must use the resources I provided for you

Also, I will need a Power Point that will explain the reasearch that is conducted and the analysis into social change. It should have 6 slides with speaker notes. First slide should be introduction.

Thank you, any questions please let know.

This paper will address the social problem of drug addiction and will investigate possible solutions for this problem. Remember that you should discuss the roles that the church, the family, and the community should play in the solutions to the problem.

Bibiography Page:

For each entry--or source--on your annotated bibliography, you should:

1.Summarize the main idea in two to four sentences.
2.Relate the material found in the source to your research topic using an additional one to two sentences.
3.Evaluate the background of the author and the intended audience.
4.Point out the source's potential usefulness to your research.

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Subject: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN CRIMINOLOGY ( 1st Year )

Essay Question: To what extent are current drug policies the legacy of outdated moral values and moral panics?

Text Book : THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF CRIMINOLOGY ( FOURTH EDITION )

Many essays attempt to educate an audience about a topic and, ultimately, explain ideas this audience may not have understood before reading your essay. You can use this essay style?the expository essay style?for purposes such as informing, persuading, and explaining. In our course, we will focus on the informative style of expository writing. To be convincing, essays must be driven by critical thinking and analysis. Throughout this course, you have learned aspects of effective writing that will be used in this Final Project.

Your Final Project for this course will be like the end of a hero?s journey: sharing wisdom with your audience. In fact, you?ll be writing from the point of view of a life-coach?like you, someone who has learned ways to have a successful journey. You will be asked to choose a person who can benefit from the lessons of the hero?s journey and then apply those steps for the person?s betterment.

Components and Directions:

A life-coach is someone who offers guidance to another person. This type of relationship is seen in every culture around the globe. The term ?mentor? is just expressed in different ways, such as guru, teacher, life coach, elder, and others. Usually, someone will seek the guidance of a mentor and ask for help, or sometimes a person may notice another who could use some guidance and offer his or her assistance. After all, we all have our strengths and areas of expertise where we can offer our gifts to others who may be struggling. The final project for this course asks you to imagine a scenario where you are a mentor to someone else. You can choose the person you will mentor. You can be a professional mentor, such as in the workplace or in a career situation like being an exercise and nutrition specialist who is helping someone who has health issues.

Introduction: Introduce yourself to the client in an appropriate way. What this means is if you have an established personal relationship with that person then you can be more personal in your introduction where you can tell him or her where you?d like to help out and why you think you can offer help in one area of his or her life. If you have a more professional relationship with the person, then keep the language on that level as well. No matter whether you have a personal or professional relationship with the client, you still have to write a professional, engaging plan that will motivate your client to work with you.

What is the goal?: Define the threshold you think the person needs to cross. This can be stated in terms of a goal that you think the person can achieve, and explain why reaching this goal is important to him or her. How will it benefit him or her? Explain the significance of reaching this goal.

Definition: Create an extended definition for the goal or ?cure? you think is necessary for this person. For instance, if you are offering exercise and nutritional advice, offer an extended definition for health or wellness or even nutrition.

Long-term Effects: What are the long-term effects of this goal or cure? Think down the road and offer a thorough explanation of how working toward and achieving this goal is going to help this person out in the future.

Conclusion: End this expository essay with more positive input and inspiration for this person. Offer some final closing remarks that are thoughtful and will motivate this person to want to work with you. You can think in terms of your strengths and what you have to offer or reiterate how this goal will help this person in their life.

APA Guidelines: Please format your paper according to APA with a title page, double-spacing, running headers, in-text citations, and a references page. For this project you will need a minimum of three sources of which two sources can be from the web and a third source needs to be from a journal or book from the Kaplan library. You will need in-text citations for these sources and corresponding references page citation also. For possible sources, you can include the links to the videos and articles you have viewed earlier in this course, such as the hero?s journey, the matrix, etc. and refer to articles regarding crossing the threshold and other topics that you have encountered in this course.

This Final Project should be about 750-800 words, and double-spaced. Use transitions to make your essay cohesive?you?ll want to avoid using subheadings as they interrupt the flow of essay writing. On the other hand, transitional words and phrases help make our writing seamless.

Topic: For my research project I will be studying the effects that western rock and roll and heavy metal have on youths violence and drug use in developing countries.
Explanation: For this research paper I will look into the effects that rock and roll and heavy metal have on the youth of developing countries. What I will focus on is aspect of violence and drug use pertaining to the music. Does the music influence these kids to act out in violence and do drugs? How big is the influence from western music such as this on the youth of developing countries and what problems are stemming from this music.

Forum Post #1:Discuss some of the reasons why the drug problem is considered such a major social problem in the United States. Be sure to identify some of the historical factors that you feel made drug use such a major issue in the United States.

All, Forum Assignment must contain at least two to four references unless otherwise specified. The sources for these references should be included at the end of your response in order to give appropriate credit to the individuals from whom you borrowed material.

Large word-for-word quotes are not permitted as well. Direct quotes, if used need to be only a sentence or two long. Instead, most cited material needs to be paraphrased. For more information on properly citing sources in your assignments please refer to the APA 6th edition manual. While the assignments are to include an examination on current research of a particular problem, they also need include the students carful and informed analysis of the problem.

You will need to include several additional academic sources. These sources should consist of scholarly journals that have been peer reviewed and academically based books. Web sources can be used, though they should come from credible sources such as government agencies, academics and private agencies with a strong reputation within the community they serve. Examples of peer reviewed scholarly based journals include:

Journal of Criminology
Crime and Public Opinion
Journal of Criminal Justice and Public Policy
Justice Quarterly: JQ

You will not be allowed to use web pages or web groups such as Wikipedia found at http://www.wikipedia.org/ and Answers.com, as the information contained in these web pages are academically questionable. You cannot use web pages of a questionable background or academic source.

Furthermore, you will not be permitted to cite encyclopedias, dictionaries, newspapers (unless otherwise permitted) and popular magazines. It is important to remember that this is a graduate level class and you are required to submit graduate level work, which is backed up by academically credible material. If you have a question about the quality of a potential resource please e-mail your professor.

Additionally it is permissible to use I statements and write in the first person since these questions seek specific opinions. Also, it is not necessary to include an abstract for the Forum Assignments.

Resarch paper on United State Border War on Drugs (MLA style)
I.Background and history of borders
II. Trafficking System
A.Where drugs come from and types of drugs
B.Transportion of drugs into United States
C.Money made from drugs
III.Smuggling Activites
A.Drug Trafficking cartels
IV.Homeland Security Agenies
A. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol
B. U.S. Coast Guard
C. State and Law Enforcement Agencies
V. Equipment and Technologies used
A.Intelligence
B.Ports on Entry
C.Radars
D.Surveillance
VI.Findings
A.Data
B.Technological limitations

Instructions
At least 250 words or more, excluding direct quotes and citations.

1)Many Americans have trouble getting to sleep. As a results they may turn to sleeping pills to help them get some ZZZs.

How do you feel about the prescribing of sleeping pills for people to assist them with sleeping? Should our medical industry instead be writing prescriptions for vigorous activity which would also help people sleep better? How about a prescription for caffeine avoidance?

Please explain your answer.

2)Considering the following:

1. Alcohol kills more young people than all illicit drugs combined. (Grunbaum,. 2002)

2. Alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes kill someone every 31 minutes and non-fatally injure someone every two minutes (NHTSA 2006).

3. During 2005, 16,885 people in the U.S. died in alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes, representing 39% of all traffic-related deaths versus 18% rate for Marijuana and Cocaine (NHTSA 2006).


Do you think that alcohol should remain a "legal drug" free of regulation on consumption?

3) Discuss your position on red wine consumption as a protective factor for heart disease.

What is it specifically in red wine that is considered cardio protective? Or is this just another excuse for people to regularly drink wine?

4)How do you feel about the wide availability of medical marijuana cards and clinics?

5)Do you feel that "abstaining" from a substance which one is addicted to is crucial for treatment? For example, do you believe that if one is being treated for alcoholism that they must "abstain" from drinking any alcohol in order to be in recovery?

Topic
Alcohol and Other Drugs-opion

This is a paper on the legal response to drug use in our country(USA). Make an argument for the legalization and decriminalization of mind altering substances.This ranges from all categories of drugs. Try to use sociological theories and concepts.

Topic: (Refraining from using drugs)

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you analyze the brain structures and functions associated with the motivation to engage in your selected behavior.

Evaluate the influence of extrinsic and intrinsic factors, including heredity and the environment, on the motivation to engage in your selected behavior.

Include at least three references from scholarly, peer-reviewed sources.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

I wish to examine the governments policy on marijuana prohibition and provide arguments for its repeal. I wish to give a small history of hemp usage in America and the real reasons it was banned (maybe a page and half). I then would like to look at how it compares medically to tobacco and alcohol. Showing here, that it is no worse nor addictive, providing facts from treatment clinics and death results (page and half to two).
I would like to then move into the "War on Drugs" and how it is really an ineffectual war on Marijuana. Showing here the expense of something that has not worked and will not work. Providing arguments that this has been a failure and waste of time. Also encompassing here the fact the racial component to who is the victim of the prohibition and also the facts about arrests and convictions as they relate to possession rather than selling. Including how much we spend on the court system to try and prosecute, how much we spend on detaining/incarcerating those found guilty, and also how much could be saved from repealing prohibition and focusing the resources on real crime and drugs (three to four pages).
Then I would like to look at the tax structure of tobacco and alcohol, showing if marijuana was legal and applied to the same standards, how much revenue could be produced from its taxation. Hemp is a commercial commodity with numerous uses. By repealing the ban it could again be grown freely and used in many products. Here possibly comparing the numbers of jobs that could be created versus how many there are in tobacco and farming industries and how much this could effect our economy (two to three pages).
Finally, wrapping up the paper by delivering a good closing argument for why this prohibition is no longer necessary or fiscally viable for America to sustain. I trust the author to be well versed on providing argumentative writing and making good statements through evidence and research. If they may need to lengthen the paper to expand on some ares of it, have them contact me and we will discuss doing so. I am willing to do that to create a better and more well written paper.
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