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Showing 1 to 20 of 128 for “"Brutality"”.
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Beyond “Brutality”: understanding the Italian Filone’s violent excesses
“Brutality” has long been held up by critics to be one of the defining features of the Italian filoni; a body of popular genre film cycles (peplum mythological epics, horror films, giallo thrillers, poliziotteschi crime dramas, westerns and others) released during a frenzied period of film …
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How Social Media Effects College Students’ Perceptions of Police Brutality
In the past few years, police brutality and excessive use of force has been one of the most prevalent social issues facing our society. Specific cases such as the ones involving Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Freddie Gray has garnered national attention, and sparked widespread controversy. The …
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Fetishizing Southern Brutality: An Intersectional Analysis of Animalistic Dehumanization in Interracial Pornography
<p>Pornography has been a widely debated issue within the feminist movement since the sex wars of the 1970’s. The conversation has shifted to a sex radical position within the third movement, seeking to be “sex positive” in representations of pornography as a potential site of empowerment. This …
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Trauma fractures and the brutality of sport: exploring evidence of gaming in the Mississippian southeast
This research speaks to the relationship between warfare and gaming as it pertains to the skeletal record. Here, gaming refers to the Native American stickball game that was the foundation for modern-day lacrosse. The Mississippian skeletal assemblages from Moundville and Koger's Island have …
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Whatever Force Necessary: The Politics of Police Brutality In the Post-Jim Crow South, 1968-1971
… period of tense race relations, increased police brutality, the emergence of African-American political power, as well as the rise of the Silent Majority. The problem of police brutality in Memphis from 1968-1971 sheds light on the uneasy transition from segregation to the Sunbelt South, and how …
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A Psychological Perspective on Police Brutality: Current Statistics, Characteristics, and Trends Regarding Excessive Use of Force
… to utilize a psychological perspective on police brutality to identify current statistics, characteristics, and trends concerning excessive use of force. There were four fundamental goals of this literature review: (a) examine current statistics, characteristics, and trends regarding excessive use …
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The Impact of Servant Leadership and Christ-Centered Followership On the Problem of Police Brutality Against Minorities
… enforcement that impacts the problem of police brutality against racial minorities. The model is intended to serve as an internal safeguard against police brutality in contexts with high concentrations of racial minorities, particularly African Americans. Core principles and a leadership …
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The Relationship Between Community Policing, Police Profiling And Brutality, And How It Relates To Minority Communities’ Perceptions Of Police
… show that the intensity of racial profiling and brutality by the police differs in urban and suburban areas. Therefore, it is difficult to generalize the perceptions of the police across all communities. This study aimed to examine the degree and extent to which community policing is practiced …
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"What if We're on the Wrong Side?": Police Brutality, Protest, and Player Culpability in Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human
… two narratives are steeped in themes of police brutality, systemic racism, and protest, the way a player shapes a story does not exist in a relatively “moral-free” vacuum. Rather, the legal and social precedents that are often used to absolve police misconduct of blame by indicating an absence …
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Race and Contact at Play: Understanding Blacks’ Experiences and Perceptions with Law Enforcement
… systemic racial discrimination, marked by police brutality and racial profiling, has disproportionately targeted Black communities, leaving deep social scars that continue to fuel mistrust and skepticism toward law enforcement institutions. This study investigates the experiences and perceptions …
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What Effects Body Worn Cameras Worn by Law Enforcement had on Society
… racial and value issues. Questions regarding brutality and unjust treatment by members of law enforcement towards minorities began to become more observed. March 2015 saw President Barack Obama’s Taskforce on 21st Century Policing begin to address this issue in their interim report. The task …
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The roots and influences of radical Black women in the 21st century
… of the system of white supremacy and police brutality. My thesis explores these experiences from the Civil Rights Movement to the Black Lives Matter era to argue that the oppression, resistance, and the emergence of radical Black women organizers have made transformational contributions to …
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Hull
… and inherited to chart moments of tenderness and brutality that people within the African Diaspora have experienced.
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Conflicting Narratives and Frames in Media Reporting on Deaths of Racialized Men with Mental Health Issues at the Hands of the Criminal Justice System
… that appear in news reports of law enforcement brutality cases may create a polarized community with a section of the citizenry agreeing with and supporting these frames while the other section opposes them. The use of force, a contentious issue, is visible to the public and frequently elicits …
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Faith in Violence: Race and the Punitive Paradigm
… of politics by recurring acts of police brutality. In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, massive uprisings in support of racial justice swept over the United States and then the world. Although George Floyd’s murder was the catalyst of international demonstrations, the protests were not …
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Providing For Our Communities, Protecting Our Race, Proving Ourselves: African American Activism and Protest In Depression Era New Orleans
… around specific causes, challenging police brutality, lynching, segregation and disenfranchisement. Similarly, the civic leagues employed a gendered rhetoric of protection and provision to secure advances in voter registration, education and segregated public spaces as well as to demand …
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A Deconstruction of Dexter: An Analysis of Noble Cause Corruption Within a Crime Drama
… enforcement typically addresses factors such as brutality, dishonesty, accepting bribes, and using falsified evidence. This research project examines noble cause corruption (NCC), an area that scholarship has ignored until the last ten years. NCC is defined by Crank and Caldero (2007) as using …
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More than just a game: the impact of sports on racial segregation in one southern town
… What could have been a period of intense brutality and community upheaval became a time of championships and glory.
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Once Upon a Time in Tarantino-Occupied Carnage: A Study of the Aesthetic Affectations and the Moral Dilemmas Powering Violence in the Revenge Cinema of Quentin Tarantino
… a recontextualization of how Tarantino wields brutality throughout these three pictures, that the rise in graphic content reflects a greater engagement with social-moral concerns in a manner that is both socially responsible – to echo Susan Sontag’s views on visual representations of violence …
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Beyond Tolerations and Accomodation: Amicable Religious Coexistence in the Late Medieval Balkans
… animosity, most notably in the bloodshed and brutality of the Crusades. This overwhelming conflict makes it hard for anyone to imagine the Middle Ages as an ear in which there could have been cordial or harmonious religious coexistence of any kind. This must be considered. In the Balkans …
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