University Researcher and Law Enforcement Collaboration : Lessons From a Study of Justice-Involved Persons With Suspected Mental Illness

In 2012, heads of local law enforcement agencies in Benton County, Oregon, contacted researchers at Oregon State University to discuss a problem: a sharp rise in the amount of contact between police and suspects displaying symptoms of mental illness. This initial contact led to an ongoing collaborative examination of the nature, causes, and consequences of the rise in police contacts. In this article, the authors describe this collaboration between researchers and law enforcement officials from the perspective of both parties, situating it within the context of mental illness in the American criminal justice system. The collaborators draw on firsthand experiences and prior collaborations to discuss the benefits of, challenges in, and recommendations for university-police research collaborations. While such collaborations may pose challenges (related to relationship definition, data collection and analysis, outputs, and relationship maintenance), the potential benefits—for researchers and law enforcement agencies—are substantial.This is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by The Authors and published by SAGE Publications. It can be found at: https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X1559939

Desmontaje : Film, Video/Apropiacion, Reciclaje

Bonet introduces this investigation of the use of found footage in film and video with a history of the genre. Five essayists discuss "scratch video," found imagery composed entirely of quoted material, the use of archival footage, and the impact and principles of collage. With comments (mostly reprinted) on works by 60 artists and collectives. Circa 120 bibl. ref