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Communication inhibitors: Dilemmas in community partnerships amidst mental health crises in Texas
Get PDFCommunity partnerships between police departments, social services, and healthcare providers continue to struggle in various ways, with mental health crisis response remaining a primary yet fragmented service delivery. Using the nodal governance perspective, this paper provides qualitative insight into the existing communication and resource barriers between law enforcement personnel and social service providers in a large urban county in Texas. Four key themes are presented: staff and resource availability, continuity of care, staff personnel and characteristics, and communication efficiency. Policy implications are also discussed, with the study’s findings supporting the prioritization of building stronger communication between existing social service providers, ensuring interagency cooperation and performance improvements, and striving toward productive data sharing between these organizations
Prosecutorial perceptions of discovery reform on a local level
Get PDFIn recent years, several states in the United States have considered and implemented discovery reforms to regulate how evidence is included and shared as criminal cases play out in the court system. Currently, little research explores how prosecutors have made sense of these reforms and how discovery changes have impacted their day-to-day routines. Consequently, this case study considers how prosecutors at a large prosecutorial agency in the United States made sense of discovery reforms implemented in its state two years before data collection. Findings are based on 35 semi-structured qualitative interviews and highlight how prosecutors experienced the implementation of the reforms, their perceived organizational impacts, and their effects on their relationships with the defense. The findings indicate that prosecutorial perceptions were mixed and that experiences varied, seeing some benefits and drawbacks in the discovery changes and noting some changes in how they interacted with the defense. This research yields important implications for policymakers and future research
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Queen\u27s Pride: A Queer Reading of Star Wars Character Padmé Amidala
Get PDFEver since Luke Skywalker and Han Solo first appeared onscreen together in 1977, LGBTQ+ Star Wars fans have harnessed the power of queer reading to write themselves back into a galaxy far, far away, despite Lucasfilm’s long-term disapproval of such practices. Nonetheless, there exists little scholarly literature on queerness in the franchise, and even less on the potentially sapphic characters. Queen Padmé Amidala, first introduced onscreen in Episode I: The Phantom Menace, proves a surprising—but no less salient—queer figure in Star Wars. From her intimate relationships with her handmaidens, to her experimentation with gender performativity, to her quiet yet intense desire for her best friend Sabé, I analyze how Padmé can be viewed as a queer figure in media throughout the Star Wars franchise, including but not limited to Episodes I-III, The Clone Wars television series, and E.K. Johnston’s Queen’s Shadow trilogy
Pandemic Mythmaking: COVID-19 and Mythological Symbolism in Indian Folk Art
Get PDFThrough a comprehensive analysis of Durga Bai Vyam’s “Samura Manthan” and Rupsona and Bahadur Chitrakar’s “Corona Rakshasa,” this article aims to investigate how mythological stories and themes have been used in the Indian context in folk art during the COVID-19 pandemic. The investigation will offer insights into how artists have leveraged mythological symbolism to infuse their works with richer layers of meaning, thereby engaging readers in a deeper exploration of the pandemic’s impact on society and the human psyche. By close-reading the aforementioned paintings, this study aims to illustrate the evolving visual representation of cultural narratives surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, exploring the ways in which mythology interweaves with contemporary themes and its impact on shaping the artistic discourse in the aftermath of the pandemic