Cameras & Punishment...?

Check out this latest story from CNN about a young woman who's facing up to 3-4yrs in jail for taping 3mins of the film "New Moon" during her sister's birthday party:




While I understand that bootleg movies are illegal, from the description of what was on the video as well as the fact that she was taping her sister's party left me feeling that it wasn't her intent to film the movie at all. On a side note, as someone who works at a movie theater, it isn't an usher's duty to hand out warnings if a guest is using a recording device. The guest is either asked to leave right away or the police are called in.

"Criminal Minds"

The show "Criminal Minds" has been around for 5 seasons now and last week celebrated its 100th episode. The CBS drama/thriller follows an elite team known as the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), a branch within the FBI, that profiles criminal behavior in order to catch the criminal.

The role of these profilers is interesting considering the focus of our class is looking at what themes arise in controlling and punishing possible deviants and which characteristics are considered 'deviant'.