Rashomon tells the story of a rape and murder from four different perspectives. BAsed on the movie posted on BlackBoard it argues that no two people see reality the same way. Discuss how the Rashomon effect presents challenges for the indentification of pattern social regularities in the field of Criminal Justice.
Rashomon shows how different individuals can have different perspectives of the same event. These different perspectives can be for different reasons. For example, the woman might have experienced trauma from being raped and she does mention that she fainted so it makes her account of the events hazy. And when the bandit is telling his story he laughs at random moments while telling his story which might suggest he might be a little crazy. I believe this kind of “Rashomon” effect is also what happens with sociologists observing people. Some sociologists might observe certain aspects of the way a person behaves compared to another sociologist and so they might also have different explanations for why those individuals acted in that manner. And in the criminal justice field it can be problematic during trials and investigations of murders and other crimes.
ReplyDeleteRashomon movie is true today as the 14 century Japan in the time line the movie is portrayed. Rashomon is based on the way that various perspectives will lead to numerous explanations of the same information or situation. A person’s perception of reality at the time of committing a crime or witnessing the same crime has a profound impact on what story an officer will receive doing an interview. If an office interviews 10 different people about a crime he will received 10 contradicting statements with the truth somewhere in the middle. In the field of science sociologists observing this type of case would have to look at the norms, customs, values or previous traumatic events that might influence a person’s recollection of an event or crime. In the movie each character has their different version of what happen, even the victim through the use of a medium portrayed himself has an honorable man who was wronged. The justice system can’t only rely on eye witness accounts, but on the evidence because of the Rashomon effect.
ReplyDeleteThe Rashomon Effect is exactly as Cesar has described above. Again, it is where you can have 2, 3, 4... People see the same thing, set of actions or event and each and every one perceive it differently. How the event was impressed upon each person is what making the recollections different. To "dumb it down" the example I think of first is that of 2 fans watching their opposing teams in a football game. Now when my Cowboys lose I will have great excuses for them...however, when they are beat by the Giants (so sad to see) my friend says that it's simply because the Cowboys are not talented when I clearly see the refereeing was faulty and we had injuries. In the movie all the different perspectives are interesting because it's a good depiction of how different people have different points of view. I know that this is what police officers deal with on a DAILY basis. Get to a call say for domestic violence and you have the victim, the alleged perpetrator, and several witnesses. All have different stories. The sorting out of the details has to be methodic and logical. All are possible but there is only one truth. This is a reason eye witness accounts are highly unreliable.
ReplyDeleteThe Rashomon effect is the way in which different people describe the same observed event in different ways. While each observer of the same event believes that their observation is correct and believes that the other individuals are lying. The way the Rashomon effect presents challenges for identifying patterns of social regularities is by having conflicting interpretations of the patterns being studied and by having conflicting end results of the research conducted. This happens when a subject is being studied by more than one researcher. The Rashomon effect takes place during the studying of the subject, since each researcher would interpret their observation from their own perception. By having different points of view of the same observation, each interpretation causes conflict on which interpretation is true and which one is false. In addition the end results of the research would be different, since each researcher would report their findings from what they believe is the reality of their observation. By having different end results, the challenge would come when an individual is attempting to understand the findings found. Since the individual attempting to understand each finding would have the challenge of choosing on what reality to accept as truth or false. I do believe that the individual attempting to understand the findings, of the same subject studied, should come with an open mind and attempt to understand the reality the researcher conducted the research in.
ReplyDeleteThe “Rashomon” effect describes how different people perceive the same situation. The video depicts a rape of a woman and the varying perceptions of the individuals involved each with very different descriptions of the same crime. Due to peoples past experiences, understanding of certain situations and their opinions and beliefs, people perceive situations differently. This presents challenges for the identification of pattern social regularities because researchers have varying opinions or interpretations of the same data, which can lead to conflicting results or conclusions. Although this can be helpful by looking at things in contrasting light which could potentially lead to a deeper interpretation of the results. It also has the potential to hinder a project or discussion because the results might be inconsistent and misinterpreted by the people involved. When looking at social regularities the ideal situation would be for people to leave their opinions and perceptions behind them and look or interpret the data in a non-biased manner. The “Rashomon” effect becomes involved in the criminal justice system with relation to eyewitness testimony and its dependability. Research and data proves that eyewitness testimony continues to be inconsistent because most eyewitnesses are experiencing the “Rashomon” effect, which can lead to their testimony being biased and unreliable. The “Rashomon” effects is involved in our everyday life but in varying degrees and aspects.
ReplyDeleteThe Rashomon effect presents challenges for the identification of pattern social regularities in the field of Criminal Justice, because as seen in the movie there can be many different sides to a story. By there being different sides to a story it makes it harder to determine what happen and makes it that much more challenging for Law Enforcement to solve the case. As seen in the movie there are different reasons why people might tell a different story when being questioned about what happened. The man changed his story and said that he only found the body, because he did not want to get involved. The woman story was different, because she claimed that she passed out and really didn’t remember what took place. The man that was arrested seem to have issues and his story made it seem like he didn’t want to fight and kill the man, because he had already got what he wanted, which was to have sex with the man’s wife as he watched. The man that was killed even got to tell his side of the story through a median. No matter how many people are questioned based on personal reasons no two people will have the exact same story of what took place.
ReplyDeleteThe “Rashomon” effect describes how different people, describe a certain event, and the different perceptions of the event. The movie is about the rape of a married woman, and the perceptions of different individuals, all giving different descriptions on how the crime was committed. In my opinion the Rashomon effect presents challenges for the identification of pattern social regularities, because it is hard to research, or tries to identify common patterns when you get different outcomes. I agree with Bailey when she stated that “Due to peoples past experiences, understanding of certain situations and their opinions and beliefs, people perceive situations differently.” The Rashomon effect plays a significant role in eyewitness testimony. For example; a crime could be committed in front of five different people, and when it comes time to explain to law enforcement, the police will receive five different stories.
ReplyDeleteThe Rashomon Effect is when multiple people (in this case 4) have a view or perspective on something such as rape and murder and then describe it all in their own separate ways. Each person believes his/her view is the right view and believes that the others are unjustified and false. For instance, if a woman is raped or has a friend that was raped she will be much more compassionate and sincere about it in most cases. Whereas the rapist that is interviewed might say he’s sorry and apologize but usually will have a different attitude on the subject than the victim would. In the criminal justice field you can’t just rely on people’s statements or testimonies due to the different perspectives people have on the same event, just like in this video. Hard evidence is what is needed. When investigations occur for rape and murder it is definitely detrimental to the case that evidence be present and not just rely on people’s statements and witnessed accounts.
ReplyDeleteThis video was very fascinating, as the four stories would weave through each other. Just as you felt that the first story was true, then the 2nd, 3rd and 4th got more believable. However, in the end I believed the story that the Samaro told was the mostbelievable because there is a baby that comes into the last scene and he appeared to have a personal attachment. Having raped the women, could it have been his baby?
ReplyDeleteEvidence about the baby probably would not be something that could be brought into court, so proving his story would be hard. From personal knowledge of serving on a jury, eyewitnesses can be guilty of not telling the truth and fabricating stories to fit their own perspective.