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Cause For Alarm

Date released

1959

Series name

Look At Life

Issue no

10

NoS ID

349634

Story no

1 / 1

BFI synopsis: Present day methods to prevent crime often employ mechanical means to give warning.

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Crime and Punishment

Subject

Social sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £41.99

From the torture of suspected terrorists to the death penalty, punishment is one of the most emotive and contentious issues of modern times. Controversy continues over the ‘rendition’ of terror suspects...

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Ceylon Crime Reporter

Date released

Feb 1971

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

105

NoS ID

328019

Story no

2 / 5

COI synopsis: Crime reporter Kirthie Abaysekera from Ceylon on an observation trip with London’s River Police.

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Crime Squad

Date released

1971

Series name

This Week In Britain

Issue no

630

NoS ID

328871

Story no

1 / 1

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Crime and Punishment (1990 Video)

Producer

Betty Talks

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £850.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Concerns the moral problems of punishment. Janet Radcliffe Richards argues that we need a justification for punishment because unless we can justify the harm we do to criminals, we are doing just what we are...

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Jailed for a Knife (2009)

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £195.00

At least 34 teenagers were stabbed to death UK during 2008. In just a decade, the number sentenced for carrying a knife has risen ten-fold. In this programme, Panorama’s Raphael Rowe goes inside prisons to...

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Kefauver Crime Trials (1951 Film)

Subject

Law; Politics & government

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Unedited newsreel records from the televised proceedings of the Kefauver crime trials, the first daytime transmissions to make a major impression in America, watched by an estimated audience of 45 million....

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Humanity and the Scaffold (1993 Video)

Producer

Alison Tucker; Amanda Willett

Subject

History; Law

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Examines punishment in the 18th century by comparing the systems used in England with those found in France at this time, illustrated using the examples of the hanging of Dick Turpin near York and the...

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Target for Police - Wipe to - Motorists or Murderers

Date released

10 Jan 1949

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1864

NoS ID

041458

Story no

6 / 6

Survey of recent crime situation, now alarming public, includes: 1. Scenes of recent murders. 2. Youth leaving Tottenham police court after being charged with killing a night-watchman. 3. Scout Patrol Leader...

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Crime and Punishment Video Pack (1998 Video)

Subject

Education; Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 2000 sale: £38.30 (+VAT +p&p) TSA

A video-based resource pack in ten units examining attitudes towards crime and punishment and looking at the criminal and penal processes. Represents the views of victimes, criminals, prison staff, police,...

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