Prisoner or Patient

Synopsis

In PRISONER OR PATIENT Horizon investigates how society deals with mentally ill offenders. Are special hospitals really a soft option? How do we choose to deal with psychopaths and how do we treat inadequate individuals who commit petty offences?

Series

Horizon

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

1983

Subjects

Social Studies; Mental Health and Counselling

Keywords

criminally insane people; mental health; mental hospitals; prisoners

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£195.00

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

50 minutes

Year

2014

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Distributor

Name

BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning

Contact

Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)

Email

BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com

Web

https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 20 8433 1009

Address

BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK

Notes

The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’