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  1. Scared Straight! 20 Years Later (1998 Video)

    Producer
    Arnold Shapiro
    Subject
    Law; Psychology; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC). col. ? min., 2000 sale: US$29.95 (+p&p)

    Second update of SCARED STRAIGHT! (1978), in which men and women who as juvenile offenders 20 years earlier met face-to-face hardened criminals in Rahway (New Jersey) State Prison. Narrated by Danny Glover.

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  2. Glimmer of Hope, A (1997)

    Director
    Charles Konowal
    Producer
    Joe MacDonald
    Subject
    Psychology; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 53 minutes), £29.00

    In an effort to come to terms with their loss and grief following their daughter’s murder, Don and Mary Streufert and their other daughter Emily arrange to meet the men who committed the crime, now in...

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  3. Think Sociology: Voices (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 36 or 46 min., 1997 sale: £37.50 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    A two-part programme containing interviews with a range of people who have direct experience of issues relevant to the A-level sociology syllabus. 1: Crime and Deviance (18 min): Includes contributions from...

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  4. To Kill and Kill Again (1993 Video)

    Director
    Patrick Fleming
    Producer
    Patrick Fleming
    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 51 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    At California State University Dr Eric W Hickey devised a model showing the development of the murderous personality, based on research into more than 200 cases of serial murder. These findings are applied...

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  5. Serial Killers: Inside the Mind (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1996 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Looks at the motivations of serial killers, using archive material, testimonies and confessions on film by three serial killers: Ed Kemper, Gerald Shaeffer, and Otis Toole, a pyromaniac.

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  6. Scared Straight! 10 Years Later (1988 Video)

    Director
    Arnold Shapiro
    Producer
    Arnold Shapiro
    Subject
    Law; Psychology; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC). col. 45 min., 2000 sale: US$29.95 (+p&p)

    Alternates clips of convicts and teenagers from the original SCARED STRAIGHT! (1978) with interviews of the same people ten years later. The goal of the origianl programme was to steer young offenders away...

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  7. Thin Blue Line, The (1988)

    Director
    Errol Morris
    Producer
    Mark Lipson
    Subject
    Film studies; Law
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 97 minutes), £15.99

    While researching another project, filmmaker Errol Morris became fascinated by the case of Randall Dale Adams, a man on death row for the murder of a policeman in 1976. Convinced of his innocence, Morris...

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  8. Mind of a Murderer, The (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Michael Barnes
    Subject
    Law; Psychiatry
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 60 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) both parts

    The true story of mass murderer Kenneth Bianchi, known as the Hillside Strangler, who was responsible for the murder of 12 young women in the USA from 1977 to 1979. He appeared to have no memory of the...

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  9. Scared Straight! 20 Years Later (1978)

    Director
    Arnold Shapiro
    Producer
    Arnold Shapiro
    Subject
    Law; Sociology

    The original 1978 television documentary SCARED STRAIGHT! followed 17 juvenile offenders as they learnt first-hand the harsh realities of prison life from ‘lifers’ at the Rahway (New Jersey) State Prison...

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  10. Police and the Mentally Ill (2 Vols) (1930)

    Subject
    Mental Health and Counselling; Psychology; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 60, 180 minutes), $14.99 each

    Two collections of short industrial films spanning four decades. Vol 1. POLICE AND THE MENTALLY ILL is an educational film for police officers offering advice if they are confronted by a mentally ill...

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