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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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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