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A Life Sentence VIDEO
Children are murder victims, too. To have one’s child murdered is the ultimate nightmare—families must deal not only with their own grief and anger but with the police and the media as well. This program examines how parents of murdered children are also victims of the crime. For them, there can be no question of mercy for the criminal, as there is no remission of pain.

A View to a Kill: Witnessing an Execution  VIDEO
This is the story of Linda Kelley, president of Parents of Murdered Children, whose family in 1996 became the first to witness the execution of a man responsible for killing two of its members. Linda, her husband Jim, daughter Robin, and grandmother Angeline reveal how they faced the violent death of the couple’s two other children, and how they prepared themselves to watch Leo Jenkins, the murderer, die of lethal injection. They take a tour of the death chamber, and fret about the proper dress code for an execution.

Abused Wives  VIDEO
What kind of woman allows her husband to abuse her emotionally and physically? What kind of man is capable of such violence? In this specially adapted Phil Donahue program, the wife of a former chief enforcement officer of the Securities and Exchange Commission tells of a marriage marked by a constant pattern of abuse.

Accident or Murder? Re-creating a Fatal Fall   VIDEO
When Janice Johnson was found lying in a pool of blood at the foot of her basement stairs, the tragedy was ruled an accident—until circumstantial evidence caused the case to be reopened, leading to the imprisonment of her husband for murder. In this program, attorney James Lockyer, of the Association in Defense of the Wrongfully Convicted, calls in pathologists who postulate that Janice really did accidentally fall down the stairs—and prove their theory by having the scenario painstakingly reenacted by a young actress wearing a transom harness.

Al Capone  VIDEO
No one name has become more closely identified with a particular period in history than Al Capone and the 1920s. As head of the Chicago branch of the organized crime families, Capone controlled prostitution, bootlegging, gambling, drugs, and the other enterprises that fed the coffers of Chicago’s gangster barons. Disputes were common among rival mobs, and when gang warfare broke out, Capone had the final word at the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. He successfully avoided the law until treasury agents caught him on charges of income tax evasion. He died in a federal prison, but his name will remain alive in the imaginations of Americans fascinated by the Roaring Twenties.

An Overview of Investigative Interviewing  VIDEO
What is the right way to interrogate victims, witnesses, and suspects? And, of equal instructive value, what is the wrong way? This program investigates both, as trained British actors apply the principles of cognitive interviewing, conversation management, and nonverbal communication in a series of unscripted Q-and-A sessions related to a purse-snatching. Segments dramatizing the incident from the victim’s and witness’s points of view are also included. In addition, film clips of a totally separate mugging are included—ideal for use as a witness/interrogator practice exercise.


A Sourcebook: Serious, Violent and Chronic Juvenile   BOOK
This indispensable sourcebook sculpts an alternative response to juvenile crime. The rise of violent crimes committed by youths and the lack of effective responses to treating juvenile offenders have underscored the dire need for a different approach.

Angry Young Men:Parents, Teachers &Counselors   BOOK 
Weaving together his life experiences, research, and clinical observations, former "bad boy" Aaron Kipnis examines the lives of boys at risk and offers clear and practical suggestions for how we all can help troubled boys become good men. In a personal narrative, the author tells of his own transformational journey from runaway, street hustler, and jailed juvenile, to a Ph.D. in clinical psychology devoted to mentoring, counseling, and leading young men.

Armed to the Teeth: The Worldwide Plague of Small Arms
With one gun for every ten people, the UN considers the small arms crisis one of the gravest challenges facing the world. As well as investigating the proliferation of firearms and the economic, political, and cultural reasons why people carry them, this award-winning program shows what is being done to curb a man-made pestilence. VIDEO

Bad Cops, or Cops Getting a Bad Rap?  VIDEO
The Rodney King incident in Los Angeles brought to a roar the gradually increasing murmurs around the country about "police brutality." Police departments everywhere are under attack from people who feel some cops are going too far. This specially adapted Donahue program provides a platform for some so-called "bad" cops who say they’re getting a bum rap from the people they were hired to serve and protect.

The Balancing Act: Security and Liberty Post-9/11  VIDEO
CNN journalist Frank Sesno moderates this energetic and informative program exploring the post-9/11 relationship between security and personal freedom in America. Seven distinguished panelists—including USA PATRIOT Act author Viet Dinh, bioterrorism specialist Margaret Hamburg, and Harvard Kennedy School of Government professor Juliette Kayyem—confront scenarios involving hypothetical attacks on American soil. Their discussions examine such critical issues as indefinite detainment, the rights of Arab-Americans, the relevance of the Freedom of Information Act, and varying interpretations of USA PATRIOT Act Section 215.

Battered Women: Under Siege
Why do some men beat—and even kill—the women they profess to love? In this program, women battered by husbands or boyfriends speak out about their experiences. Their stories create a mosaic of pain and fear, courage and determination, while answering the question: "Why did you stay with him?" The case of Lisa Bianco, who relied on the due process of law for protection and was murdered by her ex-husband, is included. Crusading photographer Donna Ferrato and committed bodyguard Greg Kottke are also profiled. VIDEO

Beaten by a Hair: Ultraviolet Microscopy  VIDEO
Soon after a woman mysteriously disappeared from her home, police uncovered evidence of foul play. In this program, luminol testing, RFLP-DNA analysis, and fingerprinting enhanced by "amido black"  direct investigators to the suspect—and an ultraviolet microscopic investigation of a wig hair leads to a charge of murder. This case is unique in Maryland law enforcement because a conviction was secured through physical evidence before the body had been recovered.

Best Kept Secrets of the FBI  VIDEO
Begun in 1908 with fewer than 40 employees, the FBI has grown to become the world’s most powerful law enforcement agency. This program goes behind the scenes to examine the methods used by the FBI to prevent crimes, avert crises, and solve mysteries. The work of the bureau’s explosives unit on the Unabomber, Oklahoma City, and Atlanta bombings is analyzed, as is the performance of the cybercrime division on the Love Bug virus case. Undercover operations, informants, profiling, and hostage negotiations are also covered.

Best Kept Secrets of Law Enforcement  VIDEO
Using realistic reenactments, crime scene and courtroom footage, and interviews with police personnel and research scientists, this program showcases 21st-century advances in law enforcement. On the technological side, an array of nonlethal weaponry, including the Laser Dazzler and the TASER, and a computer program that can analyze videotaped faces to determine if the people filmed were lying are featured. On the tactical side, high-tech training on virtual obstacle courses, techniques used in high-speed pursuits, and the application of neurolinguistics to determine if drivers who have been pulled over have something to hide are spotlighted.

Body of Evidence: Computerized Photo Enhancement  VIDEO
Only one day after Mark Fair and his fiancée Karla Brown moved into their new home, Karla was found brutally murdered. This program focuses on the techniques applied by an FBI criminal profiler and two forensic odontologists: Dr. Homer Campbell, a computer imaging pioneer, and Dr. Lowell Levine, of Ted Bundy trial fame. They use forensic psychology to define the killer, image enhancement technology on a crime scene photo to reveal bite marks on the victim’s body, and forensic odontology to link the couple’s new next-door neighbor to Karla’s death.

To Better Serve and Protect - Improving Police Practices  BOOK 
When the issue of racial profiling by police departments came to light, it became a hot topic for criminology researchers. The conspicuous role of the American police touches a nerve, and often puts politics in the driver's seat of research in this area.

Beyond the Blue: Life as a Female Police Officer  VIDEO
Angela Macdougall is a wife, mother, and S.W.A.T. team sniper. This program explores what it is like to balance a career in a risky, high-visibility, male-dominated occupation with marriage and motherhood. Angie and her husband, Chris, talk about the demands of law enforcement—the need for objectivity, the fight against cynicism, the skepticism of fellow officers, the emphasis on physical fitness—and the sacrifices they have both made to accommodate her ten-and-a-half years on the police force. Despite the statistically high rate of divorce among police officers, Angie
and Chris believe they have beaten the odds.

Bitter Potion: Psychological Profiling VIDEO
When Peggy Carr died of an undiagnosed ailment and her two sons became violently ill, medical tests indicated that all three were poisoned by thallium, leaving her husband, Pye, under suspicion. In this program, an FBI specialist creates a psychological profile of
the killer—a profile that does not match Pye Carr. Using the results to widen the list of possible perpetrators, the Carrs’ next-door neighbor, an unemployed chemist and convicted felon, is charged with the crimes.

Body Detectives: Forensic Anthropology at the Body Farm
At the Body Farm, the dead speak. This clinical program travels to the world’s first open-air crime lab with founder Bill Bass, of The University of Tennessee, for a close-up look at how cadavers decay. As proxies for murder victims, these decomposing bodies are studied in the name of science and the cause of justice. Factors and biological markers that help pinpoint time since death, including wind and weather, insects and carnivores, fire damage, soft tissue leachate, mold, and bacteria, are addressed. VIDEO

Broken Bond: Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy   VIDEO
When the baby daughter of Jim and Tanya Reid developed sleep apnea and then died, doctors declared the tragedy a case of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. But when the Reids’ newborn son next developed sleep apnea, a suspicious health-care worker led medical experts to consider Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. In this program, pathologists reevaluate the autopsy records of the Reids’ deceased daughter and build a strong case for felony child endangerment—and murder.

The Capital Punishment Industry  VIDEO
This program deals with the business of putting people to death legally, providing a unique and chilling look inside the capital punishment industry. From death row inmates to prison chaplains to executioners, this specially adapted Phil Donahue show looks at the terminus of the death sentence; it asks of the man whose job it is what it feels like to "pull the switch," and talks with a death row prisoner who may come face to face with this switch-puller.

Careers in Criminal Justice
Job opportunities in criminal justice are on the rise. In this video, we’ll look at a number of different occupations, ranging from entry-level positions to those requiring a four-year degree. Experts and people on the job in urban and rural areas will share first-hand information about what their work is like.. VIDEO

Career Criminals in Society  BOOK 
More than a century of scientific research has indicated that the majority of crime that occurs in society is committed by a small percentage of the population, meaning that most criminals are repeat offenders, or "career criminals." If societies devoted considerable resources toward preventing and neutralizing career criminals, there would be dramatic reductions in crime, the fear of crime, and the assorted costs and collateral consequences of crime.


The Case of the Hillside Strangler VIDEO
Is it possible for an apparently gentle young man to suddenly become a vicious serial killer? This documentary, based on a 1970s California case, explores the question through the killer’s own mind, or minds. A team of prominent psychiatrists concur that Kenneth Bianchi did not kill twelve young women, but that one of his multiple personalities, Steve, did. Rare video footage of Bianchi under hypnosis shows "Steve’s" emergence, and in an eerie confession, he admits to the murders. Interviews with police investigators on the case reveal that they remain unconvinced that Bianchi suffers from multiple personality disorder, and they object to his insanity plea.

CCI: Case Study of a Southern Prison  VIDEO
This program, filmed at the Central Correctional Institution in South Carolina, examines the failure of current U.S. correctional methods, and the expense of that failure in human terms. Interviews with inmates and staff capture emotions ranging from rage to hopelessness, as they discuss the racism and violence indigenous to prison life. The overall picture is that a growing underclass is disproportionately punished under our current criminal justice system, and has little chance for rehabilitation.

Charred Remains  VIDEO
In this program, a lengthy and convoluted police investigation links a charred female body found in a dumpster to her murderer: a male exotic dancer. An autopsy confirms the gender, indicates a dental condition called mesiodens, and reveals bullet fragments in the skull; a ballistics analysis traces the bullet to the gun of the chief suspect; and blood, hair, fibers, and body tissue found in the trunk of his car match the corpse.  

Cocaine Wars  VIDEO
It takes 500 grams of powder cocaine to receive the same sentence that is meted out for possession of only five grams of crack cocaine. Yet five grams of crack is a user’s dose, while 500 grams of cocaine is a dealer’s supply. Why a 100-to-1 disparity? In this program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel and correspondent Don Dahler explore how the panic inspired by crack cocaine in the 1980s has left a legacy of crowded jails with overwhelmingly African-American populations. Twenty years after crack was declared a menace to society, should lawmakers and courts reassess the penalties for this drug?

Coping with Disruptive Behavior in Group Care     BOOK
Group care facilities are increasingly receiving behaviorally disturbed, aggressive, or even violent children who are unable to live in family settings.

Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders    BOOK
Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders, Second Edition takes a practical view of offenders, their problems, and the difficulties counselors face working with them in criminal justice settings

Crackdown on Crime: Taking Back Our Neighborhoods  VIDEO
This program focuses on some of the solutions to the growing problem of crime: the creation of neighborhood crime watches, nuisance task forces, parent patrols, providing young adults with alternatives to crime, a salute to an innovative police department that can be a role model for other departments—and ten ways for viewers to protect themselves.

Crime and Terrorism  VIDEO
Crime has always made a good story, but the latter part of the 20th century saw a new twist, as notorious criminals became popular icons, writing books and becoming the center of media attention. This program takes a close look at one such criminal, the British gangster Frankie Fraser, and features psychologist David Canter, a pioneer in criminal profiling, who explains the current phenomenon of the serial killer. The program also explores the role of organized crime in the 20th century, and examines the history of terrorism in the Middle East and Northern Ireland.
                    
Crime Classification Manual      BOOK
This landmark book leads to an increased understanding of the nature of crimes and the individuals who commit them. An indispensable reference for anyone whose work brings them in contact with either the offender or victim of violent crime.

Crime and Human Nature  VIDEO
Are criminality and antisocial aggressive behavior due to nature or nurture? Can adult criminal behavior be predicted in the antisocial behavior of children, weak attachment to family, and fatalism about the future? Anthropologist Ashley Montagu and other experts join Phil Donahue in addressing these questions.

Crime: Fighting Mad, Fighting Back  VIDEO
This program explores new ways in which law enforcement agencies and members of the public are approaching crime prevention. The program explores several new law enforcement technologies including a "magic wand" for gathering evidence and the use of Defense Dept. technology to help locate criminals at night. The program also visits several college campuses to see how students are joining forces to prevent rape and other campus crimes. The program also looks at how some current and former prison inmates are looking to take responsibility for their actions and break the cycle of violence.  

Crime Fighting into the 21st Century  VIDEO
This program explores some of the technology that’s transforming law enforcement, from a bug that can determine time of death and is admissible in court, to computer technology that can re-create a face from a body so decomposed it no longer has one. Other tools examined include night vision and stun guns, as well as personal technologies that individuals can now use to help prevent crimes. Finally, the program explores a new kind of crime, introducing Sgt. Jim McMahon of San Jose, CA, and his efforts to deter child pornography and other crimes on the Internet.

Crime on Campus  VIDEO
Campus crime is increasing at an alarming rate on college campuses across the country. What are colleges doing about this crisis? Why do so many of the students who commit acts of violence get away with their crimes? This program looks at one of America’s best-kept secrets: campus crime. Guests on this specially adapted Phil Donahue program include a professor of criminal justice, several parents of victims, and students who have been assaulted.

Crime Seen: Advances in DNA Testing  VIDEO
After being identified in a lineup in 1984, Edward Honaker was sent to prison for rape, although mitigating information raised doubts about his guilt. Ten years later, Centurion Ministries—an organization that reviews claims of innocence by convicts—had the case reopened, which led to Honaker’s exoneration. This program spotlights recent advances in DNA analysis, such as PCR and DQ Alpha tests, and addresses the sometimes faulty nature of eyewitness identification.


Crime Tech: New Tools for Law Enforcement  VIDEO
Law enforcement officers demonstrate state-of-the-art crime-fighting weapons that make apprehending criminals less dangerous for both policemen and offenders. Using actual footage from real crime-fighting situations, policemen discuss, then demonstrate, the use of alternative weapons such as tear gas, percussion distraction instruments, animal nets, pervasive aqueous foam, and pepper spray. Several officers explore the personal emotions and judgment that
affected how they handled a potentially violent situation. Instances where violence was used by officers are analyzed

Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment : Strategies for Self-Improvement and Change—The Provider’s Manual   BOOK
The book unveils a state-of-the-art approach for effectively preventing criminal recidivism and substance abuse relapse within community based and correctional settings. Rationale, objectives, content, and presentation sequence have been developed for three phases of treatment delivery: challenge to change, commitment to change, and ownership of change.

Criminal Conversations VIDEO
This program interviews criminals to learn how and why they commit crimes. In a segment on burglary and auto theft, criminals describe how they break into homes and cars, what keeps them out, what they look for, and where they find it. In a segment on fraud, fast-talking flim-flam men and women describe the most popular schemes and how they gain the trust of their victims. In a segment on rape, rapists reveal what they look for in a victim, and how to spot and discourage sexual predators. Rape survivors also explain the benefits of fighting back. Finally, the program looks at kidnapping and how to teach children to be safe without instilling fear, how to spot dangerous situations, and effective self-defense techniques.

Dangerous Relationships:Pornography, Misogyny, and Rape    BOOK
Diana E. H. Russell examines the relationships between pornography, misogyny, and rape. As the title implies, Russell contends that these relationships are in fact dangerous to women. Dangerous Relationships begins by dealing with the vexing and thorny issue of defining pornography and considers the various types of pornographic materials that are commonly available. Russell turns to the notion that hatred of women is a predominant aspect of pornography and that racist undercurrents are often exploited in visual pornography of all types.

Deadly Delivery: A Multi-Discipline Investigation  VIDEO
The mail-bomb deaths of judge Bob Vance and attorney Robert Robinson triggered one of the largest investigations in FBI history. This program demonstrates the combined expertise of the FBI’s units specializing in explosives; hair and fiber, materials, and elemental analysis; chemistry; behavioral sciences; and fingerprinting. After studying the evidence, interviewing 6,000 people, and examining more than one million documents, the investigators identified the culprit.

Deadly Formula: Forensic Genetics VIDEO
When Patricia and David Stallings’ baby died—apparently of ethylene glycol poisoning—Patricia was convicted of murder, despite an autopsy that revealed the child had a rare genetic disorder causing overproduction of the chemically similar propylene glycol. In this program, crucial research by Professor William Sly—attracted to the case by the TV show Unsolved Mysteries—and genetics expert Dr. Piero Rinaldo reveals evidence leading to Patricia’s acquittal.

The Dirty Deed: Plant Biology Forensics at Work  VIDEO
When a couple disappeared, investigators pushed the envelope of forensic science to solve what proved to be a double murder. This program presents the use of a resistivity survey, in which an electrical current is employed to detect earth disturbance; the measurement of the exponential decay of pollen from trees and plants; soil analysis; sonar scans; blood testing; and fiber analysis to re-create the crime and identify the killer: the couple’s son.

The Disturbed Violent Offender     BOOK
Fear of violent crime has intensified the search for effective anti-crime policies. When the violent offender is also mentally disturbed, the criminal justice and mental health systems face particular challenges. What is the relationship between emotional disorders and violence?

Domestic Violence and Children  VIDEO
Severely wounded, their mother kept crying out, "Please don’t kill me! Please don’t kill me!" What effects do the sights and sounds of domestic violence have on the malleable minds of children? In this program, ABC News anchor Hugh Downs seeks to answer that question through interviews with Betsy McAlister-Groves, director of the Child Witness to Violence Project at Boston Medical Center, and some of the deeply scarred children who have seen and heard far too much.

Dysfunctional Families  VIDEO
With a group of female inmates at Albion Correctional Facility, Dwight Bradford discusses dysfunctional behaviors and the impact of addiction on families. He explains how children often believe they are the cause of most family problems. He details the survival roles children in dysfunctional families assume; Family Hero, Family Scapegoat, Lost Child and Family Clown and how those roles very based on how a child’s needs are met. Interviews and testimonials from inmates and addicts relive tales of survival in dysfunctional families.

Ending Domestic Violence: Healing the Family  VIDEO
A victims’ rights advocate tells the story of her carefree childhood and adolescence in Palo Alto, and her subsequent 18-month marriage in which she was beaten and nearly killed by an abusive husband. Today, she fulfills her personal vision of helping others. In this program, she counsels a mother of three, who is also involved in an abusive relationship. Scenes include court hearings, and emotional talks between the two women in which the advocate offers insights into the dynamics of spousal abuse.

Executing the Mentally Ill   VIDEO
How sane must a convict be to face execution? And is justice served if medicine is forcibly administered so that a convict is sane enough to face the death penalty? The cases of Death Row inmates Horace Kelly and Charles Singleton have severely tried the practical and moral boundaries of capital punishment. In this program, ABC News anchor Forrest Sawyer; Richard Mazer, defense counsel for Kelly; Dr. Paul Applebaum, director of the law and psychiatry program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School; and law professor Christopher Slobogin analyze the Kelly and Singleton cases, discussing the legal and ethical implications of the pivotal terms "awareness" and "competence."

Facing Up to Illegal Immigration  VIDEO
Is there a way, once and for all, to stop illegal immigrants at America’s borders? And if there is, will the world’s only superpower be able to function without them? This ABC News program takes a balanced look at the illegal immigration situation in the U.S., addressing issues such as the liability of porous borders in a time of terrorism and the vital role—like it or not—of undocumented aliens in the workforce. Are they really taking jobs away from U.S. citizens, or are they simply doing the work that Americans themselves are unwilling to do?

Failure to Protect? A National Dialogue VIDEO
As headlines trumpet cases of children becoming "lost"—and in some cases, dying—while in the care of the state or when the state does not act promptly to take custody, child welfare policies have come under intense questioning. But the answers are not simple. This award-winning Fred Friendly Seminar is presented in collaboration with the Institute for Child and Family Policy at Columbia University.

Family Violence: Breaking the Chain VIDEO
This program looks at the effects of family violence on the abused and the abuser: at the danger that abused children will grow up to repeat the pattern of violence in their own relationships; at the problems of date violence; at the physical and emotional abuse women suffer at the hands of their husbands and lovers. While showing the benefits of therapy, it stresses the need of the abused for safety—through shelters, hot-lines, and community assistance—from those who abuse them.
 
Fighting Back: Successful Solutions to Crime   VIDEO
This program examines successful solutions to the crime problem from around the country. In New Orleans and San Diego, the courts and citizens are working together to solve drug problems through a program of therapy and treatment. In Chicago, the success stories of two women fighting to save children from being caught up in crime are profiled, and a district attorney takes kids inside the justice system in Los Angeles. The program also examines an innovative aerobics class that teaches senior citizens how to protect themselves.

Footpath Murders: DNA Profiling’s Landmark Case  VIDEO
 In 1983 and 1986, two young women were brutally murdered on footpaths in Narborough, England. In this program, noted author Joseph Wambaugh traces each stage of the investigation in what proved to be a landmark case: the first to be solved using DNA as evidence. By applying the technique of genetic fingerprinting to DNA samples gathered from all the men in Narborough, the suspect was conclusively identified and convicted.

Fourteen Days in May: The Capital Punishment Debate  VIDEO
In May 1987, Edward Johnson, a young African-American found guilty of murder and attempted rape, was executed at Parchman Penitentiary in Mississippi. This program, set in the days immediately preceding and following Johnson’s death in the gas chamber, focuses on the
legal mechanism for execution and the intense ethical debate surrounding it. Johnson is interviewed at length. Questions arising from that interview explore such issues as whether the death penalty is ever justified, whether it is disproportionately used against minorities, and whether legal avenues of appeal are sufficient, or overly-weighted in favor of criminals.

Forensic Science: A Shred of Evidence  VIDEO
This fascinating documentary offers a behind-the-scenes look at the secret and secretive world of forensic science. Visiting Scotland Yard’s laboratories—reputedly the finest such laboratories in the world—the program shows how modern technology can turn a particle of sand or a piece of thread into a clue that leads to solving a crime.
 
Four Phases of Community Re-Entry  VIDEO
According to Rosetta Oliver, addiction consultant, after months of treatment, incarceration or both, most clients believe they have the tools to maintain a healthy lifestyle. It is difficult to help them understand that walking out of a treatment facility or prison is just the beginning of their journey, certainly not the end. During this video Ms. Oliver details the 4 R’s of Community Re-entry that will set clients up for success in lieu of failure.

Facing Up to Illegal Immigration
Is there a way, once and for all, to stop illegal immigrants at America’s borders? And if there is, will the world’s only superpower be able to function without them? This ABC News program takes a balanced look at the illegal immigration situation in the U.S., addressing issues such as the liability of porous borders in a time of terrorism and the vital role—like it or not—of undocumented aliens in the workforce. Are they really taking jobs away from U.S. citizens, or are they simply doing the work that Americans themselves are unwilling to do?  VIDEO

Goin' Home to Stay -   VIDEO
Filmed at Big Muddy River Correctional Center in Illinois, Delbert Boone talks to inmates about goinghome, but more importantly, staying there once they get there. In a straightforward style, Boone discusses anti-social be-havior, lifestyles, value systems, “hidden dangers”, ad-diction disease and its progression.

Grave Evidence: Ballistics and Blood Stains  VIDEO
When Martin Dillon was killed in the Pocono Mountains by Dr. Stephen Scher’s rifle, authorities accepted the story of a hunting accident. However, when Scher later married Dillon’s widow, the case was reopened. In this program, forensic reconstructionist Warren Stewart Bennett and FBI experts use ballistics and blood spatter to re-create the incident, while pathologist Isadore Mihalakis confirms their findings through an autopsy, leading to a new verdict: murder.

Hard Time: Teens in Maximum Security Prisons  VIDEO
Every Wednesday another busload of new inmates arrives at the Western Youth Institution in Morganton, North Carolina, a maximum security prison for juvenile offenders. What trade-offs do the convicts have to make, just to stay alive in this hostile environment? And what will they be like if they eventually make it back into society? In this program, ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer reports on prison life through the experiences of four new teenage inmates—one only 13 years old. A follow-up two years later reveals the impact of their incarceration on their minds and bodies, best summed up by the words of one of the four: "This is not the place to be."

Haunted Vision: Geophysics and Forensic Anthropology  VIDEO
When Lori Keidel-Romaneck was five, she secretly witnessed her father burying her mother, Dianne, in a backyard grave, but was too frightened to tell the police until 29 years later. In this program, a police detective; a geophysicist from Necro Search International, a nonprofit investigation group; and a forensic anthropologist use ground-penetrating radar to locate the fossilized skeleton—hidden beneath a huge slab of concrete—and a photographic overlay of Dianne’s face and skull to identify the remains to within a 99.9 percent certainty.

House of Fear: Domestic Violence  VIDEO
With domestic-related murders growing nationwide, this program looks at the efforts of one city to reverse these trends. In Nashville, TN, the police have formed a special unit to focus on domestic violence. This program speaks with victims and the police, and we see firsthand the results achieved from serving warrants on abusers and getting them into the criminal justice system without involving the victims. A counseling program that aims to help abusers learn to stop the violence and the effects of domestic violence on children are also examined.

The House That Roared: Luminol Testing  VIDEO
Although Caren Campano was bludgeoned to death in her own bedroom, there were no visible signs of the profuse bleeding that must have accompanied her murder. This program demonstrates how re-creating a crime scientifically can allow a suspect to be charged even in the total absence of a body. Through luminol testing, blood volume analysis, and "reverse paternity" DNA typing, the story of the killing was revealed and the victim’s identity was ascertained. When her body turned up a year later, skull damage and dental records confirmed the previous deductions.



Independence: A Lifeskills Guide for Teens    BOOK
This book, a guide for teenagers in their pursuit of responsible independence, contains topics applicable to young people, such as finding a place to live, banking and budgeting, health and nutrition basics, transportation, finding a job, counseling, and leisure time, to name a few. It is designed to stimulate ideas and questions, making it a useful tool in life skills education.

Innocence Lost: Fiber Analysis  VIDEO
When five-year-old Melissa Brannen disappeared from a Christmas party, the police immediately began tracing and questioning every guest. By the time they got to Cal Hughes’ house, it was 1:00 a.m., but they found him awake—and washing his clothes. In this program, detectives and forensic experts scrutinize the fiber evidence found in Hughes’ car, comparing it to an outfit identical to the one worn by Melissa and, as a control, to many other fiber samples. The results proved conclusive and Hughes, in the absence of the victim’s body, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for abduction with intent to harm.

Insect Clues: Forensic Entomology  VIDEO
Between 1985 and 1988, several transients were choked, sexually assaulted, and left for dead in the desert of California. In this program, entomologist David Faulkner, of the San Diego Natural History Museum, painstakingly identifies maggot eggs on the decaying corpse of Sandra Cwik from among 900,000 known species to establish the victim’s time of death. Once the time was determined, the suspect who had no alibi was convicted of second-degree murder. Contains imagery that may be too strong for some viewers.  


Insanity in the Courtroom: Mental Illness and the Search for Justice  VIDEO
If a person is deemed mentally unfit to stand trial for a capital crime, should the state be allowed to administer drugs so the person is healthy enough to be tried and sentenced to death? In this program, ABC News correspondent Chris Bury reports on this legal paradox in the case of Russell Weston, a paranoid schizophrenic who allegedly killed two policemen in 1998 and whose lawyers have kept him from medication. The issue is debated by a panel of experts including retired circuit court judge Vincent Femia, forensic psychologist Barbara Kirwin, George Mason University legal scholar Paul Stavis, former federal prosecutor Christopher Tayback, and the defense attorney for Long Island Rail Road shooter Colin Ferguson, Ron Kuby

Inside the Criminal Mind  VIDEO
This gripping three-part series enters the world of forensic psychology to illustrate how law enforcement officers and mental health professionals get inside the criminal mind. Captivating case studies from the U.K. and the U.S. provide a real-world context for the techniques and processes described. 3-part series.

Inside the FBI: Surviving the Street   VIDEO
Law enforcement officers are on the front line every day. Research has shown that continual exposure to combat-like situations can produce mental and physical breakdowns—and that training in mental preparation significantly increases the chance of surviving a serious confrontation and its after-effects. This valuable program presents the FBI’s Law Enforcement for Safety and Survival Program, designed to channel and control the human stress response through concentrated mental and physical preparation.

Inside the Mind of Criminal Profilers  VIDEO
This riveting program demonstrates the art and science of criminal profiling through the work of renowned forensic psychologists David Caldwell, Gus Gary, Dayle Hinman, and Mike Prodan. Detailed reconstructions of the sensational Crystal Todd murder; the case of the cold-blooded Seattle serial arsonist; the devious murder of Rachel Carlson and her baby; the chilling case of Susan Smith, convicted of killing her two children; and the notorious Riverside, California, prostitute murders are featured. A concise retrospective on the Mad Bomber case, a model of criminal profiling, is also included.

Interactive Youth Work Practice   BOOK
Through essays, practice examples, and a curriculum outline, Interactive Youth Work Practice promotes the theory that youth develop in moments and interactions, and that these moments and interactions are enhanced when workers have the capacity to guide, teach, learn, and be with youth.

It’s the Law  VIDEO
The laws of the criminal justice system are framed first and foremost by the United States Constitution, the document that gives our government its powers, limits those powers, and ensures our rights to life, liberty, and property. While the system is designed to bring criminals to justice, it must also meet the standards of due process set forth in the Constitution. The criminal justice system, then, has two functions: protect the public safety and maintain the public confidence.

Invisible Intruder: Analyzing Blood Clues  VIDEO
When Darlie Routier awoke during the night to find herself confronted by an intruder and two of her children dead of multiple stab wounds, she roused her husband and called the police. In this program, detectives, a medical examiner, and an FBI agent use wound and blood spatter analysis, "amido black" and luminol testing for eradicated blood stains, behavioral profiling, and computerized analysis of the 911 call Darlie made to determine that the crime was actually an "inside job" and that Darlie herself was the murderer.

Interviewing Suspects  VIDEO
This program provides extended interviews selected from those featured in An Overview of Investigative Interviewing, offering viewers a more detailed look at the processes involved in interrogating suspects. The first interview is considered to be well conducted, employing the techniques of cognitive interviewing, conversation management, and nonverbal communication, while the second interview contains errors in judgment. A careful analysis of each model helps students to assimilate these British methodologies for use in a real-world context.

Interviewing Victims and Witnesses VIDEO
This program offers extended interviews selected from those featured in An Overview of Investigative Interviewing, providing viewers with a more detailed look at how cognitive interviewing, conversation management, and nonverbal communication are applied to interrogating victims and witnesses in the U.K. The victim interview is presented as a well-conducted interview, while the witness interview is designed to demonstrate flaws in technique


Investigative Interviewing: The Methodology Behind Police Interrogation VIDEO
A purse is snatched on the street. When the victim, a witness, and a suspect are brought in for interrogation, it is up to the Detective Sergeant to skillfully question each person to extract the facts from the inevitable hodge-podge of images, impressions, recollections, and evasions. This detailed three-part series presents the British approach to cognitive interviewing, conversation management, and nonverbal communication in a scenario-based format. Dramatizations scrutinize the mugging and subsequent interrogations from multiple points of view, highlighting both good and bad interviewing technique. 3-part series,

It’s the Law VIDEO
In this program, lawyers, prosecutors, and judges explain the differences between misdemeanors, felonies, the various degrees of crimes, and the elements of a crime. Investigation procedures in the gathering of evidence and statements are discussed. Legal experts and police officers clearly illustrate such concepts as 5th Amendment rights, Miranda warnings, the "stop and frisk" rule, search warrants, and the "knock and announce" rule. Probable cause and arrest procedures are also demonstrated.

Judgment Day: Should the Guilty Go Free  VIDEO
Every year, hundreds of thousands of convicts appear before parole and clemency boards to plead for early release. This hard-hitting program draws viewers into the formidable decision-making process as boards in Boston, Las Vegas, and Leesville, Louisiana, grapple with harrowing cases of second-degree murder, armed robbery, and manslaughter. Compelling footage of the actual hearings, intense crime reenactments, and powerful interviews with parole and clemency board members, experts, and those most intimately touched by these violent felonies make this an educational experience not to be missed. Viewer discretion is advised.

Judgment at Midnight  VIDEO
This program enters a world rarely seen: the world of an inmate waiting to die and of a prison preparing to execute him. The program, reported by ABC News correspondent Cynthia McFadden, takes viewers from the cellblock, to the execution chamber, to preparation of the lethal injection, and into the mind of inmate Antonio James as he prepares to pay the ultimate price for his crimes. The program offers a real-life portrait, putting a human face on the controversial issue of capital punishment, as it chronicles both the angry voices of the victims’ families and the touching moments in which the condemned man sees his family for the last time. The program also explores the unusual relationship between the inmate and the warden, who struggles with personal feelings that conflict with his responsibility for carrying out the execution.

Juvenile Justice  VIDEO
How does America’s juvenile justice system work? In what ways has it failed? And what would it take to improve it so that it routinely operates in the best interests of offenders, their victims, and society as a whole? These are not simple questions, as this Fred Friendly Seminar points out—and they become all the more complex when moderator Charles Ogletree, of Harvard Law School, casts 13 experts as figures in a hypothetical scenario involving two families, four teens, and a sequence of violent crimes culminating in a murder. By incrementally raising the stakes, Ogletree moderates a passionate discussion that addresses different conceptions of justice, the balance between rehabilitation of a minor and the safety of the public, the need to strengthen the home environment, availability of social services, and matters of race and socioeconomic status.

Kids and Crime  VIDEO
This program focuses on teens and crime: gang members trying to get out of gangs, 15-year-olds who have been arrested for selling drugs, kids who say they carry guns to school to protect themselves. This specially adapted Phil Donahue program talks to kids about drugs, guns, sex, gangs, parents, school, what’s missing from their lives, and also offers success stories of teens who were headed down the wrong path and made a turn for the better.

Kids Behind Bars VIDEO
Too young to drive, but old enough to kill. What happens to children convicted of felonies? How and where are they incarcerated? Can they be helped? And does their punishment really fit their crimes? In this program, judges, legal counsel, law enforcement officers, academic experts from Emory and Rutgers Universities, the Director of the Institute for Minority Health Research, and others examine the trend in the U.S. toward trying children as adults and discuss efforts being made to understand their violent behavior.

Kids in Court  VIDEO
Many Americans believe that only stiffer penalties will deter kids from committing crimes. But is this true? In this three-segment program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel uses interviews with rehabilitation advocates and case studies of young offenders to publicize the promising efforts of facilities such as the Holden Ranch for Boys, in California, while underscoring the urgent need for locked juvenile mental health facilities for young convicts requiring treatment for addictions and psychological disorders. (59 minutes)

Killer Fog: Meteorological Testing  VIDEO
A sudden, dense fog caused seven multi-car accidents on a major highway. Was it an act of nature or an act of negligence? In this program, meteorologists determine whether the fog is natural or man-made. Computer simulations and analysis of satellite photographs ruled out all possible sources—except for a local paper plant. The investigation led to a $12-million lawsuit filed by the families of the accident victims.

The Killing Room: Gathering Evidence of Fatal Blood Loss  VIDEO
The first notice that Scott Dunn’s father had of his son’s disappearance came via a call from Scott’s live-in girlfriend. Although a forensic investigation did indicate that foul play had occurred in Scott’s bedroom, without a body or a weapon the case stalled—until Scott’s father got in touch with the Vidocq Society of Forensic Scientists, which he’d learned about on an episode of 48 Hours. This program demonstrates that evidence of fatal blood loss gathered through luminol testing and blood analysis for DNA, spatter, and volume can constitute a "body" for the purpose of an indictment for murder.

Knot for Everyone: The Locard Exchange Principle  VIDEO
When a prostitute went to the police after being assaulted by Roger Kibbe, they were confronted with significant circumstantial evidence that implicated him in a string of rape/murders. In this program, criminalist Faye Springer applies the Locard Exchange Principle by microscopically examining thousands of bits of physical evidence related to the most recent victim, Darcie Frankenpohl. The incriminating connections she made between Darcie, Kibbe, and his car proved conclusive.

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor  VIDEO
In this candid interview with Bill Moyers, Sandra Day O’Connor discusses women’s rights within the context of her role as the Supreme Court’s first woman Justice, and the Constitution. Justice O’Connor reveals her own difficulties in breaking into the male-dominated legal profession, how she balanced work with family, and how her ultimate ascent from assistant attorney in the Arizona State Attorney’s Office, to the state’s first female senator, led to her Supreme Court appointment. Citing Constitutional precedents, O’Connor defends several controversial opinions on the issues of affirmative action and abortion.

Language of Supervision VIDEO
Featuring Carl Reddick, this video is about how we speak to offenders, why we use the words we use, what "model" do we employ, do we have a model at all, and that this is a professional business and not something made up on the spot. 

Law and Order: An Inside View of the Criminal Justice System VIDEO
One of the ways that the Constitution ensures our rights to life, liberty, and property is by providing for an impartial criminal justice system. In this 2-part series, lawyers, prosecutors, judges, and police officers take us through the entire process of jurisprudence, from investigation and arrest procedures to courtroom proceedings and sentencing. Both programs point out any differences applicable to juvenile law. Legal concepts such as misdemeanor, felony, Miranda, probable cause, indictment, and right of appeal are clearly explained. These videos provide an excellent resource for the political science or legal studies classroom.


Legal Action: He Said, She Said  VIDEO
Many of the 20,000 cases handled each year by San Francisco’s Hall of Justice involve victims of rape or domestic disputes who know their attacker, be it a spouse or a mere acquaintance. This provocative program vividly illustrates a criminal justice system overcrowded with prosecutors and defense attorneys trying to sort out these dysfunctional and aggressive criminal accusations in human relationships. Contains explicit language. A Discovery Channel Production.


Let the Doors Be Made of Iron: 19th-Century Prison Reform  VIDEO
This Academy Award-nominated program uses dramatic eenactments, old lithographs, and photographs to trace the fascinating history of the world’s first full-scale penitentiary—Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia. Conceived as a humane alternative to the overcrowding and debauchery of smaller jails, the prison’s fortress-like design and policy of separate confinement and meaningful labor became the correctional model for prisons worldwide. Important events in the prison’s history are detailed, including the arrival of its first prisoner in 1829, and a visit by its only detractor—Charles Dickens. This is an interesting historical window on an early experiment in the humane treatment and rehabilitation of criminals.

Liberty and Security in an Age of Terrorism  VIDEO
The U.S. is on orange alert, and the citizens of Midburgh are on the lookout for "suspicious activity." What should they do when circumstantial evidence indicating a potential terrorist plot points to two people of Arab ethnicity? This Fred Friendly Seminar, produced as part of Columbia University’s 250th Anniversary, explores the balance between national security and civil liberties in the post-9/11 world. Is one price of vigilance suspicion among neighbors? Do the demands of security now require broader government power to investigate and to detain?

Life Behind Bars    VIDEO
Are prisons supposed to rehabilitate convicts, punish them, or simply keep them off the streets? The answer depends on who is being asked. This program explores the current state of prisons in America and examines their conflicting mandates. The Directors of the National Prison Project of the ACLU and the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives, the Governor of South Dakota, an Arizona sheriff, adult and juvenile inmates, and others consider issues such as the societal impact of mandatory sentencing and the prison-building boom. (29 minutes)

Life Inside: A Violence Prevention Program - VIDEO
A vivid behind-the-scenes look at prison life is geared toward educating our youth about the harsh realities of life behind bars. Youth offenders tell their trials that landed them in prison, the freedoms they lose while be-hind bars, and the difficulties they’ll face returning to society after their incarceration.

The List Murders: Police Artistry  VIDEO
After killing his entire family, 46-year-old John List left a note confessing to the crime and then disappeared. In this program, police—frustrated by a fruitless eighteen-year manhunt—team up forensic sculptor Frank Bender and forensic psychologist Richard Walter to create a bust of what List would look like at age 64. When the case and the sculpture were aired on television’s America’s Most Wanted, List was quickly identified and apprehended.

Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island  VIDEO
If you are arrested in New York City and cannot make bail, you will be transported to Rikers Island, the nation’s largest jail complex, through which more than 140,000 people pass each year. This program provides a rare, inside look at how prisoners live and officials try to maintain order in this mammoth holding facility for those who are awaiting trial—filled overwhelmingly with poor, uneducated minorities who have been arrested for drug-related crimes. The program profiles a variety of everyday jail activities, including such jarring scenes as a cellblock strip search by corrections officers, the story of an AIDS-infected drug user who was born in prison and will most likely die there, a trip to the holding cells for "disorganized and paranoid" prisoners, and the laments of women who will see their children born in jail.

The Magic Bullet: Ballistics   VIDEO
In a tragic accident, teenager Trey Cooley was shot in the head in the lobby of his father’s gun club by a misfired bullet from the outdoor range. In this program, police experts use numerous forensic techniques to unravel this extraordinarily complex manslaughter case. Ballistics, laser technology, scale modeling, and computer animation are used to re-create the path of the errant bullet, which traveled through, over, and between numerous obstacles only to ricochet into the body of the victim.

Making The Right Choices:   VIDEO
Filmed inside of a correctional facility, Michael Johnson addresses the struggles many offenders face when returning to their old neighborhood and friends. He discusses how the behaviors that often lead a person to addiction and criminal activity conveyed an illusion of power, control and immediate gratification. He emphasizes that in order to keep from coming back to prison it is important to accept responsibility for your actions, to develop humility and to be personally accountable for your actions and behaviors. Johnson provides successful strategies for transitioning back into the community.

The Mask of Madness  VIDEO
In this program, Kenneth Bianchi’s multiple personality defense begins to unravel, as psychologist Martin Orne and police investigators begin piecing together a disturbing real-life profile of the defendant and his codefendant, Angelo Buono. It is discovered that both men ran a prostitution ring using young women. Suspicious, Orne tricks Bianchi into creating a new personality, which proves he is lying and does not suffer from multiple personality disorder. Results of a Rorschach test are also damning. But when a search of Bianchi’s home nets a cache of psychology books and a letter proving that Bianchi posed as a psychologist, he drops his insanity plea, testifies against Buono, and the two are convicted of the murders.

Men in Groups: Insights, Interventions, and Psychoeducational Work  BOOK

It is common knowledge among practitioners that men have not taken to psychotherapy as willingly as women have. This book provides an excellent entree into psychological work with men in groups and represents the cutting edge work being done in this area.


Micro-clues: Forensics and Microorganisms   VIDEO
If diatoms—single-celled organisms that live in water—found on the body of a 13-year-old boy prompted a forensic pathologist to rule death by drowning, where was the crime committed? In this program, the local police and Interpol work together to trace the diatoms to a creek near the victim’s home—and to the car of a known sex offender who, after drowning the boy, drove the body to the location where it was found.

The Mind of a Killer: Case Study of a Murderer  VIDEO
What compels a seemingly normal person to disregard a fundamental societal principle and commit murder? In this disturbing program, correspondent Steve Aveson reports on recent scientific research into the behavior of killers. An exclusive interview with serial killer Joel Rifkin, convicted of strangling 17 women, is combined with neurological testing, brain scans, and even information derived from laboratory studies of animal aggression to attempt to shed light on Rifkin’s obscure motivation to kill—a motivation that is a mystery even to himself. An ABC News/Discovery Channel Production.  

The Move to Community Policing - Making Change Happen  BOOK
Community policing continues to be of great interest to policy makers, scholars and, of course, local police agencies. Successfully achieving the transformation from a traditional policing model to community policing can be difficult. This book aims to illuminate the path to make that change as easy as possible. Morash and Ford have produced a contributed anthology with original articles from a variety of well-known researchers, police trainers and leaders.

Nexus: A Book About Youth Work BOOK
This book demonstrates the techniques for forming relationships and empowering at-risk youths to grow. Its unique case-study/story format showcases the elements that form empowering communications and demonstrates how behavior management, social learning, daily living, and recreation techniques and practices are effectively implemented in transitions, activities, and crises.
 

Order in the Court  VIDEO
Once a person is arrested for a crime, it is up to our court system to determine whether the individual is guilty or innocent. In this program, a variety of legal experts take us through pretrial and trial procedures, pointing out along the way the differences between adult and juvenile proceedings.

Judges and lawyers navigate us through the pretrial process, beginning with the establishment of probable cause and formal charging by grand jury or preliminary hearing. Indictment, pretrial release, bail, and arraignment are also discussed.

Out of the Ashes    VIDEO
On December 7, 1993, Rose Larner disappeared—almost. After two years  of being under suspicion for her death, her killers confessed their crime, sending the police on a scavenger hunt to retrieve minute quantities of incinerated bone from locations along a 100-mile stretch of highway and a single drop of blood from the scene of the murder. This program demonstrates the tenacity required to obtain physical evidence to confirm a confession and obtain a conviction.
 

On the Inside: Hostage Negotiations  VIDEO
The debacles at Attica State Prison in 1971 and the 1972 Munich Olympics clearly showed the need for a better way of dealing with hostage situations. This intriguing program looks at the difficult job of hostage negotiators and their proven success in the last thirty years. Detailed analysis is made of the incidents at Waco, Texas, and at Lucasville Prison in Ohio. Two of the field’s foremost experts, Gary Noesner, chief of the FBI Negotiation Unit, and Captain Frank Bolz, the NYPD Negotiation Unit’s founder, offer extensive commentary into their teams’ training. Experts discuss "Stockholm syndrome," a positive bond hostages form with their captors, and the efforts of Giandomenico Picco as an international negotiator.
 

Packing Heat: The Debate Over Concealed Weapons VIDEO
Carrying a concealed weapon is legal in 44 states, but does such legislation act as a deterrent to would-be criminals or does it turn simple arguments into potentially deadly ones? In this program, ABC News correspondent Cynthia McFadden explores the issue by looking at the case of a taxi driver in Texas who shot and killed two men he claimed were trying to kill him. The level of scrutiny in background checks for permit applicants is one of the topic’s crucial complexities.

Parole Problems: Crime and Punishment  VIDEO
In 1994, voters sent a clear message to Congress: focus on punishment through harsher and longer sentences. But since even a life sentence does not necessarily translate into a life behind bars, society is expected to assimilate paroled ex-convicts who have had little or no rehabilitation. In this program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel examines the case of James Pope III—sentenced on two counts of murder and armed robbery, but eligible for parole in the future. To understand the vital importance of work programs and recreational facilities to the mental stability of inmates, Mr. Koppel also investigates rehab efforts at Central Prison in Raleigh, a maximum security lockup

The Patriot Act Under Fire  VIDEO
To many, worrying about constitutional rights seemed like an archaic luxury while Ground Zero was still smoking. The need for tighter homeland security made civil liberties take a back seat to urgent measures such as the USA PATRIOT Act designed to defend America from terrorists. But two years later, that piece of legislation came under fire from both the left and the right. In this ABC News program, Ted Koppel takes a hard look at the law with representatives of the U.S. Department of Justice, the ACLU, and others.

Patrolling the Border: National Security and Immigration Reform  VIDEO
Will the threat of terrorism from the U.S.-Mexican border radically reshape America’s immigration policies? This ABC News program studies the connections between 9/11, the American economy, and the workforce of undocumented labor on which that economy increasingly depends. Interviews with Arizona border patrol agents evoke their frustrations and reveal the perils faced by many Mexicans who attempt desperate wilderness crossings. Contrasts between President Bush’s proposed guest worker program and the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to crack down on the influx of illegal aliens highlight the complexity of the situation

Peace in the Streets: Breaking the Cycle of Gang Violence    BOOK
Peace in the Streets is a compelling true-life story of gang life transformed in South Central Los Angeles as well as a practical guide for parents, teachers, and communities. Over the course of one year in the early 1980’s, Arturo Hernandez, an inexperienced yet committed teacher, irrevocably changed the lives of 30 South Central gang members, aged 12-20

Planted Evidence: Plant DNA Forensics  VIDEO
The pager found near a tree and beside a murdered woman linked the crime to the prime suspect—but only circumstantially. Could the tree’s seed pods, found at the crime scene and in the suspect’s truck, prove conclusive? This program presents the growing use of nonhuman DNA as admissible evidence, as molecular geneticist Tim Helentjaris applies Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA testing to quantifiably match the seed pods to the tree in question.

Presumed Guilty: Tales of the Public Defenders VIDEO
The 80 attorneys in the San Francisco Office of the Public Defender handle 19,000 cases a year. This gritty, cinema verité documentary goes inside the daily lives of a handful of these dedicated attorneys by following several ongoing misdemeanor and felony cases. The cameras capture the entire legal process, from arraignment and plea bargaining to trial and verdict. Footage of jail cell consultations brings home the relationship between lawyer and client, while events in the office demonstrate the political aspect of the job. Some language may be offensive.

Prison Gangs and Racism Behind Bars  VIDEO
Prisons have become incubators for hate, where ethnic and white supremacist enclaves vie for control through violence and coercion directed along color lines. In part one of this program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel talks with prisoners doomed to solitary confinement due to their gang affiliations. They discuss the dangers that drove them to join—and that keep them looking over their shoulders even in the so-called protective environment of a supermax prison. In part two, Mr. Koppel spends a night in solitary confinement to observe firsthand the effects of supermax on inmates—and to document the type of ex-convict that will one day be returned to society: racially intolerant, unrehabilitated, and psychologically and emotionally broken.

Prison Madness: The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars and What We Must Do About It   BOOK
An unprecedented number of prisoners enter the system already in need of psychiatric attention, and countless others suffer emotional breakdowns inside as a result of brutal, cruel, and inhumane treatment experienced behind bars.

Prisoner on the Run  VIDEO
This is the documentary record of a 43-year-old man who escaped from prison where he was serving a life sentence for manslaughter. He was 15 when he got into a fight with a 13-year-old, who ended up drowned in a ditch. Was his sentence unduly harsh? Was the revocation of his parole unjustifiable? Is he a danger to society? Is keeping him in jail justifiable? These and many other questions arise about this man who is apparently up against an immovable system—a sympathetic man who helps us see prison and the system from the prisoner’s point of view.

Prison Tech: Keeping Order in "Hell"   VIDEO
There are more than one million inmates behind bars in the U.S., and most will say that being in prison is like being in hell. This program examines the security that prevents escapes and keeps the volatile criminal population in check. Visit low, medium, and high security institutions, where administrators, prison guards, a psychologist, and inmates speak candidly about violence in prisons and the strict security measures, such as segregation (solitary confinement), designed to control it. At a modern prison in Canada, administrators discuss the Canadian focus on rehabilitation and demonstrate the electronic detection fields used to prevent escapes.

Prisons: Questioning the System   VIDEO
From mandatory sentencing to capital punishment, America has developed a strong stance on dealing with crime. But are these measures improving society or undermining it? In this topical two-part series, representatives from the legal system, academia, and community service organizations speak out about the system that many approve of as practical and timely—and others condemn as misguided and a failure of humanity.  

The Probation and Parole Treatment Planner  BOOK

Probation and Parole Video Series     VIDEO
Probation and Parole Video Series (All 4 Videos) Save $150 Includes: Probation & Parole (Supervision, Planning & Documentation) Probation & Parole (Assessments Interviewing) Probation & Parole (Ongoing Supervision) Probation & Parole Assessments

Profiling Violent Crimes: An Investigative Tool   BOOK
The Third Edition of this bestseller is a thorough revision, which is a very important feature in this fast-moving field. New chapters cover criminal behavior theories and psychological profiling; autoerotic deaths, and occult crimes, plus two new chapters detailing infamous unsolved crimes/criminals.

Punishing Parents: Who Is Responsible for Delinquent Kids? VIDEO
In the eyes of the law, how wide are the parameters of parental responsibility? And how aware are parents and teachers of what goes on when they are not around? In this program, ABC News correspondent John Stossel gathers opinions in the heated debate over accountability for a child’s delinquent actions by talking with parents, children, survivors, and the judges who are handing down rulings on where exactly to place the blame. Suits against parents for alleged criminal negligence in cases of school shootings, underage drinking and drug use, DWI-related deaths involving minors, and acts of vandalism are addressed. Indecent behavior on and off school grounds is also discussed.

Quest for Justice: Legal Services and the Poor  VIDEO
Formed in 1966 as part of President Johnson’s War on Poverty, Legal Services provides free legal assistance in civil matters to those who cannot afford counsel. Using New Jersey as a microcosm of the condition of the impoverished throughout America, this program highlights the crucial work of Legal Services and its basic premise: without equal access, there is no equal justice. Case studies show both the judicial and human dynamics of resolving family matters, consumer matters, housing evictions, public entitlement disputes, and welfare and Social Security issues. The program also contains interviews with state and federal judges, as well as staff members and the president of Legal Services of New Jersey, Melville D. Miller, Jr.

Race on Trial  VIDEO
Does the American justice system treat people differently based on their race? In this ABC News program, correspondent Michel Martin reports on the startlingly disparate outcomes of two almost-identical drug-related cases tried one after another in a Boston court. In one case, the judge sentenced an African-American defendant with no prior record to prison time on the insistence of the prosecution. In the other case, the prosecution asked for a sentence of drug rehabilitation as opposed to prison time f