Criminology and Criminal Justice DVDs and Videos in the UMD Library
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Street Fight. (2005). Bullfrog. 1 videodisc 82 minutes. Follows the bare-knuckles race for Mayor of Newark, N.J. between 32 year-old Cory Booker and four-term incumbent Sharpe James, the undisputed champion of New Jersey politics. Fought in Newark’s neighborhoods and housing projects, the battle pits the young challenger against an old style political machine that uses any means necessary, including harraassment and police intimidation, to crush its opponents. DVD 1095
Girl Trouble: Girls Tell Their Truth About the Juvenile Justice System. (2004) New Day films. 1 videocassette 74 minutes. Documents the struggles of girls in San Francisco's juvenile justice system. VC 4902
A Hard Straight. (2004). New Day Films. 1 videodisc 74 minutes Shot on location in Los Angeles and San Francisco over a period of two years, producer Goro Toshima documents the successes and failures of three prison parolees. DVD 1130
Women's Prisons: Old Problems and New Solutions. (2003). Films for Humanities and Sciences. 1 DVD 47 minutes. This work includes film from inside 3 women's prisons in Canada and comparies the differences between countries. Interviews of the inmates are included and document their struggles with motherhood, drugs, privacy, and abuse. DVD 683
Deviance and Social Control. Insight Media, 2002. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. Explores the theory regarding behavior that violates well-established social norms with focus on different social groups.
An Ordinary Crime. PBS Video, 2002 1 videocassette 90 minutes. Front-line account of two men with the same name, who are implicated in the same crime and, one of whom is unjustly sentenced to 32 years in prison. VC 4373
Juvenile Justice. PBS Video, 2001. 1 videocassette 90 minutes. "Explores whether children who commit serious crimes should be tried as juveniles or adults" [from container] VC 4449
No Silence in This Court (La loi des plus faibles). (2001). First Run/Icarus Films. 1 videocassette 52 minutes. History of the Open Court in the Indian state of Gujurat in which anyone can take the floor and in which justice is dispensed without regard for caste. VC 4596
War on Drugs, a War With Ourselves. ABC News, 2001. 1 videocassette 40 minutes. ABC News correspondent John Stossel looks at the war on drugs in the United States and how drug use is dealt with in places such as Amsterdam, and what can or could be done to restrict drug use and abuse. VC 4466
Real Justice. PBS Video, 1999. 2 videocassettes 150 minutes. Frontline goes beneath the surface to the inner workings of a district attorneys office to examine offers, counteroffers, deals, etc. VC 4349
The Heart of Hatred. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1997. 1 videocassette 52 minutes. Features conversations with a variety of people who have explored the heart of hatred. VC 3140
Violence Against Women. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1997. 1 videocassette 46 minutes. The secrecy surrounding domestic violence is the focus of the program. It contains stories of hope for women who are currently in violent relationships, and provides valuable information on how to leave an abusive partner. VC 3262
Reclaiming Youth at Risk: Our Hope for the Future. National Educational Service, 1996. 3 videocassettes 63 minutes. Based on the book by the same title, this video series shows how the authors, Larry Brendtro, Martin Brokenleg, and Steve Van Bockern have combined principles of Western psychology and Native American philosophy to create a strategy for helping youth. This strategy incorporates the areas of belonging, mastery, independence, and generosity. VC 2697
Future Risk: The Impact of Violence on Children. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1995. 1 videocassette 28 minutes. Looks at the sources of violence that affect children in their everyday lives at school, at home, and on the streets. VC 2628
Violence Against Women: Beyond the Statistics. Human Relations Media, 1995. 1 videocassette 32 minutes. VC 2757
What Can We Do About Violence?: A Bill Moyers Special. Films for the Humanities, 1995. 2 videocassettes 56 minutes each. Examines the roots of violence in the United States and documents community programs working to prevent and change violent behavior. VC 2561
Underground. Terra Nova Films, 1994. 1 videocassette 12 minutes. An exhibit, consisting of a railroad track, with a poem begun carved into the first tie and continued in each succeeding tie, leading of a telephone booth, and junked automobiles with messages printed on them, in a park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, dramatizing the matter of abuse to women by their (male) partners. Also included are television interviews with women who freed themselves from abusive relationships, and comments about the exhibit. VC 3287
"When a Kiss Is Not Just a Kiss": Sex Without Consent. Mumbleypeg Productions, 1994. 1 videocassette 36 minutes. Presented to a live audience of college students, this program offers an interactive spontaneous dialogue where questions and answers reveal the truth about sex without consent. VC 2575
The Worst Kind of Love. WDSE-TV, 1994. 1 videocassette 60 minutes. Discusses what can be done to end the epidemic of domestic abuse from medical, legal, psychological and law enforcement perspectives. Includes interviews with abused women, men who are abusers, and Donna Ferrato, a photographer who captures the images of abuse. VC 2926
Calming the Storm. WDSE-TV, 1993. 1 videocassette 60 minutes. A panel of experts explores the roots of violence and examines ways people can cope with it. VC 2925
Donahue. Violence and Sex on TV. Films for the Humanities, 1993. 1 videocassette 29 minutes. Television host Phil Donahue talks with Jeanne Quinn who blames violence on TV for her son's murder. Paul Lynch, director of film and television, Phil Swann, editor for Satellite Orbit, and Carole Lieberman, media psychiatrist also participate in the discussion. VC 3042
End of the Road. Educational Video Network, 1993. 1 videocassette 28 minutes. Documentary dealing with the horrors of drug addiction, as drug addicts on the streets of Brooklyn, N.Y. tell their stories. VC 2762
I'm You, You're Me: Women Surviving Prison, Living with AIDS. Women Make Movies, 1993. 1 videocassette 26 minutes. Presents an overview of the AIDs support and educational program run by the inmates at the Bedford Hills Maximum Security Prison, New York. The inmates talk about their need to understand the disease and its effects on their physical, social and legal status (as inmates, mothers, etc.). We see the prison group supplying these answers and providing support and encouragement to the individuals. VC 2279
Secret Addictions: Women, Drugs & Alcohol. MTI Film & Video, 1991. 1 videocassette 35 minutes. In every socioeconomic class, there are women who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol. What they have in common is a tendency to hide their addictions, for reasons that range from personal to social. In this video some of these women tell their stories. Also offers insights from experts involved in recovery programs for women addicts. VC 3305
Chemical Health. Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Drug Policy, 1990. 1 videocassette 43 minutes. Five segments that with the facilitator's guide, are designed to generate ideas, debate, and ultimately, community action to prevent, through education, chemical drug abuse by people of all ages. VC 1806
Understanding the Courts. The Commission, 1990. 1 videocassette 35 minutes. Overview of the U.S. judicial system, focusing on the state court level. Features interviews with legal professionals and illustrates concepts with dramatizations of courtroom proceedings. VC 2526
L.A. Justice. Films for the Humanities, 1989. 1 videocassette 58 minutes. View of the Los Angeles County court system with emphasis on the overwhelming backlog. Gives portraits of a judge, public defender, bounty hunter, prosecutor and defense attorney. VC 1709
A Nation of Law? (1968-1971). PBS Video, 1989. 1 videocassette 60 minutes. This video examines the government's response to dissent from the Black Panther Party in Chicago and rebelling inmates at Attica Correctional Facility between 1968 and 1971. Chronicles the FBI's covert program to disrupt and neutralize selected black organizations and explores the call for "law and order" as a campaign issue and as government policy. Documents the activities of an FBI informant in infiltrating the Black Panther Party. VC 1590
To Defend a Killer. Columbia University Seminars on Media & Society, 1989. 1 videocassette 57 minutes. A hypothetical murder case provides the context for discussion by a panel of jurists, journalists, clergy, and scholars of the ethical questions faced by the prosecutors, defense attorneys, defendants, and witnesses involved in the legal proceedings. VC 1393
This Honorable Court. WETA TV, 1988. 2 videocassettes 114 minutes. Pt.1 traces the history of the Supreme Court from its beginnings through some of its landmark cases and into the present. The politics and personalities of outstanding justices are briefly explored. Pt.2 explores the traditions and processes of the courts daily operations. Justices tell why a case is chosen and describe the oral-argument and secret conference process. Extensive comments by lawyers, journalist and scholars included. VC 1253
Crime in the Suites. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1987. 1 videocassette 25 minutes. Discusses the pervasiveness of white-collar crime in America and explores how people use their intelligence and position as weapons to escape with billions of dollars. Interviews author Georgette Bennett and professor Joseph O'Donoghue, Mercy College. Includes personal stories of a criminal and a victim. VC 1486
48 Hours on Crack Street. CBS News, 1986. 1 videocassette 120 minutes. Dan Rather and the CBS news team spend forty-eight hours on the streets filming and interviewing drug dealers and users of crack, a street form of cocaine coming into common use. The program examines the dangers of cocaine/crack addiction and the impact of the drug trade on this country. VC 899
Drug Education. National Institute of Justice, 1986. 1 videocassette 29 minutes. Discusses why people use drugs and the characteristics of effective drug education programs in the schools. Centers on Project DARE in Los Angeles and SPECDA in New York City. VC 1301
Drug Testing. National Institute of Justice, 1986. 1 videocassette 29 minutes. Discusses drug testing, especially urine testing, as a means of determining which prisoners should be released while awaiting trial. VC 1302
Drug Traffic. National Institute of Justice, 1986. 1 videocassette 29 minutes. Discusses strategies used by the government and local law enforcement agencies to control drug trafficking. Focuses on Operation Pressure Point on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. VC 1310
Families and Crime. National Institute of Justice, 1986. 1 videocassette 29 minutes. Explores the relationship between child rearing practices in families and subsequent delinquency and crime. Discusses various methods of helping troubled children and their families prevent the possibility of a life of crime. Focusses on the Oregon Social Learning Center (Eugene, Oregon) programs with case studies. VC 1307
From Victim to Survivor. Filmakers Library, 1986. 1 videocassette 29 minutes. Three survivors of sexual assault, two women and one man, relate their experience and its impact on their lives. VC 1922
House Arrest. National Institute of Justice, 1986. 1 videocassette 29 minutes. A discussion of the use of house arrest as an alternative to probation and imprisonment. Major discussion centers on the Community Control system set up in Florida. VC 1304
Private Prisons. National Institute of Justice, 1986. 1 videocassette 29 minutes. A discussion of the pros and cons of allowing private business to own and operate prison systems for the government. Presents a case study of Bay County, Florida that has contracted its prison system to private contractors. VC 1311
Probation. National Institute of Justice, 1986. 1 videocassette 29 minutes. Long Beach and Los Angeles County probation systems serve as discussion points on the number of convicted felons on probation, new crimes committed by probationers, other state programs, success rate of probation and the heavy workloads of probation officers. VC 1309
Red Flags: What Every Manager Should Know About Internal Crime. The Institute, 1986. 1 videocassette 35 minutes. Explores the methods and motives of three actual collar criminals who violated the positions of trust they held with their employers. Highlights the early warning signals of possible white-collar crime. VC 1350
Restitution & Community Service. National Institute of Justice, 1986. 1 videocassette 29 minutes. A discussion of restitution and community service programs for offenders. Shows examples from a program in Quincy, Mass. VC 1308
What Works. National Institute of Justice, 1986. 1 videocassette 29 minutes. Research designed to test the effectiveness of police methods in combating crime and disorder while treating citizens fairly and living within the police budget are presented. The three projects researched are: routine preventive police patrol; best use of police power, and domestic violence calls. VC 1306
Death Penalty. National Institute of Justice, 1985. 1 videocassette 28 minutes. Discussion of the death penalty and its use as a deterrent to crime. VC 1314
Domestic Violence. National Institute of Justice, 1985. 1 videocassette 28 minutes. Examines the dangers to police officers that stem from investigating domestic violence calls. Discusses, based on pilot programs, what method provides a permanent solution: arrest of abuser, counseling of both parties, and/or separation. VC 1313
Gun Control. National Institute of Justice, 1985. 1 videocassette 28 minutes. Discussion of the pro and con issues involved in the gun control controversy, and how they affect criminal justice. VC 1303
Inside the Jury Room. PBS Video, 1985. 1 videocassette 60 minutes. Program of an actual jury deciding a case of illegal gun possession (State of Wisconsin vs. Leroy Reed). VC 839
Rape Culture. Cambridge Documentary Films, 1985. 1 videocassette 35 minutes. Considers the phenomenon of rape in relation to the cultural and social forces that produce rapists and rape victims. Includes the opinions of convicted rapists, rape crisis center workers, and others associated with the problem. VC 690
TV & Violence. National Institute of Justice, 1985. 1 videocassette 28 minutes. Discusses correlation of violence on TV to criminal behavior based on results of current research projects. VC 1312
Crime and Punishments. Texture Films, Inc., 1984. 1 videocassette 60 minutes. As part of a telecourse on constitutional rights and public policy, this video addresses the conflicts that exist between constitutional guarantees against cruel and unusual punishment and the realities of the American penal system. Includes panel discussion by legislators, government officials, jurists, penal officers, media representatives, and others on such issues as prison overcrowding, the purpose of punishment, the death penalty, and the role of the media. Includes commentary by series originator Fred W. Friendly and retired Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart. VC 771
Criminal Justice and a Defendant's Right to a Fair Trial. Media and Society Seminars of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 1984. 1 videocassette 58 minutes. This seminar was made up of judges, lawyers, prosecutors, law enforcement officials, majors and journalists who engaged in a dialogue exploring the trade-offs of a society trying to control crime yet preserve individual freedoms. VC 587
On Television. The Violence Factor. California Newsreel, 1984. 1 videocassette 59 minutes. Host Edwin Newman explores the impact of television violence on viewers, especially on young children, through interviews with actors, network executives, media analysts, mental health researchers, children, and interested adults. VC 2301
Old Enough to do Time. International Production Center, 1983. 1 videocassette 55 minutes. Travanti discusses juvenile delinquency problems, particularly in New York. Covers the justice system, handling of children's cases now and in the past, use of adult systems, differences between adult and juvenile systems, including illustrations, case studies and interviews with judges, children and lawyers. VC 560
Rape Culture: [update]. Cambridge Documentary Films, 1983. 1 videocassette 35 minutes. Examines popular films, advertising, music, and "adult entertainment" that supports the myth that women want to be raped and considers the phenomenon of rape in relation to the cultural and social forces that produce rapists and rape victims. Includes the opinions of convicted rapists, rape crisis center workers, and others associated with the problem. VC 1487
Children of Violence. Quest Productions, 1982. 1 videocassette 56 minutes. A documentary that focuses on the violence of life in an Oakland, Calif., barrio, as seen through daily events involving four teenage brothers and their mother who moves from the kitchen, to juvenile hall, to the hospital where two of her sons are recovering from gunshot wounds. Cinema verite, over the shoulder style. VC 735
Sex and the Law, I. University of Minnesota, 1981. 1 videocassette 59 minutes. Iver Bogen talks with sex offenders at Lino Lakes Correctional Center about their home life, crimes, and experiences at the Center. VC 494
Sex and the Law, II. University of Minnesota, 1981. 1 videocassette 47 minutes. Iver Bogen presents an overview of problems with U.S. Constitutional moral law; talks with Linda Ojala, legal consultant for the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union about the influence of religion on moral laws and the problems this causes for the accused; talks with attorney Marc Kurzman about the problems of social perspectives and legal interpretations of the moral laws governing pornography. VC 415
Sex Offender Issues. University of Minnesota, 1981. 1 videocassette 30 minutes. Iver Bogen talks with Richard Seally about male sex offenders, the social concepts, the meaning of the term, and the age of offenders. VC 419
Sex Offenders: A Treatment Model. University of Minnesota, 1981. 1 videocassette 31 minutes. Iver Bogen talks with Richard Seally about different types of treatment for sex offenders, and how their attitudes and cultural backgrounds affect treatment. VC 418
Sex Offenders: Therapeutic Strategies and a Personal View. University of Minnesota, 1981. 1 videocassette 58 minutes. Iver Bogen talks with Nancy Steele about sex offenders in general, and the treatment center at Lino Lakes. Bogen interviews an inmate of Lino Lakes about family background and causes behind crime. VC 420
Sexual Abuse of Children: Touch Continuum. University of Minnesota, 1981. 1 videocassette 59 minutes. Iver Bogen talks with Cordelia Kent about how she relates her applied theater program to sexual abuse of children; discusses the crime in general. VC 421
Sexual Assault and its Victims. University of Minnesota, 1981. 1 videocassette 56 minutes. Iver Bogen, Peggy Specktor and Sharon Sayles talk about the problems of rape and its victims. VC 422
Chemical Free Alternatives. University of Minnesota, 1980's. 1 videocassette 50 minutes. Lecture by Dr. Brantner on the characteristics of chemical dependence and altered states of consciousness, discussing advantages and disadvantages. He suggests methods of attaining hightened consciousness without the use of chemical agents. VC 608
Inside Women Inside. Third World Newsreel, 1978. 1 videocassette 28 minutes. Female inmates discuss the problems of life in prison. VC 2449
Arson Recognition. Corporate Relations Audio Visual Services, 1960. 1 videocassette 23 minutes. Teaches field claim agents how to pinpoint techniques used by arsonists to start fires, by examining structural remains, taking photographs, and talking with fire department and law enforcement personnel and with witnesses. VC 17
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