LibGuides: Criminal Justice: Video

Criminology & Theory

Understanding Crime and Upholding Safety by Seven Dimensions In this video, retired detective Colin McLaren discusses with Eve Ash how workplaces can be sitting ducks for crimes such as theft, dishonesty and cyberattacks. He advocates ramping up security, investing in the right applications and consultants, and clamping down on abuse of privilege. Having strong policies and rules about use of company cars and credit cards is essential. So too are standard operating protocols (SOPs) and random checks for pornography, drugs and alcohol. With social media, less (information) is best. Check people’s backgrounds and ensure strong audit trails and double-checking for those with discretion over company money.
Publication Date: 2019

Social Theory and Crime For many criminologists, you can't explain crime just by looking at the characteristics offenders, you also have to consider the role social, cultural & environmental influences. This film brilliantly captures the essence of three of the major social theories of crime and looks at their continuing relevance to the study and control of crime in contemporary societies.
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ShortCuts TV
Date Added:
07/18/2018
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© 2018

Criminal Profiling by ShortcutsTV - Films on Demand An area that’s captured the public imagination from tv shows like Mindhunter and Criminal Minds is criminal profiling. But what’s the reality behind the hype? What is criminal profiling? What do profilers do? Does profiling work? In this film we address these questions through contemporary UK profilers and psychologists, look at some famous case studies and examine different approaches to criminal offender profiling.
Publication Date: 2020

Prisons and Jails

Writing Wrongs: The Pioneering New York Prison Program Transforming Lives by Guardian News & Media Ltd. In the Bronx, the Prison Writes program provides therapeutic writing workshops for people trying to get back on their feet after incarceration. Humberto, 16, is trying to get back into school after a period in Rikers Island prison. Across the city, Justin uses writing to move on from his history as a gang member, and his experiences in the criminal justice system. Can they leave their past mistakes behind?
Publication Date: 2017
Turning a Felon's Life Around by HBO After being arrested eight times before he turned sixteen, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson transformed his life through hard work and discipline. Instead of serving long prison sentences, young felons can attend Miami-Dade County Boot Camp, which has a high rate of rehabilitation. Johnson addresses the new cadets of the program. (Credits) An HBO Production.
Publication Date: 2017
Life Inside Jail: Hell on Earth Series by BBC With full and exclusive access to one of New York’s largest jails, this two-part series reveals the reality of life in the American prison system. In America, before you are convicted of any crime, you are sent to one of the nation’s 3,000 county jails. Conditions are seriously tough – innocent people mix with petty thieves, serial killers and violent gang members while they wait for their cases to go to court. All are locked up together in a melting pot of boredom and frustration. Featuring the stories of Albany County Jail’s inmates, both male and female, as well as the officers charged with keeping order. We follow some cases to court (including a murderer facing life imprisonment) and have behind the scenes action as the case unfolds. The series provides a remarkable personal, emotional and intimate insight into a world behind bars.
Publication Date: 2017
True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality by HBO - Films on Demand This feature documentary follows Bryan Stevenson – lawyer and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative – through his experiences as a capital defense attorney and advocate for community-based reform. Interweaving watershed moments from Stevenson’s cases with insights from his clients, colleagues and members of his family, the film focuses on Stevenson’s life and career – particularly his indictment of the U.S. criminal-justice system for its role in codifying modern systemic racism – and tracks the intertwined histories of slavery, lynching, segregation and mass incarceration. Offering intimate access to Stevenson as he reflects on the transformative moments in his career, the film chronicles his work in Alabama, the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement and home to the Equal Justice Initiative, as well as the early influences that drove him to become an advocate for the poor and the incarcerated. Illuminating the power of memory in cultural change, True Justice instills hope of a brighter American future through the insights of this remarkable pioneer.
Publication Date: 2019
Ken Burns Presents: College Behind Bars - A Film by Lynn Novick by PBS This four-part series tells the story of a small group of incarcerated men and women struggling to earn college degrees and turn their lives around in one of the most rigorous and effective prison education programs in the United States - the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI). Shot over four years in maximum and medium security prisons in New York State, the programs take viewers on a stark and intimate journey into one of the most pressing issues of our time - our failure to provide meaningful rehabilitation for the over two million Americans living behind bars. Through the personal stories of the students and their families, the film reveals the transformative power of higher education and puts a human face on America's criminal justice crisis. It raises questions we urgently need to address: What is prison for? Who has access to educational opportunity? Who among us is capable of academic excellence? How can we have justice without redemption?
Publication Date: 2019

Law Enforcement

I Love Being a Police Officer, but We Need Reform by Melvin Russel We've invested so much in police departments as protectors that we have forgotten what it means to serve our communities, says Baltimore Police officer Lt. Colonel Melvin Russell. It's led to coldness and callousness, and it's dehumanized the police force. After taking over as district commander in one of Baltimore's toughest neighborhoods, Russell instituted a series of reforms aimed at winning back the trust of the community and lowering the violent crime rate. "Law enforcement is in a crisis," he says. "But it's not too late for all of us to build our cities and nation to make it great again. Originally released by TED Conferences LLC., 2016. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 17, 2017.
Publication Date: TED
U.S. Prosecutors Have Too Much Power: A Debate by Intelligence Squared Prosecutors in the U.S. criminal justice system wield considerable power, controlling secret grand jury proceedings, choosing who gets tried, and determining the specific charges against people who are arrested. Many credit prosecutors for putting lawbreakers behind bars, lowering the nation's crime rate, and making communities safer. Critics, however, charge that prosecutors often abuse their power, pressuring defendants to wrongly accept plea bargains, undermining the right to a trial by jury, and fueling public skepticism regarding equal justice. Do prosecutors in the United States have too much power?
Publication Date: 2015
Traffic Stop by HBO From the two-time Peabody Award-winning team of director Kate Davis and producer David Heilbroner (The Newburgh Sting, Stonewall Uprising), this haunting and compelling Academy Award®-nominated, 30-minute, documentary short tells the story of Breaion King, a 26-year-old African-American school teacher from Austin, Texas, who was stopped in 2015 for a routine traffic violation—an encounter that escalated into a dramatic and violent arrest. Caught on police dashcams, the 108 pound Breaion (who had never been arrested before) is seen pulled from her parked car by the white arresting officer, repeatedly slammed to the ground, handcuffed, and placed into the back of the police car with the help of a second officer. En route to jail in a squad car, Breaion engages in a revealing conversation with the escorting officer about race and law enforcement in America. Footage from the disturbing incident is juxtaposed with scenes from Breaion’s everyday life as a schoolteacher and dancer, offering a fuller portrait of the woman who now struggles to make sense of her clash with law enforcement.
Publication Date: 2018
What It's Like to Go Through a Police Interrogation by ABC News
Publication Date: 2017
In this video, former FBI agent and ABC News consultant Brad Garrett undergoes the various tactics police use when interviewing suspects.

Violent Crime Films

The Gang Crackdown by Frontline Some 25 dead bodies have been found on Long Island since September of 2016. Dozens of immigrant teenagers are missing. Who is behind the wave of killings on Long Island - and is law enforcement's crackdown on suspected MS-13 gang members detaining the real culprits, or innocent teens?
Publication Date: 2018
Out of Mind, Out of Sight by National Film Board of Canada What happens to people who suffer from mental illnesses and commit violent crimes? Where do they go? How are they treated? Little is known about the facilities—once called asylums for the criminally insane—to which some of these patients are sent. Now known as forensic psychiatric hospitals, these are institutions inside which patients disappear, away from public view for years. Four-time Emmy winner John Kastner has been granted unprecedented access to one such hospital: the Brockville Mental Health Centre. He filmed inside this facility for 18 months, allowing 46 patients and 75 staff to share their experiences with stunning frankness. The result is two remarkable documentaries. The first, NCR: Not Criminally Responsible (Item #58175), premiered at Hot Docs in the spring of 2013 and follows the story of a violent patient released into the community, much to the alarm of his victim and her family. Kastner’s film returns to the Brockville Mental Health Centre to follow treatment processes normally hidden from the public, profiling four patients—two men and two women—as they struggle to gain control over their lives, so they can return to a society that often fears and demonizes them.
Publication Date: 2016
Murder in Mississippi by BBC Worldwide When a black man was murdered in Jackson, Mississippi, an FBI investigation uncovered a campaign of attacks by local white kids. This episode follows the story of one of the murderers, 18-year-old Sarah Graves, as her family tried to come to terms with what she'd done and why.
Publication Date: 2018

Cybercrime

Stopping Traffic by Collective Eye Films DESCRIPTION With 27 million victims, human trafficking is the second largest criminal enterprise in the world, predominantly victimizing women, with children making up as much as half the statistics. However, this documentary shows that it is not just a back-alley enterprise in Asia and under developed regions of the world, it is also prevalent in industrial nations and—in conflict with closely held beliefs about our society in the United States—right here in our own backyard.
Publication Date: 2019
Cyberhate with Tara Moss by Austrailian Broadcasting Corporation Author, journalist, TV presenter and human rights advocate, Tara Moss, tours the darkest corners of the web to uncover the cyber violence that's impacting so many people today. Moss tells her own story of dealing with online threats and abuse and affirms the positives and negatives of online life. She reveals first-hand stories of cyberhate from others in the public eye and everyday people who have unwillingly been thrust into the spotlight through online attacks.
Publication Date: 2017
Technology's Darker Side by Wall Street Journal How much are cyber and other technology related threats growing? How can companies get ahead of them and react when they strike? Do companies face stricter regulation on privacy and data use?
Publication Date: 2018

Films on Juvenile Crime

Beware The Slender Man by HBO It was a local story that horrified the nation: two 12-year-old girls lured a friend into the Waukesha woods, where they proceeded to stab her 19 times in an effort to appease a faceless mythical entity known online as “Slenderman.” But there’s more to the story than the dark headlines it generated. A sobering documentary that delves deep into the story behind this shocking crime, Beware the Slenderman examines how an Internet urban myth could take root in impressionable young minds, leading to an unspeakable act. Directed by Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky (The Final Inch), the film interweaves an eerie array of Slenderman-inspired art, games and self-produced video culled from the Internet, along with heart-wrenching access to the two girls’ families, courtroom testimony, expert interviews, and interrogation-room footage to cover all sides of this unusual case. Ultimately, Beware the Slenderman reveals how adolescent isolation, mental health, and the nebulous nature of the Internet helped create a dangerous mandate for two young girls, with life-altering consequences for everyone involved. An HBO Production.
Publication Date: 2017
Poetry Helps Youth At A Juvenile Detention Center Find Peace by NewHour Productions Free Write Jail Arts and Literacy aims to help troubled youths in Chicago’s Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center address their personal issues by writing poetry about their circumstances and upbringing. Jeffrey Brown talks with poet Reginald Dwayne Betts, who turned around his life with writing and education after eight and a half years in prison.
Publication Date: 2017

Drug Enforcement Administration/War On Drugs

Meth Storm by HBO
Publication Date: 2017
Warning: This Drug May Kill You by HBO From journalist/producer/director Perri Peltz (HBO’s Risky Drinking), Warning: This Drug May Kill You takes an unflinching look at the devastating effects of opioid addiction in the U.S., profiling four families who have seen their lives tragically changed by abuses involving their loved ones, whose addictions arose due to doctors’ prescriptions of dangerous painkillers. Through the personal and emotional stories of those who have dealt with addiction, either as a user or concerned family member, the film sheds light on the struggles of ordinary people whose lives turned on a dime after minor and major ailments led to the over-prescription of highly addictive opioids, which are often the gateway to heroin. Featuring home videos and pictures that humanize this health crisis, along with important statistics and information about opioid use and treatment, Warning: This Drug May Kill You is an eye-opening account of a terrifying epidemic America faces today, and the toll taken on addicts and their families.
Publication Date: 2017
The Dangerous Battle Against Deadly Fentanyl by HBO
Publication Date: 2017
This synthetic opioid, often mixed with heroin, is so toxic that people easily overdose and drug agents don special suits to handle it.

Criminal Justice

Alison Cook

Georgia

Suggested Video Titles

Criminology & Theory

Prisons and Jails

Law Enforcement

Violent Crime Films

Cybercrime

Films on Juvenile Crime

Drug Enforcement Administration/War On Drugs