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Dealing with offending behaviour

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I shook hands with the man who nearly killed me | Life Changing

I shook hands with the man who nearly killed me | Life Changing

BBC Radio 4 | 2025 | 27'45''

MP Paul Kohler, the victim of a savage assault in his home, describes how his worldview was changed by facing...

3: Interrogation | Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us

3: Interrogation | Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us

BBC Two | 2019 | 59'00''

The story of how a 1970s miscarriage of justice involving three teenage boys would lead to a radica...

2: Double Jeopardy | Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us

2: Double Jeopardy | Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us

BBC Two | 2019 | 59'03''

Shocked by the failure to convict her daughter's killer, a mother fights for justice by taking on...

1: DNA | Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us

1: DNA | Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us

BBC Two | 2019 | 58'54''

The story of the hunt to find the killer of two teenage girls in 1980s Leicestershire which led to an extraor...

4: Tyranny | The Experiment (2002)

4: Tyranny | The Experiment (2002)

BBC Two | 2002 | 58'47''

Fifteen men are locked up for eight days in a purpose-built prison so that psychologists can investigate the nature of power. Tonight the ...

3: Rebellion | The Experiment (2002)

3: Rebellion | The Experiment (2002)

BBC Two | 2002 | 58'48''

3/4-part documentary series in which fifteen men are locked up for eight days in a purpose-built prison to enable psychologists to study...

2: Order | The Experiment (2002)

2: Order | The Experiment (2002)

BBC Two | 2002 | 58'53''

1/4 prt documentary series in which 14 men are divided into inmates & guards & locked up for 8 days in purpose-built jail. The effects of in...

1: Conflict | The Experiment (2002)

1: Conflict | The Experiment (2002)

BBC Two | 2002 | 58'52''

1/4 prt documentary series in which 14 men are divided into inmates & guards & locked up for 8 days in purpose-built jail. The effects of...

Episode 3 | Canny Cops

Episode 3 | Canny Cops

BBC One | 2019 | 38'27''

Heroin addicts Ashlea and Reece been been arrested multiple times, and police have had enough of their repeat offending.

Episode 1 | Canny Cops

Episode 1 | Canny Cops

BBC One | 2019 | 45'44''

A local cop takes on a well-known resident and her housemate who's heading to jail for the first time.

Episode 2 | Canny Cops

Episode 2 | Canny Cops

BBC One | 2019 | 46'58''

A local cop takes on a well-known resident, and a stabbing suspect goes on the run.

1: Victorian Spies | The History Of Surveillance

1: Victorian Spies | The History Of Surveillance

Channel 4 | 2001 | 52'01''

Jeremy Bentham’s revolutionary prison, the Panopticon, where all inmates were constantly visible, spawned a culture of mug-s...

Punishment or rehabilitation? | Would That Work Here?

Punishment or rehabilitation? | Would That Work Here?

BBC Radio 4 | 2014 | 2'49''

Discussion about the differences between the prison system in Norway and the UK - are prisons meant for punishment, reh...

Open prisons and rehabilitation | Would That Work Here?

Open prisons and rehabilitation | Would That Work Here?

BBC Radio 4 | 2014 | 4'43''

Focusing on Bastoy, open prisons in Norway follow the principle of normality and preparing for release.

Prison rehabilitation scheme | The Prison Restaurant

Prison rehabilitation scheme | The Prison Restaurant

BBC One | 2011 | 3'11''

A unique rehabilitation scheme where prisoners work as chefs and waiters in a real restaurant inside the grounds of the ...

Restorative justice as rehabilitation | Can Criminals Say Sorry?

Restorative justice as rehabilitation | Can Criminals Say Sorry?

BBC Three | 2014 | 5'16''

The restorative justice approach can lead to cooperation and reform. A former criminal talks how the process...

Evil place vs good people | The Stanford Prison Experiment

Evil place vs good people | The Stanford Prison Experiment

BBC Two | 2002 | 2'32''

Zimbardo explains the conclusions that he came to from the Stanford prison experiment about whether it was the sit...

Footage from the Stanford prison experiment | The Stanford Prison Experiment

Footage from the Stanford prison experiment | The Stanford Prison Experiment

BBC Two | 2002 | 1'53''

Real footage and interview with a participant showing what it was like to be in the Stanford pri...

Zimbardo explains the experiment | The Stanford Prison Experiment

Zimbardo explains the experiment | The Stanford Prison Experiment

BBC Two | 2002 | 1'30''

Zimbardo shows how the Stanford prison experiment was set up and what it aimed to show.

Restorative justice | What Point Prison? The Debate

Restorative justice | What Point Prison? The Debate

BBC Radio 4 | 2016 | 4'46''

An alternative to prison could be restorative justice and we hear a story of when it worked.
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Offender profiling

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Expert witnesses | Panorama

Expert witnesses | Panorama

BBC One | 2014 | 1'56''

Further examples of expert witnesses and the role they play in court cases.

Handwriting analysis | Panorama

Handwriting analysis | Panorama

BBC One | 2014 | 2'25''

A graphologist is asked for help to cast doubt on someone's handwriting even though she knows they are guilty.

Expert witness bias | Panorama

Expert witness bias | Panorama

BBC One | 2014 | 5'51''

An expert witness is approached to 'help' provide evidence and advice to a guilty defendant.

Fingerprint analysis example | Panorama

Fingerprint analysis example | Panorama

BBC One | 2006 | 2'20''

Watch an example of fingerprint analysis in action and what they are looking for when comparing prints.

Fingerprint evidence in court | Panorama

Fingerprint evidence in court | Panorama

BBC One | 2006 | 1'00''

How fingerprint evidence is accepted and allowed to be presented in court.

Collecting fingerprint evidence | Panorama

Collecting fingerprint evidence | Panorama

BBC One | 2006 | 43''

A description of how fingerprints are collected.

The problems of fingerprint analysis | Panorama

The problems of fingerprint analysis | Panorama

BBC One | 2006 | 17'43''

Details of the police cases where a fingerprint was incorrectly identified and an innocent person blamed for a crime they did...

Testosterone, serotonin and violence | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Testosterone, serotonin and violence | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

BBC Four | 2015 | 5'33''

Professor Dabbs and Dr Higley provide evidence of the role of testosterone and serotonin in vio...

Childhood experience and violent crime | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Childhood experience and violent crime | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

BBC Four | 2015 | 4'21''

Scientists explain how different childhood experiences and socialisation can lead to an indiv...

Brain areas and aggression | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Brain areas and aggression | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

BBC Four | 2015 | 5'36''

Dr Raine's research into aggression showed the important role of different brain areas including the pre-...

Early biological theories of aggression | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Early biological theories of aggression | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

BBC Four | 2015 | 7'03''

Lombrosso's early ideas about the biological basis for criminal behaviour and the subsequent...

Fingerprints in the Dock | Panorama

Fingerprints in the Dock | Panorama

BBC One | 2006 | 38'28''

Investigation into a routine murder inquiry in a Scottish town that led to two people being wrongly accused of serious crimes.

Lombroso's Theories of Crime | The Mystery Of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Lombroso's Theories of Crime | The Mystery Of Murder: A Horizon Guide

BBC Four | 2021 | 2'12''

When looking at the reasons why people offend, Lombroso, a scientist in the 19th century, believed he h...

The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

BBC Four | 2015 | 59'05''

Michael Mosley uses the BBC archives to chart scientists' progress as they probed the mind of the murderer to try to understand why pe...

Meet the Burglars | Panorama

Meet the Burglars | Panorama

BBC One | 2011 | 29'09''

Victims of burglary being offered opportunity to meet their burglars in a controversial scheme aimed at empowering victims and potentially cut l...

Undercover: Justice for Sale? | Panorama

Undercover: Justice for Sale? | Panorama

BBC One | 2014 | 29'15''

An investigation by Panorama discovers experts in handwriting, CCTV analysis and animal behaviour prepared to help clients hide the ...

Tough Justice in Britain -Texas Style | Panorama

Tough Justice in Britain -Texas Style | Panorama

BBC News | 2015 | 29'07''

Could Texas help the United Kingdom bring down its prison population, currently the highest in western Europe, Panorama join...

Jill Dando: The Jury's Out | Panorama

Jill Dando: The Jury's Out | Panorama

BBC One | 2007 | 29'10''

Raphael Rowe investigates claims that the forensic evidence which lead to the conviction of Barry George for the murder of Jill Dando i...

The Maguires: Forensic Science on Trial | Antenna

The Maguires: Forensic Science on Trial | Antenna

BBC Two | 1991 | 36'16''

The Maguires were imprisoned on forensic evidence which is now discredited. Helena Kennedy QC looks at the use of science a...

Gangs, Guns and Knives: The Search For Solutions

Gangs, Guns and Knives: The Search For Solutions

BBC Radio 4 | 2008 | 27'47''

Winifred Robinson looks at attempts to combat gun and knife crime. With the issue now high on the political agenda, many dif...
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Psychological explanations of offending behaviour

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Testosterone, serotonin and violence | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Testosterone, serotonin and violence | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

BBC Four | 2015 | 5'33''

Professor Dabbs and Dr Higley provide evidence of the role of testosterone and serotonin in vio...

Childhood experience and violent crime | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Childhood experience and violent crime | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

BBC Four | 2015 | 4'21''

Scientists explain how different childhood experiences and socialisation can lead to an indiv...

Brain areas and aggression | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Brain areas and aggression | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

BBC Four | 2015 | 5'36''

Dr Raine's research into aggression showed the important role of different brain areas including the pre-...

Early biological theories of aggression | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Early biological theories of aggression | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

BBC Four | 2015 | 7'03''

Lombrosso's early ideas about the biological basis for criminal behaviour and the subsequent...

Lombroso's Theories of Crime | The Mystery Of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Lombroso's Theories of Crime | The Mystery Of Murder: A Horizon Guide

BBC Four | 2021 | 2'12''

When looking at the reasons why people offend, Lombroso, a scientist in the 19th century, believed he h...

The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

BBC Four | 2015 | 59'05''

Michael Mosley uses the BBC archives to chart scientists' progress as they probed the mind of the murderer to try to understand why pe...

Psychopath | Science Of Crime

Psychopath | Science Of Crime

Channel 4 | 2000 | 49'17''

Through personal testimonies, this investigation into the science of crime explores what makes psychopaths commit their crimes.

Wot U Looking At? | Horizon

Wot U Looking At? | Horizon

BBC Two | 1993 | 57'10''

Program looking at the causes of violence, feauring interviews with men and boys with a record of violence both in USA and in England. But should...

Banged up and Left to Fail?

Banged up and Left to Fail?

BBC Three | 2014 | 57'06''

Student Natalie, who was repeatedly in and out of the criminal justice system during her teens, explores the impact being locked up has had on yo...

A Different Brain | Louis Theroux

A Different Brain | Louis Theroux

Forensic Psychology | BBC Two | 2016 | 58'41''

Louis takes a look at the issues that some of the estimated one million people in the UK living with the long-term effects of a brain injur...

Episode 3 | The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story

Episode 3 | The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story

Crime and Deviance | BBC Four | 2018 | 58'55''

Gillian Pachter looks at Ruth's execution and the last-minute attempts to save her life, though Ruth herself was...

Episode 2 | The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story

Episode 2 | The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story

Crime and Deviance | BBC Four | 2018 | 58'56''

In part two, Gillian turns her attention to Ruth's trial, which took just a day and a half. Her lawyer pursued a...

Episode 1 | The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story

Episode 1 | The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story

Crime and Deviance | BBC Four | 2018 | 59'00''

Series re-examining the Ruth Ellis case. Gillian Pachter takes a forensic look at the police investigation and d...

Timothy Evans and Derek Bentley | The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story

Timothy Evans and Derek Bentley | The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story

Crime and Deviance | BBC Four | 2018 | 1'31''

The narrator discusses the introduction of the defence of diminished responsibility in Eng...

The Experiment (2001)

The Experiment (2001)

Dealing with offending behaviour | BBC Two | 2009 | 1'52'35''

Drama based on the infamous 1971 Stanford Prison experiment. A makeshift prison is set up in a research laboratory, and participants are hired to play ...

Introduction to attachment | In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind

Introduction to attachment | In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind

Crime Scene to Courtroom | BBC Radio 4 | 2014 | 5'47''

The key theories of Lorenz, Bowlby and Harlow are explained in this introduction to...

What Point Prison? The Debate

What Point Prison? The Debate

Crime and Deviance | BBC Radio 4 | 2016 | 42'43''

Stephen Sackur chairs a debate about the role of prison in the 21st century. He is joined by a panel of experts and an invited audience at the ...

Restorative justice process | Can Criminals Say Sorry?

Restorative justice process | Can Criminals Say Sorry?

Crime and Deviance | BBC Three | 2014 | 6'48''

Watch a restorative justice conference in action and how a well planned and supported meeting can help the situation t...

Women in prison | What Point Prison? The Debate

Women in prison | What Point Prison? The Debate

Crime and Deviance | BBC Radio 4 | 2016 | 4'46''

Women in prisons can have different outcomes and effects compared to men in prison.

Should prisons be tougher? | What Point Prison? The Debate

Should prisons be tougher? | What Point Prison? The Debate

Crime and Deviance | BBC Radio 4 | 2016 | 2'05''

A discussion about whether prisons should be tougher for inmates in order to be seen as a real deterrent.

The role of prisons | What Point Prison? The Debate

The role of prisons | What Point Prison? The Debate

Crime and Deviance | BBC Radio 4 | 2016 | 2'06''

A debate about what the role and point of prisons are in the UK. Is it a punishment or deterrent?

The Brandon Mayfield case | Fingerprints on Trial

The Brandon Mayfield case | Fingerprints on Trial

Crime Scene to Courtroom | BBC Radio 4 | 2011 | 3'30''

The Brandon Mayfield case of a wrongful conviction based solely on finger print evidence that was later found not to be a m...

Fingerprint analysis and bias | Fingerprints on Trial

Fingerprint analysis and bias | Fingerprints on Trial

Crime Scene to Courtroom | BBC Radio 4 | 2011 | 8'52''

Introduction to forensic evidence and fingerprint collection and analysis including cognitive biases.

Zero tolerance policing | CrimeBeat

Zero tolerance policing | CrimeBeat

Crime and Deviance | BBC One | 1997 | 6'51''

Middlesborough named the zero-tolerance capital of Britain for adopting strict policing methods pioneered in NYC.

Neighbourhood watch schemes | CrimeBeat

Neighbourhood watch schemes | CrimeBeat

Crime and Deviance | BBC One | 1997 | 5'16''

An explanation of how Neighbourhood Watch schemes have been introduced and the impact they make to local crime rates.

Citizen patrols | CrimeBeat

Citizen patrols | CrimeBeat

Crime and Deviance | BBC One | 1997 | 3'56''

An explanation of how citizen patrols have been set up to reduce crime in the local area where police patrols are not available.

Eyewitness testimony | David Wilson’s Crime Files

Eyewitness testimony | David Wilson’s Crime Files

Crime Scene to Courtroom | BBC Scotland | 2021 | 3'47''

The problems of eye witness testimony and the effect of leading questions.

Norway’s Prison Regime | Would That Work Here?

Norway’s Prison Regime | Would That Work Here?

Crime and Deviance | BBC Radio 4 | 2014 | 42'27''

The re-offending rate of Norway's prisoners is 20 per cent, the lowest in Western Europe. Claire Bolderson asks what the...

The Prison Restaurant

The Prison Restaurant

Dealing with offending behaviour | BBC One | 2011 | 50'04''

Documentary going behind-the-scenes at The Clink, a restaurant located within the walls of HMP High Down Prison and mostly staffed by convicted criminals.

Can Criminals Say Sorry?

Can Criminals Say Sorry?

Crime and Deviance | BBC Three | 2014 | 57'00''

Former EastEnders star Brooke Kinsella explores the use of restorative justice in Britain today and finds out what happens when offenders and their ...

S1E5: Miscarriages of Justice | David Wilson’s Crime Files

S1E5: Miscarriages of Justice | David Wilson’s Crime Files

Crime Scene to Courtroom | BBC Scotland | 2021 | 58'01''

Criminologist David Wilson investigates the reasons why blatant miscarriages of justice occur examining case...

Fingerprints on Trial | Panorama

Fingerprints on Trial | Panorama

Crime and Punishment | BBC One | 2002 | 38'45''

Shelley Jofre re-examines the case of Alan McNamara (convicted of burglary on the strength of a single fingerprint) with fresh forensic evid...

The Criminal Mind | In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind

The Criminal Mind | In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind

Crime Scene to Courtroom | BBC Radio 4 | 2014 | 13'24''

Martin Sixsmith explores criminal responsibility, witness suggestibility and the role of neu...

Zero Tolerance | Crime Beat

Zero Tolerance | Crime Beat

Crime and Deviance | BBC One | 1997 | 28'59''

Martyn Lewis visits Middlesbrough, where so-called zero tolerance policies have reduced crime by 25% in just 8 months. A council estate in Northu...

Prisons | Crime – Are We Tough Enough?

Prisons | Crime – Are We Tough Enough?

Crime and Deviance | BBC One | 2020 | 43'53''

Chris Daw and Ayesha Nayyar look at what role our prisons should play in the fight against crime.

Behind Bars | Youth Nation: Changing the World

Behind Bars | Youth Nation: Changing the World

Crime and Deviance | BBC Two | 2003 | 1'59'15''

Richard Blackwood hosts youth talk show about young people in prison, discussing what young people need after prison and how t...

Kids Behind Bars

Kids Behind Bars

Crime and Punishment | BBC One | 2001 | 1'35'29''

Documentary about youngsters in prison and correctional institutions in Britain and around the world. Some children are serving heavy sentences for petty of...

The Stanford Prison Experiment

The Stanford Prison Experiment

Dealing with offending behaviour | BBC Two | 2002 | 29'08''

In 1971, a group of American student volunteers adopted the roles of prisoners and guards in a specially controlled environment - it was quick...

10/05/2016 | Science Cafe

10/05/2016 | Science Cafe

Clinical Psychology | BBC Radio Wales | 2016 | 27'01''

Adam Walton looks at the work of the National Centre for Mental Health in Cardiff, where scientists are exploring the question of whether genes aff...
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