MP Paul Kohler, the victim of a savage assault in his home, describes how his worldview was changed by facing...
The story of how a 1970s miscarriage of justice involving three teenage boys would lead to a ...
Shocked by the failure to convict her daughter's killer, a mother fights for justice by tak...
The story of the hunt to find the killer of two teenage girls in 1980s Leicestershire which led to an e...
Fifteen men are locked up for eight days in a purpose-built prison so that psychologists can investigate the nature of power. Tonight the ...
3/4-part documentary series in which fifteen men are locked up for eight days in a purpose-built prison to enable psychologists to study...
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...
1/4 prt documentary series in which 14 men are divided into inmates & guards & locked up for 8 days in purpose-built jail. The effects of...
Heroin addicts Ashlea and Reece been been arrested multiple times, and police have had enough of their repeat offending.
A local cop takes on a well-known resident, and a stabbing suspect goes on the run.
A local cop takes on a well-known resident and her housemate who's heading to jail for the first time.
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 ...
Jeremy Bentham’s revolutionary prison, the Panopticon, where all inmates were constantly visible, spawned a culture of mug-s...
Discussion about the differences between the prison system in Norway and the UK - are prisons meant for punishment, reh...
Focusing on Bastoy, open prisons in Norway follow the principle of normality and preparing for release.
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 ...
A unique rehabilitation scheme where prisoners work as chefs and waiters in a real restaurant inside the grounds of the ...
The restorative justice approach can lead to cooperation and reform. A former criminal talks how the process...
Watch a restorative justice conference in action and how a well planned and supported meeting can help the situation t...
Zimbardo explains the conclusions that he came to from the Stanford prison experiment about whether it was the sit...
Real footage and interview with a participant showing what it was like to be in the Stanford pri...
Zimbardo shows how the Stanford prison experiment was set up and what it aimed to show.
An alternative to prison could be restorative justice and we hear a story of when it worked.
Women in prisons can have different outcomes and effects compared to men in prison.
A discussion about whether prisons should be tougher for inmates in order to be seen as a real deterrent.
A debate about what the role and point of prisons are in the UK. Is it a punishment or deterrent?
Further examples of expert witnesses and the role they play in court cases.
A graphologist is asked for help to cast doubt on someone's handwriting even though she knows they are guilty.
Watch an example of fingerprint analysis in action and what they are looking for when comparing prints.
How fingerprint evidence is accepted and allowed to be presented in court.
A description of how fingerprints are collected.
Details of the police cases where a fingerprint was incorrectly identified and an innocent person blamed for a crime they did...
An expert witness is approached to 'help' provide evidence and advice to a guilty defendant.
Middlesborough named the zero-tolerance capital of Britain for adopting strict policing methods pioneered in NYC.
An explanation of how Neighbourhood Watch schemes have been introduced and the impact they make to local crime rates.
An explanation of how citizen patrols have been set up to reduce crime in the local area where police patrols are not available.
The re-offending rate of Norway's prisoners is 20 per cent, the lowest in Western Europe. Claire Bolderson asks what the...
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.
Former EastEnders star Brooke Kinsella explores the use of restorative justice in Britain today and finds out what happens when offenders and their ...
Victims of burglary being offered opportunity to meet their burglars in a controversial scheme aimed at empowering victims and potentially cut l...
An investigation by Panorama discovers experts in handwriting, CCTV analysis and animal behaviour prepared to help clients hide the ...
Investigation into a routine murder inquiry in a Scottish town that led to two people being wrongly accused of serious crimes.
Criminologist David Wilson investigates the reasons why blatant miscarriages of justice occur examining case...
Raphael Rowe investigates claims that the forensic evidence which lead to the conviction of Barry George for the murder of Jill D...
Shelley Jofre re-examines the case of Alan McNamara (convicted of burglary on the strength of a single fingerprint) with fresh forensic evid...
Martyn Lewis visits Middlesbrough, where so-called zero tolerance policies have reduced crime by 25% in just 8 months. A council estate in Northu...
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...
Could Texas help the United Kingdom bring down its prison population, currently the highest in western Europe, Panorama join...
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