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Crime and Deviance

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Crime and ethnicity

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South Africa: 2: Knife Crime ER | Reggie Yates' Extreme

South Africa: 2: Knife Crime ER | Reggie Yates' Extreme

BBC Three | 2014 | 56'48''

In 2013 Reggie Yates spent a week at a Cape Town hospital where, on any weekend, the doctors deal with up to 100 stab...

2: The System | Stephen: The Murder That Changed A Nation

2: The System | Stephen: The Murder That Changed A Nation

BBC One | 2018 | 59'01''

Documentary series examining the murder of Stephen Lawrence. Doreen and Neville Lawrence launch a private murder pr...

3: Corruption and Conviction | Stephen: The Murder That Changed A Nation

3: Corruption and Conviction | Stephen: The Murder That Changed A Nation

BBC One | 2018 | 58'59''

Documentary series examining the murder of Stephen Lawrence. The public inquiry leads to a change in...

1: The Loss of Joy | Stephen: The Murder That Changed A Nation

1: The Loss of Joy | Stephen: The Murder That Changed A Nation

BBC One | 2018 | 58'27''

Documentary series examining the murder of Stephen Lawrence. The first episode focuses on the run-up to Stephe...

Drill On Trial

Drill On Trial

BBC Three | 2023 | 57'14''

Radio 1Xtra DJ Tiffany Calver explores the response to UK drill - a popular but controversial genre of rap - by the authorities, who blame it for a rise in vi...

Gee Walker | Woman's Hour

Gee Walker | Woman's Hour

BBC Radio 4 | 2010 | 12'13''

It is five years since the murder of black teenager, Anthony Walker. At the time of his death, people were in awe of his mother, Gee Walker, who, i...

The Chris Kaba Shooting | Panorama

The Chris Kaba Shooting | Panorama

BBC One | 2024 | 55'45''

With exclusive access to the parents of Chris Kaba, who was shot dead by armed police, Panorama investigates what happened on the night of...

Freedom To Hate? | Heart Of The Matter

Freedom To Hate? | Heart Of The Matter

BBC One | 1993 | 32'54''

Joan Bakewell reports on the power of the BNP in Britain and asks if the right to democracy also includes the right to be racist. Foll...

Why Stephen?: A Black Britain Special Report | Black Britain

Why Stephen?: A Black Britain Special Report | Black Britain

BBC Two | 1999 | 27'58''

Stephen Lawrence wasn't the first black person to be murdered on the streets of Britain, so why has his death to...

The Stephen Lawrence Story

The Stephen Lawrence Story

Channel 4 | 1997 | 52'28''

The story of the Stephen Lawrence trial from the perspective of his family.

Stephen Lawrence: 30 Years On

Stephen Lawrence: 30 Years On

BBC News | 2023 | 9'14''

30 years after the murder of her son, Baroness Lawrence says police are still in denial.

Stabbed: Britain's Knife Crime Crisis

Stabbed: Britain's Knife Crime Crisis

BBC One | 2019 | 57'33''

Twenty-five years after the murder of his friend Stephen Lawrence, Duwayne Brooks explores the current wave of knife crime and the impa...

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...

Do You Trust The Police?

Do You Trust The Police?

BBC One | 2014 | 29'06''

With the Metropolitan Police under renewed scrutiny over the Stephen Lawrence murder and allegations of corruption, 20 Londoners speak to Commission...

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Crime and gender

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4: Glasgow - Dying Young | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

4: Glasgow - Dying Young | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

BBC Scotland | 2019 | 28'58''

In Scotland's largest city, one in four men die younger than anywhere else in the UK - it is called the Glasgow effect....

3: West Dunbartonshire - Worst Place to Be a Woman | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

3: West Dunbartonshire - Worst Place to Be a Woman | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

BBC Scotland | 2019 | 29'02''

West Dunbartonshire is the worst place in Scotland to be a woman, yet the bordering council i...

Battered Baby | Horizon

Battered Baby | Horizon

BBC Two | 1986 | 48'56''

An eight-week-old baby is rush ed to hospital bruised and with a broken arm. Her mother has admitted to "shaking her". Dr Danya Glaser explores the f...

The Morality Of Masculinity | Moral Maze

The Morality Of Masculinity | Moral Maze

BBC Radio 4 | 2021 | 42'46''

Combative, provocative and engaging live debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Anne McElvoy, Melanie Phillips, Ash Sarkar and Matthe...

Episode 2 | Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story

Episode 2 | Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story

BBC Two | 2022 | 59'30''

During the 1970s and 1980s, Mary's campaigns against pornography and 'video nasties' raise her profile still further. But new m...

Locked up with the Lifers | Stacey Dooley

Locked up with the Lifers | Stacey Dooley

BBC Two | 2020 | 58'53''

Stacey Dooley investigates one of the most radical women's prisons in America. She follows eight murderers who are coming to terms ...

Radicalisation of Young Men Online | Inside The Secret World Of Incels

Radicalisation of Young Men Online | Inside The Secret World Of Incels

BBC One | 2019 | 8'35''

An exploration asking does violence online lead to violence offline?<br><br><strong>(Contains sensitiv...

The Consequences of Poor Socialisation | Kids Behind Bars

The Consequences of Poor Socialisation | Kids Behind Bars

BBC Three | 2011 | 10'23''

Children and young people living in a secure residential unit. Explores issues such as poor socialisation, formal a...

The Women of The EDL | EDL Girls: Don't Call Me Racist

The Women of The EDL | EDL Girls: Don't Call Me Racist

BBC Three | 2014 | 16'58''

The EDL's principles and examples of their protests and women's involvement in this.<br><br><strong>(Contains sensitiv...

Hip Hop's Association with Violence | imagine...

Hip Hop's Association with Violence | imagine...

BBC One | 2003 | 17'31''

An exploration of the emergence of hip hop in America, its association with violence and how it influenced the music scene w...

America's Stoned Kids | This World

America's Stoned Kids | This World

BBC Two | 2013 | 58'57''

Professor John Marsden heads to Colorado, which voted to legalise the recreational use of cannabis in November 2012, to investigate the im...

I'm In Here For A Reason | Kids Behind Bars

I'm In Here For A Reason | Kids Behind Bars

BBC Three | 2011 | 56'36''

Series set in Vinney Green secure unit for children follows three of the youngest boys, who started getting into trouble when the...

S4E2 | The Met

S4E2 | The Met

BBC One | 2023 | 58'08''

Detectives search for a missing young woman. After discovering CCTV footage of her going into a storage container with a man but never emerging, they fear she...

Untold: The Secret World of Incels

Untold: The Secret World of Incels

Channel 4 | 2023 | 47'14''

Filmmaker Ben Zand investigates the dark world of incels. He uncovers shockingly violent content being shared online and meets a British m...

Sarah Everard: The Search for Justice

Sarah Everard: The Search for Justice

BBC One | 2024 | 59'16''

A look at the Met's investigation into Sarah Everard's murder, how this devastating crime unfolded and its impact - told by those close...

Out of Control

Out of Control

BBC One | 2002 | 1'29'25''

Tamzin Outhwaite and David Morrissey star in Dominic Savage's harsh drama. When teenagers hit the streets, one winds up in a young offenders' prison. Adult co...

Inside The Secret World Of Incels

Inside The Secret World Of Incels

BBC Three | 2019 | 49'31''

A never-before-seen look at the incel community, an online subculture to which multiple mass murders and hate crimes against women have bee...

I Am Andrew Tate

I Am Andrew Tate

Channel 4 | 2024 | 1'08'15''

The explosive story of one of the world's most infamous and controversial internet stars' rise, arrest and fall.

EDL Girls: Don't Call Me Racist

EDL Girls: Don't Call Me Racist

BBC Three | 2014 | 57'14''

Documentary exploring the lives of three women within the English Defence League's ranks - a committed 'EDL Angel' as female members are know...

Suffer the Children | Disclosure

Suffer the Children | Disclosure

BBC One | 2018 | 25'58''

Mark Daly investigates allegations of sexual and physical abuse across four decades at a Christian children's home in Argyll.

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Crime and social class

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2: Edinburgh - Crime | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

2: Edinburgh - Crime | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

BBC Scotland | 2019 | 29'01''

In Edinburgh, Darren examines the link between poverty and crime: how does it impact kids and their future? But soon Darren...

Tax Avoidance | Moral Maze

Tax Avoidance | Moral Maze

BBC Radio 4 | 2012 | 42'44''

Tax avoidance is perfectly legal, but is it immoral? Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk with Matthew Taylor, Mela...

Moral Panics | Moral Maze

Moral Panics | Moral Maze

BBC Radio 4 | 2019 | 42'20''

Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Anne McElvoy, Claire Fox, Matthew Taylor and Tim Stanley.

3: People Try To Put Us Down | Almost Grown

3: People Try To Put Us Down | Almost Grown

BBC Two | 1990 | 39'23''

Looking at youth cultures of the 50's and 60's - teddy boys, beatniks, mods, rockers, hippies, Hells Angels, skinheads - their id...

Reggie Yates: Teen Gangs

Reggie Yates: Teen Gangs

BBC Three | 2012 | 56'59''

TV presenter and Radio 1 DJ Reggie Yates explores the culture of fear, anger and violence which drives the dangerous world of teenage gangs.

S1E5: The Morning After | 24 Hours in Police Custody

S1E5: The Morning After | 24 Hours in Police Custody

Channel 4 | 2014 | 46'47''

A private carer is arrested for assaulting the elderly man he is paid a carer's allowance to look after, in his house, w...

Gang Culture in Scotland - Part 2 | Street Gangs

Gang Culture in Scotland - Part 2 | Street Gangs

BBC Scotland | 2023 | 26'16''

An exploration of further reasons young people join gangs, attachment, sense of belonging, relative deprivation, social medi...

The Riots 2011: One Week In August

The Riots 2011: One Week In August

BBC Two | 2021 | 1'29'01''

This revelatory film hears from the people who experienced the riots up close and personal, reliving events ten years on.

Organised Crime in Liverpool | Panorama

Organised Crime in Liverpool | Panorama

BBC One | 2023 | 50'09''

Explores how ordinary people in Liverpool are paying the price for gang crime and drug crime in their community. Drug lords and organ...

White Collar | David Wilson's Crime Files

White Collar | David Wilson's Crime Files

BBC Scotland | 2023 | 27'52''

David Wilson investigates 'white collar' crime, exploring how a fraudster made himself a Scottish 'laird' after stealing millions f...

The Camorra Mafia - Part 2 | This World: Italy's Bloodiest Mafia

The Camorra Mafia - Part 2 | This World: Italy's Bloodiest Mafia

BBC Two | 2011 | 32'37''

Exploring the inner working of the Camorra and how the police and others are fighting organised crime. Image...

The Camorra Mafia - Part 1 | This World: Italy's Bloodiest Mafia

The Camorra Mafia - Part 1 | This World: Italy's Bloodiest Mafia

BBC Two | 2011 | 26'42''

Exploring the control that the Camorra has over Naples and their involvement in the drug trade. Images of co...

Italy's Bloodiest Mafia | This World

Italy's Bloodiest Mafia | This World

BBC Two | 2011 | 59'20''

Reporter Mark Franchetti investigates Italy's deadliest mafia, the Camorra, to learn how it's survived for so long in a country at the h...

White Collar Crime: Regulation Of Crime | Thinking Allowed

White Collar Crime: Regulation Of Crime | Thinking Allowed

BBC Radio 4 | 2009 | 27'39''

Laurie Taylor explores the culture of corporate crime and how regulatory bodies serve to keep the police at arm's ...

Will My Crime Be Solved? | Panorama

Will My Crime Be Solved? | Panorama

BBC One | 2024 | 29'03''

Only one in 20 crimes in England and Wales result in someone being charged. Bronagh Munro meets the victims left to investigate their own...

The Drug Wars That Killed Olivia | Panorama

The Drug Wars That Killed Olivia | Panorama

BBC One | 2023 | 58'15''

Reporter Bronagh Munro investigates how Liverpool came to dominate the UK drug market and how organised crime brought death to Ol...

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Crime control and prevention

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S1E4: The Fix | Drugsland

S1E4: The Fix | Drugsland

BBC Three | 2017 | 58'49''

Bristol West MP Thangam Debbonaire, substance-misuse experts and some recreational drug takers question whether the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act is sti...

S1E1: Crack Alley | Drugsland

S1E1: Crack Alley | Drugsland

BBC Three | 2017 | 58'37''

Sgt Green and PC Spence have a known prolific street dealer in their sights. But the cards are stacked against them in bringing him down.

3: I Want My CCTV | The History Of Surveillance

3: I Want My CCTV | The History Of Surveillance

Channel 4 | 2001 | 49'03''

Looks at how surveillance is now seen as a necessary protective measure.

Surveillance And Human Freedom | Moral Maze

Surveillance And Human Freedom | Moral Maze

BBC Radio 4 | 2019 | 42'44''

Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Anne McElvoy, Matthew Taylor, Mona Siddiqui and Tim Sta...

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.

The role of safeguarding in policing | Gangs, Guns and Knives: The Search For Solutions

The role of safeguarding in policing | Gangs, Guns and Knives: The Search For Solutions

BBC Radio 4 | 2008 | 4'30''

Regular 'sweeps of the streets' looks at prevention and safeguarding rather than trad...

Alternatives to zero tolerance programmes | Gangs, Guns and Knives: The Search For Solutions

Alternatives to zero tolerance programmes | Gangs, Guns and Knives: The Search For Solutions

BBC Radio 4 | 2008 | 3'30''

The impact of the Tackling Gangs Action Programme is unclear but it appears that...

Episode 1 | CCTV: You Are Being Watched

Episode 1 | CCTV: You Are Being Watched

BBC One | 2007 | 58'43''

Britain is the most watched nation on earth, with more than four million surveillance cameras trained on our every move. Jamie Theaks...

Norway's Prison Regime | Would That Work Here?

Norway's Prison Regime | Would That Work Here?

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 UK le...

Behind Bars | Youth Nation: Changing the World

Behind Bars | Youth Nation: Changing the World

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...

Watching Big Brother | The Real Story

Watching Big Brother | The Real Story

BBC World Service | 2015 | 49'17''

Has the right balance been struck between government surveillance and personal privacy?

The Drug Wars That Killed Olivia | Panorama

The Drug Wars That Killed Olivia | Panorama

BBC One | 2023 | 58'15''

Reporter Bronagh Munro investigates how Liverpool came to dominate the UK drug market and how organised crime brought death to Ol...

Edwina Currie and John McCririck | Celebrity Wife Swap

Edwina Currie and John McCririck | Celebrity Wife Swap

Channel 4 | 2006 | 48'24''

Former Conservative battle axe Edwina Currie swaps her homelife for that of 'Booby', long-suffering wife of John McCri...

Under Surveillance | Catching The Killers

Under Surveillance | Catching The Killers

BBC Two | 2001 | 49'02''

The bomber who targeted London's gay and black communities in 1999 is among those whose capture was aided by evidence from surveill...

The Age Of Big Data | Horizon

The Age Of Big Data | Horizon

BBC Two | 2013 | 58'45''

Horizon tests the limits of the data revolution, crime prediction in LA, financial formulas in the city of London and a South African attempt t...

Designing out crime | Mapping Crime

Designing out crime | Mapping Crime

BBC Two | 2008 | 4'06''

How landscape and building design can reduce levels of crime.

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Functions of crime

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Anti-Social Behaviour | Unreliable Evidence

Anti-Social Behaviour | Unreliable Evidence

BBC Radio 4 | 2019 | 42'41''

Clive Anderson and guests ask if anti-social behaviour law is vital for curbing, or a disproportionate, discriminatory response t...

Risks of true crime TV shows | The Media Show

Risks of true crime TV shows | The Media Show

BBC Radio 4 | 2016 | 27'58''

New BBC deputy director-general Anne Bulford gives her first interview. Plus was the BBC right to film the raid on Sir Cliff Ri...

Growing Up In A Violent Family | Kilroy

Growing Up In A Violent Family | Kilroy

BBC One | 2003 | 57'48''

Robert Kilroy-Silk presents a discussion on growing up in a violent family.

Criminology Is Obscuring The Causes Of Crime | Controversy

Criminology Is Obscuring The Causes Of Crime | Controversy

BBC Two | 1973 | 1'14'03''

Criminologists are scientists who study the causes of crime and ways of controlling it. At a time when crime is in...

Prison Dads

Prison Dads

BBC Three | 2013 | 56'33''

Filmed over six months in Britain's biggest young offenders institution, Prison Dads follows fathers on the inside and their partners on the outside.

Insane Fight Club

Insane Fight Club

BBC One | 2014 | 59'15''

Documentary charting the rise of the brutal, riotous and chaotic fight club that is taking over the streets of Glasgow.

Britain's Teenage Drug Runners

Britain's Teenage Drug Runners

BBC Three | 2017 | 46'37''

With astonishing access, BBC Three explores how gang members are using teenage drug runners to sell large amounts of crack and heroin miles aw...

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Globalisation and crime

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S2 County Lines: E6: King Pin | Drugsland

S2 County Lines: E6: King Pin | Drugsland

BBC Three | 2017 | 13'12''

The police have the evidence they need and are taking out the Nova crew and their king pin, Rafael Castillo.

S2 County Lines: E5: Nova | Drugsland

S2 County Lines: E5: Nova | Drugsland

BBC Three | 2017 | 7'52''

With one of the out of town drug dealing networks in the cells, the investigation team turn their attention onto the Nova crew and Rafa...

S2 County Lines: E4: Max | Drugsland

S2 County Lines: E4: Max | Drugsland

BBC Three | 2017 | 10'21''

Having taken out over 30 dealers in Weston-Super-Mare, the investigation team turn their attention to Yeovil. But this time they'll be t...

S2 County Lines: E3: The Runners | Drugsland

S2 County Lines: E3: The Runners | Drugsland

BBC Three | 2017 | 10'08''

With police custody cells full, it's time for the police to start their interviews to try and get a better understanding of how ...

S2 County Lines: E2: Strike Day | Drugsland

S2 County Lines: E2: Strike Day | Drugsland

BBC Three | 2017 | 8'18''

The police have dozens of properties and suspected dealers in their sights. In coordinated strikes across the region the police b...

S2 County Lines: E1: Operation Hazel | Drugsland

S2 County Lines: E1: Operation Hazel | Drugsland

BBC Three | 2017 | 7'15''

The police have discovered that a large, drug-dealing network from London has taken over the local drugs market in Weston Su...

Hackers and Blaggers | Who's Watching You?

Hackers and Blaggers | Who's Watching You?

BBC Two | 2009 | 6'05''

A short clip showing the lengths hackers and blaggers will go to gain personal information.

Using Data to Predict Crime | Horizon

Using Data to Predict Crime | Horizon

BBC Four | 2013 | 14'24''

How the data revolution is being harnessed by the police. An exploration of how the Los Angeles Police Department are using data to pre...

Episode 2 | Who's Watching You?

Episode 2 | Who's Watching You?

BBC Two | 2009 | 59'47''

Richard Bilton meets those who have made our private lives their business, and delves in to the criminal underworld of hackers and blaggers w...

Organised Crime In The UK | Thinking Allowed

Organised Crime In The UK | Thinking Allowed

BBC Radio 4 | 2013 | 26'57''

Laurie Taylor explores the nature of organised crime from Sicily to Japan and Britain.

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Patterns and trends in crime

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South Africa: 2: Knife Crime ER | Reggie Yates' Extreme

South Africa: 2: Knife Crime ER | Reggie Yates' Extreme

BBC Three | 2014 | 56'48''

In 2013 Reggie Yates spent a week at a Cape Town hospital where, on any weekend, the doctors deal with up to 100 stab...

Victims | Crime Beat

Victims | Crime Beat

BBC One | 1998 | 28'54''

Every year more than 5 million Britons are targeted by crime, tonight's programme looks at how support groups have helped victims of different crimes.

Shopping | Crime Beat

Shopping | Crime Beat

BBC One | 1997 | 29'08''

Program showing how shop crime costs households millions per year. Shopowners are fighting back with hidden video cameras, hoping to catch thieves and ...

S1E1: Heroin Town | Louis Theroux: Dark States

S1E1: Heroin Town | Louis Theroux: Dark States

BBC Two | 2017 | 59'10''

Louis Theroux embeds himself in a West Virginian community devastated by heroin abuse. He spends time with addicts and follows...

The City Addicted to Crystal Meth | Louis Theroux

The City Addicted to Crystal Meth | Louis Theroux

BBC Two | 2009 | 56'47''

Documentary in which Louis Theroux visits Fresno in California's Central Valley to see how crystal meth addiction affects t...

Using Data to Predict Crime | Horizon

Using Data to Predict Crime | Horizon

BBC Four | 2013 | 14'24''

How the data revolution is being harnessed by the police. An exploration of how the Los Angeles Police Department are using data to pre...

The Relationship Between Burglary and Drugs | The Truth About Crime

The Relationship Between Burglary and Drugs | The Truth About Crime

BBC One | 2009 | 57'03''

Explores theft and burglary in Oxford. From drug fuelled crime, distraction theft from vulnerable people,...

Violent Crime | The Truth About Crime

Violent Crime | The Truth About Crime

BBC One | 2009 | 58'49''

Nick Ross uncovers the truth behind the crime headlines. He reveals how alcohol fuels violent crime on the street and in the home, and ...

Theft And Burglary | The Truth About Crime

Theft And Burglary | The Truth About Crime

BBC One | 2009 | 58'59''

Nick Ross finds out the truth behind the crime headlines. A study in Oxford gives an insight into patterns of crime, from theft to...

How Scotland Cut Violent Crime | Panorama

How Scotland Cut Violent Crime | Panorama

BBC One | 2020 | 29'03''

Scotland has dramatically cut violent crime in the past 15 years, but how was it done? Kate Silverton films with Police Scotland's ...

Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis

Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis

BBC One | 2025 | 58'51''

Idris Elba confronts the reality of knife crime, speaking to those most affected - from the streets to the system - in a quest to uncover ...

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Social control

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Victims | Crime Beat

Victims | Crime Beat

BBC One | 1998 | 28'54''

Every year more than 5 million Britons are targeted by crime, tonight's programme looks at how support groups have helped victims of different crimes.

Shopping | Crime Beat

Shopping | Crime Beat

BBC One | 1997 | 29'08''

Program showing how shop crime costs households millions per year. Shopowners are fighting back with hidden video cameras, hoping to catch thieves and ...

3: People Try To Put Us Down | Almost Grown

3: People Try To Put Us Down | Almost Grown

BBC Two | 1990 | 39'23''

Looking at youth cultures of the 50's and 60's - teddy boys, beatniks, mods, rockers, hippies, Hells Angels, skinheads - their id...

Episode 1 | Who's Watching You?

Episode 1 | Who's Watching You?

BBC Two | 2009 | 59'18''

Richard Bilton explores the hidden world of surveillance, going inside the CCTV nerve centre and meeting those who are watched and those who ...

Episode 1 | CCTV: You Are Being Watched

Episode 1 | CCTV: You Are Being Watched

BBC One | 2007 | 58'43''

Britain is the most watched nation on earth, with more than four million surveillance cameras trained on our every move. Jamie Theaks...

The Rise of the Hoodies | History Of Now: The Story Of The Noughties

The Rise of the Hoodies | History Of Now: The Story Of The Noughties

BBC Two | 2010 | 4'47''

During the 2000s anti-social behaviour rose, hoodies became popular amongst young people and were banned...

The Baby Gap | History Of Now: The Story Of The Noughties

The Baby Gap | History Of Now: The Story Of The Noughties

BBC Two | 2010 | 2'11''

A brief summary of the trend of women having children later but then experiencing challenges of not being able to h...

The Riots That Shocked the Country | Panorama

The Riots That Shocked the Country | Panorama

BBC One | 2024 | 29'18''

Darragh MacIntyre reports from some of the towns and cities most affected by the recent riots in the UK and asks what can be do...

Growing Young | History Of Now: The Story Of The Noughties

Growing Young | History Of Now: The Story Of The Noughties

BBC Two | 2010 | 59'06''

A look back over the last decade. During the Noughties, an ageing Britain became obsessed with recapturing its you...

Criminal Records? | File on 4

Criminal Records? | File on 4

BBC Radio 4 | 2018 | 37'13''

Is social media fuelling a spate of violent deaths in Britain? Police and victims' families claim 'drill' music - and social media - are contri...

Edwina Currie and John McCririck | Celebrity Wife Swap

Edwina Currie and John McCririck | Celebrity Wife Swap

Channel 4 | 2006 | 48'24''

Former Conservative battle axe Edwina Currie swaps her homelife for that of 'Booby', long-suffering wife of John McCri...

Under Surveillance | Catching The Killers

Under Surveillance | Catching The Killers

BBC Two | 2001 | 49'02''

The bomber who targeted London's gay and black communities in 1999 is among those whose capture was aided by evidence from surveill...

Moral Panic | Behind The Buzzwords

Moral Panic | Behind The Buzzwords

BBC Radio 4 | 2020 | 13'41''

David Cannadine tells the story behind the buzzword Moral Panic. Where does it come from and where is it going?

Ending Violence | Analysis

Ending Violence | Analysis

BBC Radio 4 | 2022 | 27'56''

Sonia Sodha traces the root causes of violence in society and asks if we can eradicate it.

Surveillance | Thinking Allowed

Surveillance | Thinking Allowed

BBC Radio 4 | 2020 | 27'49''

Laurie Taylor explores the way in which we have become the watchers, as well as the watched.

Feral Kids And Feckless Parents | Bringing Up Britain

Feral Kids And Feckless Parents | Bringing Up Britain

BBC Radio 4 | 2011 | 42'26''

In the wake of questions over parenting raised by the riots, Mariella asks if we have lost the ability to control and d...

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The UK criminal justice system

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Knife Crime | Y Byd ar Bedwar

Knife Crime | Y Byd ar Bedwar

S4C | 2024 | 23'57''

We discuss the rise of knife crime in Wales.

Violence Against Women | Y Byd ar Bedwar

Violence Against Women | Y Byd ar Bedwar

S4C | 2023 | 24'01''

We look at the crime of violence against women, and of coercive control.

S2 County Lines: E6: King Pin | Drugsland

S2 County Lines: E6: King Pin | Drugsland

BBC Three | 2017 | 13'12''

The police have the evidence they need and are taking out the Nova crew and their king pin, Rafael Castillo.

S2 County Lines: E5: Nova | Drugsland

S2 County Lines: E5: Nova | Drugsland

BBC Three | 2017 | 7'52''

With one of the out of town drug dealing networks in the cells, the investigation team turn their attention onto the Nova crew and Rafa...

S2 County Lines: E4: Max | Drugsland

S2 County Lines: E4: Max | Drugsland

BBC Three | 2017 | 10'21''

Having taken out over 30 dealers in Weston-Super-Mare, the investigation team turn their attention to Yeovil. But this time they'll be t...

S2 County Lines: E3: The Runners | Drugsland

S2 County Lines: E3: The Runners | Drugsland

BBC Three | 2017 | 10'08''

With police custody cells full, it's time for the police to start their interviews to try and get a better understanding of how ...

S2 County Lines: E2: Strike Day | Drugsland

S2 County Lines: E2: Strike Day | Drugsland

BBC Three | 2017 | 8'18''

The police have dozens of properties and suspected dealers in their sights. In coordinated strikes across the region the police b...

S2 County Lines: E1: Operation Hazel | Drugsland

S2 County Lines: E1: Operation Hazel | Drugsland

BBC Three | 2017 | 7'15''

The police have discovered that a large, drug-dealing network from London has taken over the local drugs market in Weston Su...

S2E3: The Hunt for Mary McLaughlin's Killer | Murder Case

S2E3: The Hunt for Mary McLaughlin's Killer | Murder Case

BBC Scotland | 2020 | 59'00''

Detectives take on a decades-long mystery when they reinvestigate the 1984 murder of Mary McLaughlin. A new suspect...

S2E2: Inside the Enquiry | Murder Case

S2E2: Inside the Enquiry | Murder Case

BBC Scotland | 2020 | 57'59''

Exploring what it is like to work on devastating cases, like the murder of Alesha MacPhail and the disappearance of Julie Reilly.

S2E1: Who Killed Paul Matheison? | Murder Case

S2E1: Who Killed Paul Matheison? | Murder Case

BBC Scotland | 2020 | 58'07''

The detectives investigate the case of 37-year-old Paul Mathieson, who was brutally assaulted and found fighting for his life ...

S1E3: Who Killed Stephen Wallace? | Murder Case

S1E3: Who Killed Stephen Wallace? | Murder Case

BBC Scotland | 2019 | 58'07''

Forty-six-year-old Stephen Wallace is found dead in his Paisley home from a number of injuries. The detectives forensically c...

S1E2: The Search for Julie Reilly | Murder Case

S1E2: The Search for Julie Reilly | Murder Case

BBC Scotland | 2019 | 57'58''

This episode starts with the interrogation of the number one suspect. With no body, it takes all the detectives' skill to pro...

S1E1: The Disappearance of Julie Reilly | Murder Case

S1E1: The Disappearance of Julie Reilly | Murder Case

BBC Scotland | 2019 | 58'02''

In March 2018, Julie Reilly was reported missing. The skilled investigators of Police Scotland's major investigations t...

S2E6: Killing in the Family | Murder 24/7

S2E6: Killing in the Family | Murder 24/7

BBC Two | 2025 | 58'48''

After a man attacks and kills his mother with a hammer, detectives investigate his behaviour leading up to the attack.

S2E5: Killing in the Close, Part 2 | Murder 24/7

S2E5: Killing in the Close, Part 2 | Murder 24/7

BBC Two | 2025 | 58'32''

When two women are stabbed in a domestic attack, a man claims self-defence. But his injured partner has recovered enough to ...

S2E3: The DPD Murder, Part 3 | Murder 24/7

S2E3: The DPD Murder, Part 3 | Murder 24/7

BBC Two | 2025 | 58'59''

With the suspected inside man arrested, detectives must prove he knew he was setting up a murder. A new investigation begins when ...

S2E4: Killing in the Close, Part 1 | Murder 24/7

S2E4: Killing in the Close, Part 1 | Murder 24/7

BBC Two | 2025 | 58'32''

A mother and daughter are found with serious stab wounds in Worcester. The daughter's partner claims he did it in self-defen...

S2E2: The DPD Murder, Part 2 | Murder 24/7

S2E2: The DPD Murder, Part 2 | Murder 24/7

BBC Two | 2025 | 57'42''

With four men arrested for delivery driver Aurman Singh's murder, detectives work to find the weapons used and try to identify an ...

S2E1: The DPD Murder, Part 1 | Murder 24/7

S2E1: The DPD Murder, Part 1 | Murder 24/7

BBC Two | 2025 | 58'36''

After a delivery driver is ambushed and beaten to death in broad daylight, detectives from West Mercia Police begin a major manhun...

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