Dealing with offending behaviour
Prisons | Crime - Are We Tough Enough?
Prisons | Crime - Are We Tough Enough?
Chris Daw and Ayesha Nayyar look at what role our prisons should play in the fight against crime.
The Stanford Prison Experiment
The Stanford Prison Experiment
In 1971, a group of American student volunteers adopted the roles of prisoners and guards in a specially controlled environment - it was quick...
Meet the Burglars | Panorama
Meet the Burglars | Panorama
Victims of burglary being offered opportunity to meet their burglars in a controversial scheme aimed at empowering victims and potentially cut l...
Kids Behind Bars
Kids Behind Bars
Documentary about youngsters in prison and correctional institutions in Britain and around the world. Some children are serving heavy sentences for petty of...
Can Criminals Say Sorry?
Can Criminals Say Sorry?
Former EastEnders star Brooke Kinsella explores the use of restorative justice in Britain today and finds out what happens when offenders and their ...
The Prison Restaurant
The Prison Restaurant
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.
The Experiment (2001)
The Experiment (2001)
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 ...
01: Conflict | The Experiment (2002)
01: Conflict | The Experiment (2002)
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 o...
Jill Dando: The Jury's Out | Panorama
Jill Dando: The Jury's Out | Panorama
Raphael Rowe investigates claims that the forensic evidence which lead to the conviction of Barry George for the murder of Jill Dando i...
04: Tyranny | The Experiment (2002)
04: Tyranny | The Experiment (2002)
Fifteen men are locked up for eight days in a purpose-built prison so that psychologists can investigate the nature of power. Tonight the...
02: Order | The Experiment (2002)
02: Order | The Experiment (2002)
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 i...
Restorative justice | What Point Prison? The Debate
Restorative justice | What Point Prison? The Debate
An alternative to prison could be restorative justice and we hear a story of when it worked.
Expert witness bias | Panorama
Expert witness bias | Panorama
An expert witness is approached to 'help' provide evidence and advice to a guilty defendant.
Restorative justice | Time
Restorative justice | Time
Mark (Sean Bean) has the chance to help his cellmate Daniel apologise to the parents of the child he murdered.
What Point Prison? The Debate
What Point Prison? The Debate
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 ...
03: Interrogation | Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us
03: Interrogation | Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us
The story of how a 1970s miscarriage of justice involving three teenage boys would lead to a radic...
01: DNA | Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us
01: DNA | Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us
The story of the hunt to find the killer of two teenage girls in 1980s Leicestershire which led to an extrao...
03: Rebellion | The Experiment (2002)
03: Rebellion | The Experiment (2002)
3/4-part documentary series in which fifteen men are locked up for eight days in a purpose-built prison to enable psychologists to stud...
Episode 3 | Canny Cops
Episode 3 | Canny Cops
Heroin addicts Ashlea and Reece been been arrested multiple times, and police have had enough of their repeat offending.
Episode 2 | Canny Cops
Episode 2 | Canny Cops
A local cop takes on a well-known resident, and a stabbing suspect goes on the run.
Offender profiling
Meet the Burglars | Panorama
Meet the Burglars | Panorama
Victims of burglary being offered opportunity to meet their burglars in a controversial scheme aimed at empowering victims and potentially cut l...
The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide
The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide
Michael Mosley uses the BBC archives to chart scientists' progress as they probed the mind of the murderer to try to understand why pe...
Lombroso's Theories of Crime | The Mystery Of Murder: A Horizon Guide
Lombroso's Theories of Crime | The Mystery Of Murder: A Horizon Guide
When looking at the reasons why people offend, Lombroso, a scientist in the 19th century, believed he h...
S01E03: Crime and Poverty | David Wilson's Crime Files
S01E03: Crime and Poverty | David Wilson's Crime Files
Criminologist David Wilson discusses and offers compelling arguments for the links between systemic poverty and extrem...
Jill Dando: The Jury's Out | Panorama
Jill Dando: The Jury's Out | Panorama
Raphael Rowe investigates claims that the forensic evidence which lead to the conviction of Barry George for the murder of Jill Dando i...
Expert witness bias | Panorama
Expert witness bias | Panorama
An expert witness is approached to 'help' provide evidence and advice to a guilty defendant.
Childhood experience and violent crime | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide
Childhood experience and violent crime | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide
Scientists explain how different childhood experiences and socialisation can lead to an indiv...
S02E09: Terrorism | David Wilson's Crime Files
S02E09: Terrorism | David Wilson's Crime Files
Criminologist David Wilson probes Scotland's battle with terrorism and discovers how the problem is a lot closer to home than ...
S01E04: Gangs | David Wilson's Crime Files
S01E04: Gangs | David Wilson's Crime Files
Criminologist David Wilson investigates the origins of Glasgow's alternative motto 'the no mean city', looking at gang culture pas...
Gangs, Guns and Knives: The Search For Solutions
Gangs, Guns and Knives: The Search For Solutions
Winifred Robinson looks at attempts to combat gun and knife crime. With the issue now high on the political agenda, many dif...
Brain areas and aggression | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide
Brain areas and aggression | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide
Dr Raine's research into aggression showed the important role of different brain areas including the pre-...
Fingerprints in the Dock | Panorama
Fingerprints in the Dock | Panorama
Investigation into a routine murder inquiry in a Scottish town that led to two people being wrongly accused of serious crimes.
Bondi Attack: Terror & Bravery | BBC News
Bondi Attack: Terror & Bravery | BBC News
A Jewish celebration on Bondi Beach ends in tragedy when two gunmen kill fifteen people. This is the story of Australia’s deadliest...
S02E07: Racism | David Wilson's Crime Files
S02E07: Racism | David Wilson's Crime Files
Criminologist David Wilson looks at Scotland's complex history of race crime and asks if there really is no problem here.
S01E08: Double Life | David Wilson's Crime Files
S01E08: Double Life | David Wilson's Crime Files
Criminologist David Wilson studies the psychology behind the need for those who lead a life of crime to have to conceal thei...
Expert witnesses | Panorama
Expert witnesses | Panorama
Further examples of expert witnesses and the role they play in court cases.
Handwriting analysis | Panorama
Handwriting analysis | Panorama
A graphologist is asked for help to cast doubt on someone's handwriting even though she knows they are guilty.
Fingerprint evidence in court | Panorama
Fingerprint evidence in court | Panorama
How fingerprint evidence is accepted and allowed to be presented in court.
Fingerprint analysis example | Panorama
Fingerprint analysis example | Panorama
Watch an example of fingerprint analysis in action and what they are looking for when comparing prints.
Collecting fingerprint evidence | Panorama
Collecting fingerprint evidence | Panorama
A description of how fingerprints are collected.
Psychological explanations of offending behaviour
Eyes of the Detective: the Murder of James Bulger
Eyes of the Detective: the Murder of James Bulger
A personal account of the murder, as seen through the eyes of the senior investigating officer Albert Kirby. The film follo...
The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide
The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide
Michael Mosley uses the BBC archives to chart scientists' progress as they probed the mind of the murderer to try to understand why pe...
Lombroso's Theories of Crime | The Mystery Of Murder: A Horizon Guide
Lombroso's Theories of Crime | The Mystery Of Murder: A Horizon Guide
When looking at the reasons why people offend, Lombroso, a scientist in the 19th century, believed he h...
Banged up and Left to Fail?
Banged up and Left to Fail?
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...
Lawless Youth: Villians or Victims | Crime and Punishment
Lawless Youth: Villians or Victims | Crime and Punishment
Does a crisis of morality lie at the heart of Britain's rising crime rate? The horrific killing of 2-year-old Jamie...
Special: The James Bulger Case | Public Eye
Special: The James Bulger Case | Public Eye
Public Eye special on the James Bulger case on the day that Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were found guilty of his murder. Pre...
Psychopath | Science Of Crime
Psychopath | Science Of Crime
Through personal testimonies, this investigation into the science of crime explores what makes psychopaths commit their crimes.
Childhood experience and violent crime | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide
Childhood experience and violent crime | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide
Scientists explain how different childhood experiences and socialisation can lead to an indiv...
S01E01: Serial Killers | David Wilson's Crime Files
S01E01: Serial Killers | David Wilson's Crime Files
Criminologist David Wilson presents fresh analysis of notorious Scottish serial killers Peter Manuel and Peter Tobin and ...
01: The Mary Bell Case | Children of Crime
01: The Mary Bell Case | Children of Crime
A look at the murder of two boys by an 11-year-old girl in 1968.
The Bulger Killers: Prisoners of Their Past | Panorama
The Bulger Killers: Prisoners of Their Past | Panorama
Eight years after they killed two-year-old James Bulger , Jon Venables and Robert Thompson have, at the age of 18, bee...
Brain areas and aggression | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide
Brain areas and aggression | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide
Dr Raine's research into aggression showed the important role of different brain areas including the pre-...
S03E10: Killer Secrets Taken to the Grave | David Wilson's Crime Files
S03E10: Killer Secrets Taken to the Grave | David Wilson's Crime Files
Criminologist David Wilson dissects the mindset of serial killers and why they might take pleasure fro...
S03E06: A Guilty Conscience | David Wilson's Crime Files
S03E06: A Guilty Conscience | David Wilson's Crime Files
Criminologist David Wilson explores the concept of guilt by examining the case of a missing girl from 1957.
S02E03: Family Annihilators | David Wilson's Crime Files
S02E03: Family Annihilators | David Wilson's Crime Files
Criminologist David Wilson investigates the tragic cases of family annihilation, the rare and shocking phenomenon wh...
S02E02: Spree Mass Killers | David Wilson's Crime Files
S02E02: Spree Mass Killers | David Wilson's Crime Files
Criminologist David Wilson examines Scotland's dark history with spree and mass killings and tries to find motives be...
S01E09: Crimes of Passion | David Wilson's Crime Files
S01E09: Crimes of Passion | David Wilson's Crime Files
Criminologist David Wilson explores how ‘we kill the ones we know' - the phenomenon that most murder victims are kille...
Bulger Sentence | Kilroy
Bulger Sentence | Kilroy
Today's programme deals with Bulger murder sentences.
Why Blame the Mother? | Forty Minutes
Why Blame the Mother? | Forty Minutes
Four women - including Sue Venables,whose son was found guilty of the murder of James Bulger - try to describe how it feels to have a s...
04: The Debate | Children of Crime
04: The Debate | Children of Crime
David Dimbleby hosts a discussion on crime and young people, asking who is responsible and what is the solution, featuring experts and key...
The biological explanations of offending behaviour
What Makes a Psychopath? | Horizon
What Makes a Psychopath? | Horizon
Presented by professor Uta Frith, this is an in-depth exploration of the psychopathic mind, including one of the most notorious psychopath...
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
The key theories of Lorenz, Bowlby and Harlow are explained in this introduction to...
S02E05: Women That Kill | David Wilson's Crime Files
S02E05: Women That Kill | David Wilson's Crime Files
Criminologist David Wilson explores the stereotyped view of women who commit violent offences and whether it's time for ...
Gangs, Guns and Knives: The Search For Solutions
Gangs, Guns and Knives: The Search For Solutions
Winifred Robinson looks at attempts to combat gun and knife crime. With the issue now high on the political agenda, many dif...
S02E08: Misjustice: Crimes Against Women | David Wilson's Crime Files
S02E08: Misjustice: Crimes Against Women | David Wilson's Crime Files
Criminologist David Wilson charts the extra steps women must often go through in order to seek justice.
S02E04: Child Psychopaths | David Wilson's Crime Files
S02E04: Child Psychopaths | David Wilson's Crime Files
Criminologist David Wilson presents fresh analysis of notorious killers Angus Sinclair and Robbie McIntosh. What could...
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
Martin Sixsmith explores criminal responsibility, witness suggestibility and the role of neu...
Wot U Looking At? | Horizon
Wot U Looking At? | Horizon
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...