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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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.
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...
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...
Punishment or rehabilitation? | Would That Work Here?
Punishment or rehabilitation? | Would That Work Here?
Discussion about the differences between the prison system in Norway and the UK - are prisons meant for punishment, reh...
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 ...
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 process | Can Criminals Say Sorry?
Restorative justice process | Can Criminals Say Sorry?
Watch a restorative justice conference in action and how a well planned and supported meeting can help the situation t...
Zimbardo explains the experiment | The Stanford Prison Experiment
Zimbardo explains the experiment | The Stanford Prison Experiment
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
An alternative to prison could be restorative justice and we hear a story of when it worked.
The role of prisons | What Point Prison? The Debate
The role of prisons | What Point Prison? The Debate
A debate about what the role and point of prisons are in the UK. Is it a punishment or deterrent?
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...
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...
Offender profiling
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
Undercover: Justice for Sale? | Panorama
Undercover: Justice for Sale? | Panorama
An investigation by Panorama discovers experts in handwriting, CCTV analysis and animal behaviour prepared to help clients hide the ...
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.
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...
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...
Expert witnesses | Panorama
Expert witnesses | Panorama
Further examples of expert witnesses and the role they play in court cases.
Expert witness bias | Panorama
Expert witness bias | Panorama
An expert witness is approached to 'help' provide evidence and advice to a guilty defendant.
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.
Collecting fingerprint evidence | Panorama
Collecting fingerprint evidence | Panorama
A description of how fingerprints are collected.
The problems of fingerprint analysis | Panorama
The problems of fingerprint analysis | Panorama
Details of the police cases where a fingerprint was incorrectly identified and an innocent person blamed for a crime they did...
Psychological explanations of offending behaviour
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
05: A Riddle Wrapped Inside an Enigma | Children of Crime
05: A Riddle Wrapped Inside an Enigma | Children of Crime
A four-part series on juvenile crime in the post-War era begins with an examination of the murder of toddler James ...
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 ...
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...
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.
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...
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...