LibGuides: Police Systems and Practices: Media

Featured Streaming Media

Get high quality academic and archival streaming videos from sources like BBC, National Geographic, PBS, TED and more.

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Forensics School: Inside a Criminal Justice Training Center This five-part series goes inside the Forensic Science and Police and Criminal Investigation program at the U.K.’s renowned University of Central Lancashire. Each episode focuses on a particular group of students as they sift through mock-ups of real-world crime scenes and put theory to the test in complex lab work. 5 parts, 23-26 minutes each.
Interviewing Suspects This program offering viewers a detailed look at the processes involved in interrogating suspects. (60 minutes)
Investigative Interviewing: The Methodology Behind Police Interrogation This detailed three-part series presents the British approach to cognitive interviewing, conversation management, and nonverbal communication in a scenario-based format. 3 parts, 58-62 minutes each.
On the Trail of Crime This comprehensive three-part series presents a broad catalog of case histories that follow the evidence from the corpse, to the crime scene, to the courtroom. 3 parts, 55 minutes each.
Racial Profiling and Law Enforcement : America in Black and White This ABC program investigates the subject of racial profiling, from both the perspective of law enforcement officials and the targets of profiling. (41 minutes)
To Catch a Liar : Alternatives to the Polygraph In this program examies recent advances in lie detection technology. Viewers will encounter alternatives to polygraph testing currently in development, such as thermal imaging of facial blood flow and MRI scanning that analyzes memory, inhibition, and emotion centers in the brain. (27 minutes)
Unprecedented Access Inside an Interrogation Room This ABC News program offers a rare glimpse into the tactics investigators use to get people to talk. (40 minutes)