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Effective Policing (3:58)
Police often receive blame for decisions made outside of their control. The legalization of drugs and better mental health services would make police more effective in protecting communities.
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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.
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Interviewing Suspects
This program offering viewers a detailed look at the processes involved in interrogating suspects. (60 minutes)
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Unresolved: American Policing: A Debate (1:24:59)
Following the killings of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky and George Floyd in Minnesota by police in 2020, historic protests calling for law enforcement reform erupted across the United States. But just what might such reforms entail? And how should we assess the nation's criminal justice system today? In this debate, five experts tackle three pressing questions on the history and future of policing in the United States: Should we defund the police? Do police unions do more harm than good? And has policing become too militarized?
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