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1) Street Crime
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In part one of this program, Hedrick Smith explores how the Uptown area of Chicago has dramatically lowered the rate of violent crime despite the ethnic diversity that normally spells turf wars, trouble, conflict, and violence. The critical ingredient is what Harvard social scientist Felton Earls calls social cohesion: a close-knit neighborhood and a strong community spirit developed through one of the highest concentrations of active, mutually supportive...
2) Hate Crime
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Part one of this program shows how the New South has found some answers to an old problem: racial violence-in this case church burnings in the rural flatlands of South Carolina. Law enforcement officials arrest and jail members of the Ku Klux Klan for the church burnings, and one black church files a lawsuit against the KKK and manages to win a remarkable
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This program features Stephanie Mann and Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith. Stephanie Mann is a community activist who launched a "neighborhood watch" program in her hometown in California. As a result, crime was cut by more than 50%. She has since gone on to help others organize similar groups. Dr. Prothrow-Stith became interested in preventing violence while working as a resident at a hospital in Boston, where she began to see youth violence as a disease....
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This program documents how domestic abuse within the family affects children, and looks at programs such as The Kid's Club at the University of Michigan where troubled children and families are getting help; Sobriety High, a special school in Edina, Minnesota, that works to reduce alcohol and drug abuse and lower the incidence of violent crimes; and Landmark High School in New York, a successful experimental effort that promotes small classes, strict...
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This engaging video presentation uses the format of a call-in radio show for teens to discuss sexual harassment. Teens need to understand this growing problem, not just in the adult world, but in their own world as well. Sexual harassment is defined, discussed in several different possible situations, and a plan for dealing with sexual harassment is explained. Includes a spontaneous discussion with actual teens relating their own experiences with...
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This video segment examines the history of fire in one of the most fire-prone, drought-afflicted areas of our world: Australia. What is the best way to manage bushfires? Explore the volatile debate of prescribed burning: does it reduce the risk to life and property, or simply destroy ecosystems?
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The Susan Smith kidnapping and murder case in South Carolina significantly raised awareness about child abduction. Although most kidnappings are committed by relatives, say the experts, children and their parents have a lot to learn when it comes to keeping themselves safe. This program examines a police investigation into the disappearance of a preschooler and visits a school to test how easily youngsters can be lured by a stranger. The program also...
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What is pain, and what is its purpose? This program explores various aspects of pain, including how the mind perceives the body's warning messages, whether from a stomach-ache or a chronic condition; the body's ability to control or ignore pain; the effects of nerve damage on the body's early-warning system; and pain caused not by the body, but by the mind.
10) Chronic pain
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Medicine is gaining ground against chronic pain, thanks to determined doctors-and patients. This program explores what causes pain and looks at treatments involving medication, physical therapy, and alternative methods. Presenting interviews with physicians who have dedicated their careers to fighting chronic pain-including UC San Diego doctors Mark Wallace and Armelia Sani-the program also features commentary from patients who cope with it every...
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Pain can be totally debilitating to those who suffer. But painkillers, although they merely mask physical discomfort, can make life livable again. This program looks at the three primary types of painkillers, their origins, and their actions. Alternative treatments, such as massage, acupuncture, and relaxation, are also presented as viable alternatives to traditional medications.
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All through medical school, internship, and residency, doctors are trained to be healers. What can they contribute to the care of patients whose illnesses are beyond their help? This ABC News program examines the crusading efforts of oncologist Dr. Michael Carducci, of Johns Hopkins Medicine, to create an exemplary program of palliative care for people with terminal conditions. The importance of supporting patients and their families in the making...
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Wracked by emotions, the mind will often increase pain, while control of feelings such as fear, loneliness, and stress will generally reduce pain. This program presents the psychology of pain, along with ways to manage physical discomfort through therapy, various relaxation techniques, and coming to terms with physical limitations.
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This program discusses why a teen might choose to turn to a gang and how gang involvement typically leads to personal risk and imprisonment. Subjects covered include what a gang is; problems a teen can have with gang involvement; different groups that can provide support; support or protection that is positive; why teens join gangs; violence; and racism and gangs. Correlates to all applicable National and State Educational Standards including the...
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Suicide has been a taboo subject but attitudes are changing. There is a push to raise public awareness and openly discuss and seek different approaches to this complex, highly emotive issue to help prevent suicide. Unfortunately teachers, students and school communities should be prepared to deal with this tragedy. In this program, Psychiatrist Patrick McGorry and Psychotherapist Julie Lynn Evans talk about, in a sensitive and informed manner, factors...
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Do your students know that the average abduction victim is an 11-year-old girl from a safe middle-class neighborhood? Or that most sexual assaults occur within a mere quarter of a mile from home? What a teen doesn't know about abduction, rape, and sexual abuse can have dire consequences. This video discusses dangerous situations and how to avoid them, the case against cooperating with an attacker, five ways in which boys and girls run different risks,...
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The difference between becoming a victim of violence and avoiding life-threatening danger often comes down to preparedness. This video uses realistic scenarios and interviews with experts to reach out to teens with safety strategies for walking or driving alone, for staying at home alone or babysitting, and for interacting on the Internet. Personal safety statistics are also included, to stress the point that an ounce of prevention really could save...