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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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When a juvenile gang stormed a Boston church during the funeral of a rival gang member, local community leaders and law enforcement officials decided that it was time to cooperate with each other and make a change. Parole officers and police personnel aggressively patrol the streets as a team, to enforce probation and deter violence; streetwise mentors partner with at-risk youth, helping them to deal with the police, the courts, and life in general;...
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A victims' rights advocate tells the story of her carefree childhood and adolescence in Palo Alto, and her subsequent 18-month marriage in which she was beaten and nearly killed by an abusive husband. Today, she fulfills her personal vision of helping others. In this program, she counsels a mother of three, who is also involved in an abusive relationship. Scenes include court hearings, and emotional talks between the two women in which the advocate...
50) Black and white
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Two star high school basketball players, one black and one white, experience the justice system differently after committing a crime together and getting caught.
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What's it like to spend time in one of America's largest maximum-security juvenile prisons? Follow the lives of teenage inmates who must progress through the rigorous release program of Indiana's Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility in order to gain their freedom. Footage includes offenders completing Pendleton's gang education program and inmates struggling through drug and alcohol addiction.
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This documentary features exclusive footage with officers and offenders inside the innovative Future Soldiers Program of Indiana's Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility. The film also includes never before seen footage and interviews with Pendleton's release committee, as incarcerated teens make their case on why they should be released from prison.
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From inside the maximum-security razor-wire fences of Indiana's Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility, this film documents the wrenching story of an inmate with deep-seated emotional trauma. This 19-year old offender reveals for the first time a childhood filled with abuse, attempted murder, and total abandonment.
56) Juvenile crime
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This book is a collection of articles in which authors debate whether youth gangs are a serious problem, whether media violence leads to juvenile violence, whether efforts to reduce juvenile incarceration have led to positive outcomes, and whether bullying contributes to school shootings.
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Filmed inside Indiana's Lake County Juvenile Justice Complex, this documentary is one in a series of programs exploring where juvenile crime begins, how it evolves, and what's at stake for kids, families, and professionals in the system. Featured in this episode (the first of two parts) are the stories of Kenneth Gant and his brother, Kentrell - two brothers from Gary, Indiana; and Devon, a young man on the verge of aging out of the juvenile system....
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Filmed inside Indiana's Lake County Juvenile Justice Complex, this documentary is one in a series of programs exploring where juvenile crime begins, how it evolves, and what's at stake for kids, families, and professionals in the system. Featured in this episode (the second of two parts) are the stories of Kenneth Gant and his brother, Kentrell - two brothers from Gary, Indiana; and Devon, a young man on the verge of aging out of the juvenile system....
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When 15-year old Melissa Evans gives birth to a baby girl with cerebral palsy, she has nowhere to turn for help. After leaving the hospital without her newborn, Raven, the baby becomes a ward of the state. Due to her medical condition, Raven is placed in the home of a special-needs foster parent. This program follows a home visit by Melissa's social worker, allowing us to see how she handles both cases, that of Melissa and of her baby.
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Winner of the national Edward R. Murrow Award and several Emmy Awards, this documentary contains extraordinary footage of actual juvenile court proceedings involving sexual abuse - including interviews with the kids and families affected, as well as with the juvenile judges and service professionals charged with helping at-risk kids and families.