Episode of Series “Horizon”.
There is a high proportion of persistent offenders in Britain’s gaols. There are two schools of thought concerning the reasons for criminality. Behaviouralists consider that personality is determined by heredity as well as by environment, while psychoanalysts maintain that a criminal’s aggressive behaviour arises out of internal conflict resulting from traumatic experiences in early life. Both schools of thought believe that remedial treatment and not punishment is the only way to help people.
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ACMI Identifier
322015
Language
English
Subject categories
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Heredity and environment
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Crime
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Prison psychology
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Recidivism
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Rehabilitation of criminals
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Recidivism
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Behavior genetics
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Aggressiveness (Psychology)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Behavior genetics
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Behavior therapy
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Behaviorism (Psychology)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Heredity
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Prison psychology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychoanalysis
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Behavior genetics
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Heredity
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Heredity and environment
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - Great Britain
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Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)