Are You Good or Evil?
This program seeks to determine if there is a physical source behind people’s moral impulses and whether notorious psychopaths, clearly deficient in morality, are in actuality “born bad.” Are You Good or Evil? uses brain scans to compare and c...
To Catch a Killer: The Use and Abuse of Criminal Profiling
In 2001, the last piece of a serial rape/murder case that had tantalized London police for nearly 20 years finally fell into place. In this program, retired FBI profiler Robert Ressler, LAPD psychologist Kris Mohandie, and British law enforcement pr...
Talk to Me: The Dynamics of Hostage Negotiation
I want doctors! I'm gonna kill doctors! I want white coats! In 1993, gunman Damacio Torres shot up the Los Angeles County-USC Healthcare emergency room and took two hostages. Using the Torres case as a springboard, this program explains the tricky b...
Mad or Bad? Psychologically Assessing Criminal Competence
Sane or insane? Court verdicts and parole decisions alike often hinge on that single crucial question. This program explores the intricacies of psychiatric evaluation and parole risk assessment with forensic psychologist Jeremy Coid, clinical psycho...
The Sociology of Crime and Deviance
Taking into account the dramatic shift in the focus of research in recent years from theories about criminal activity to applications of crime prevention, this multi-section program compares and contrasts the concepts of social causation, social con...