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Criminologists consider the role of social, cultural, and environmental influences on criminal offenders. Viewers explore some of the major social theories of crime and evaluate their relevance to the study and control of crime in contemporary societies. Please note this title contains mature themes which includes images and graphics.

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Runtime: 20 minutes 35 seconds

Topic: Counseling and Self-Help, Social Science
Subtopic: Law, Psychology, Social Issues
Grade/Interest Level: 10 - 12
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Release Year: 2018
Producer/Distributor: Films Media Group
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Black and white frame of Martin Luther King, Junior gesturing out as he speaks at a podium with several microphones. A crowd of men stands behind him, many wearing white caps.

The Contemplation of Justice statue in the U.S. Supreme Court depicts a seated female figure holding a smaller figure of a blindfolded Justice.

Wooden gavel with its face touching down to an American flag.

People looking at a computer screen. One person points to the screen. Inset of a closeup view with an area highlighted. Caption: You can see that there are two colors present--

$Two people wearing gloves and examining human bones. Caption: no bones were fractured.$

A man in a white lab coat looking into a microscope. Caption: Examination back in the lab can confirm the species of fern.

Teenage boy with a distressed expression leans on a table and looks up at a shadowy figure in a dark room. Caption. Cause problems, cause this.

Black and white cartoon of Al Capone in silhouette against an open prison door lined with bars.

Black and white frame of a man and woman hugging. Caption. Well, I'll, I'll tell you what I'll do.