In this video, we aim to give some background on the current riots taking place across America and the world following the murder of George Floyd. As you would expect from the topic of this video some of the discussion may be...

With protests about racial bias and police brutality sweeping across America and the world, many are beginning to question how police forces should operate in 2020. Some are suggesting major changes to governance and policing, with many...

Communication Professor reacts to Bill Gates's interview answers about Jeffrey Epstein on PBS with Judy Woodruff. His body language and nonverbal cues augment his awkward verbal responses.

Gamers beware: sometimes your favourite game can get you arrested. From Saints Row 4, to Mass Effect, to The Sims, here are 10 Banned Video Games.

How did a hardworking nurse from New York City invent the world's first home security system? When a burglar tried to break into her apartment in the 1960s, this kickass crimefighter went where no-one had gone before.

Four police officers have given powerful testimonies about their experiences to the U.S. House of Representatives investigatory committee established to investigate the January 6 Capitol insurrection.

You've probably know a bit about stolen identities, but it goes way beyond stolen credit cards. Just imagine what it's like to find out your child is an imposter! This is 10 Sickening Cases of Identity Theft!

In this video, Professor Robert Feldman discusses the culture of lies and the impact it has on our society. He explores how lying has become more prevalent and acceptable, leading to confusion and contradictions in our messages about...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks a lot about "levelling up" a lot - with it being a favourite topic at yesterdays Conservative Party conference. The issue is that it's hard to tell what it actually means, besides being a pretty...

Over the last week, some pretty serious violence and riots broke out in Northern Ireland. The cause of said violence is pretty confusing with different people pointing at different motives. So in this video we explain what happened in...

For weeks Nigerians have been protesting against SARS, a brutal police unit known for corruption, unlawful murder and torture. In this video we explain the history of Nigeria's police, what the protestors are hoping to achieve and what...

This Video Explains False Imprisonment - Tort

In 1978, Gunter Wetzel and Peter Strelzyk decided they could no longer live in the communist state of East Germany. Of all the escape attempts made by East German citizens during the Cold War, the Wetzel and Strelzyk families have one...

The bystander effect has long been used to explain the general lack of public help towards people who have been harmed, or are at risk of harm. This film looks at more recent research that takes us beyond the bystander effect and...

The suspect told police he suffers from sex addiction and sees the locations where he murdered as a personal temptation that he wanted to eliminate.<br/>

An area that’s captured the public imagination from tv shows like Mindhunter and Criminal Minds is criminal profiling. But what’s the reality behind the hype? What is criminal profiling? What do profilers do? Does profiling work? In this...

This film examines the concepts of moral panic and deviancy amplification through both a classic - Stan Cohen talking about the origins and implications of his concept in the context of Mods and Rockers in the early 1960ês - and...

What were the two things happening in the 1960's? How did the youth feel about Wilson at the time? Protest, Spirit of the People, Part 1

The NYPD launched its Unmanned Aircraft System program consisting of 14 drones and a group of licensed officials.

This video explores the stories of two individuals who turned to online vigilantes to help solve their personal crises. It highlights the challenges they faced and the mixed results they obtained, ultimately raising questions about the...

This video explores the mystical Islamic practices in Jogjakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. It highlights the syncretism of beliefs, including Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, and animist, within the Kujawa version of Islam.

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"The Los Angeles Police Department is using a new tactic in their fight against crime called "predictive policing." It's a computer program that was originally developed by a team at UCLA, including mathematician Andrea Bertozzi and...

Suzanne Nossel currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of PEN America, the leading human rights and free expression organization, and she is author of Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All. Since joining in 2013, she has...

A Victorian police detective describes Sir Robert Peel's Metropolitan Police Force.  The video covers what it took to be a police officer and how the force improved over the years with the introduction of police detectives