Curated Video
Lady Mary Grey part 2: Imprisonment and the Fury Elizabeth I
Already feeling threatened by her cousin Mary Queen of Scots' recent marriage, Elizabeth I unleashed the full power of her anger on the Lady Mary and Thomas Keyes. Lady Mary Grey was condemned to the more favorable sentence of house...
60 Second Histories
Crime and Punishment in Victorian Times
A description of crime and punishment during Queen Victoria's reign when there was once around two hundred crimes that carried the death penalty and hangings were carried out in public.
Curated Video
The Murderous Earl of Pembroke part 4: the Popish Plot
In October of 1678, Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey, one of the men who had found Philip Herbert guilty of murder was found dead in a ditch. Suspician immediately fell on Philip, but the premeditated nature of the crime was unlike him. Was...
Cerebellum
America: Growth Of A New Nation 1798-1814 - First Constitutional Crisis
American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. This video discusses 'The Alien and...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
This Month in History. April: Crime
This Month in History. April: crime. John Gotti is convicted; Panama Papers leaked to the public; Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death; Butch Cassidy is born; first guillotine is erected in Paris
ShortCutsTv
Crime and Marxism
Introduction to three of the main themes of Marxist approaches to explaining why people commit crimes
The March of Time
Crime, J. Edgar Hoover
MOT 1938: Man talking into radio mic. Police car w/ policemen arriving urban block. Article 'Worse Than Criminals' by J. Edgar Hoover. F.B.I. Director J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) talking w/ man CU Hoover.
The March of Time
1951: NARCOTICS AND TEENAGERS
MOT 1951: group of teenagers standing in front of a judge sitting behind a large American flag / judge reprimanding teens for drug possession and selling, setting a high bail of then thousand dollars / John Daly interviews reporters Earl...
Curated Video
Lady Jane Grey part 13: the Duke of Northumberland is Beheaded
Queen Mary arrives in London. John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland goes on trial. Ironically, most of the people deciding his fate had also originally pledged allegiance to Jane. Though he is spared being drawn and quartered, the Duke of...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Prison for the Poor
Anita Alves Pena discusses her research into the relationship between mass incarceration and inequality through stratification economics. Pena's research finds that areas with higher income inequality have higher rates of incarceration...
Healthcare Triage
Do Early Childhood Interventions Work?
Last week we started our deep dive into the RAND Corporation’s comprehensive report on early childhood programs. We talked about how they’re defined, and how they’re targeted. Great. But do they work? What are the outcomes they improve?...
ShortCutsTv
MAKING FRIENDS WITH METHODS
Understanding research methods isn’t easy for many students and a lot of them also find it boring. This film uses different techniques to make research methods more interesting, accessible and easier to understand. It looks at three key...
Curated Video
The Murderous Earl of Pembroke part 3: Philip Herbert's First Victim
In February of 1678, Philip Herbert attacked Nathaniel Coney in a Haymarket tavern. A few days later, Nathaniel died of his injuries and Philip was found guilty of murder but was soon acquitted. How did a legal loophole allow Earl of...
TLDR News
The Police & Crime Bill Gets Worse: Cracking Down Even Harder on Protest - TLDR News
We discuss the amendments to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. While this bill has been discussed in the media a lot in the last few months, little attention has been paid to the last-minute amendments the government are...
Curated Video
Measure for Measure Act 1 Analysis | Shakespeare Play by Play Season 1
Reading Act 1 through the theme of "Reputation". This will be a full analysis of every Act of Shakespeare’s play Measure for Measure through different themes.
Curated Video
The Murderous Earl of Pembroke part 2: Violent Tendancies and Unprovoked Attacks
Philip Herbert inherited a tenency towards violent, unprovoked outbursts from his grandfather. After a particularly bad attack in 1678, Charles II ordered that Philip be locked in the Tower of London. This brief imprisonment had little...
The Guardian
Lives Instead of Knives': one woman's struggle to end knife crime
Smith's Farm Estate in Northolt, north-west London, has been the scene of multiple stabbings. After one murder came particularly close to home, community volunteer Jen Lock began a one-woman mission to end knife crime in the area. But,...
The Guardian
Dallas Detective agency
A detective agency in Dallas, Texas, is being run by men who were wrongly convicted of crimes of which they were later cleared. One of them, Christopher Scott, confronts Alonso Hardy, who confessed to having committed the crime for which...
TLDR News
Arrested for Protesting the King: What's Happening
The accession of King Charles III has sparked debate over the idea of monarchy, and has resulted in the arrest of peaceful protestors. But what are they being charged with? And is freedom of expression being undermined by the police?
The Guardian
John McAvoy: from 'alpha male' to Iron Man
John McAvoy has transformed himself from one of Britain's most wanted criminals to a Nike-sponsored Iron Man triathlete who advises the government on prison reform and works hard to make sure young people don't make the same mistakes he...
The Guardian
Revenge Porn'Revenge pornography': Chrissy Chambers' search for justice
In April, it became a crime in England and Wales to post ‘revenge pornography’. Chrissy Chambers and her girlfriend Bria are YouTube’s most popular lesbian content creators. The two channels they run have almost half a million...
The Guardian
The Black Panthers still in prison After 46 years, will they ever be set free?
Over two years, Ed Pilkington has interviewed eight people imprisoned since the 1970s black liberation struggle that rocked the US. As they near 50 years inside, will America’s black radicals ever be freed?
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Phoebe Zerwick - Beyond Innocence: The Life Sentence of Darryl Hunt
Phoebe Zerwick is an award-winning investigative journalist, narrative writer, and college professor. Her writing has appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine; National Geographic; The Nation; the Winston-Salem Journal; and Glamour, among other...
Weird History
Things You Didnt Know About Al Capone
Who was Al Capone? For some, his name stirs up images of a cigar-chomping folk-hero-mobster involved in everything from racketeering to murder and drug-running (and what would ultimately put him behind bars, tax evasion). For others,...