Legal scholar Nita Farahany (Duke) discusses the different rationales we have for criminal punishment, along with some alternatives.

The concept of prisons as we know them today is relatively modern. In antiquity, jails served less as places of penitence and more as a purgatory before the final judgment of guilt, which was often punished either by enslavement or...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 novel, The Scarlet letter is a tragic tale of adultery and revenge. Hester Prynne faces public shame and punishment after an affair that results in a child. Her estranged husband resurfaces and seeks to...

Colette Marin-Catherine and her family were members of the French resistance during World War II. Colette and Lacie, a history student researching that era, travel together to Nordhausen, Germany, to visit the Mittelbau-Dora...

Stanford University psychologist Philip Zimbardo describes how his infamous 1971 Stanford Prison Study changed from a volunteer experiment that the students couldn’t take seriously to an all too real situational dynamic in the exercise...

Psychologist Philip Zimbardo (Stanford) describes how, more than 4 decades after his notorious Stanford Prison Experiment, many people still deny the importance of situational effects.

Psychologist Philip Zimbardo (Stanford) describes the background of social unrest in 1971 that set the stage for the development of his notorious Stanford Prison Experiment.

Psychologist Philip Zimbardo (Stanford) describes how a prime situational catalyst for dangerously abusive behavior is boredom of those in power positions.

Psychologist Philip Zimbardo (Stanford) discusses how he was forced to revisit his notorious Stanford Prison Experiment decades later and the effect that it had on him.

Mohamedou Ould Salahi was imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay for 14 years without ever being charged with a crime. See what his life in Mauritania is like now and what it was like before his imprisonment, including how the CIA came to suspect...

While Prohibition made it to illegal to sell, transport or make alcohol in the United States, the top brass in the US Congress were able to stay well-lubricated – thanks to the nefarious work of famed bootlegger, George Cassiday.

Promises might just seem like words, but in the legal system and government, they’re crucial. Oath of Office is part of a tradition that dates back hundreds of years.

Why a Petty Thief became a National Hero | The Life & Times of Jack Sheppard

The Most Interesting Man in the World | The Life & Times of Fritz Duquesne

Hi, you've reached the part of the description where I recount the contents of the video to see if it affects how widely the video is distributed. Talking about things like Chinese history, the history of China, and how Xuan of Han was a...

The American Woman who Survived Stalin's Gulags | Soviet Union, Stalinism, Great Purges

Join me as we take a look at a pivot strike in US History, the Pullman Strike of 1894. Perfect for inquisitive learners, students of the social studies and the cray cray on the internets.

It wasn't easy to pick this topic, but I believe that America's 40-year policy of mass incarceration is deeply unethical, not very effective, and promotes the security of the few at the expense of the many. It's hard for me, as a person...

Joanna of Castile, was denied her inheritance, rights, and freedom due to her gender and perceived mental capabilities. Her lineage went on to rule much of Europe for generations but Joanna herself has been dismissed as Juana la Loca, an...

National Archives: This films is part of a series called ‘Rebels in the Records’. The films in the series were created by young people in July 2021 and combine puppetry, model-making and animation. They explore stories of people and...

National Archives: This video explores primary sources that tell us more about life as a Victorian child criminal in Britain. It also gives insight as to many of the characters found in Charles Dickens novels, especially including Oliver...

This Arizona prison is teaching inmates how to break-in wild horses in the hope that the skills they learn will stop them from reoffending. So far, of the 50 inmates that have taken part, only two have found themselves back behind bars...

Because Marie Therese, Princesse de Lamballe refused to denounce the royal family, she was imprisoned, interrogated, and eventually brutally killed at the hands of a mob. Over time, her death was mythologized and used for propaganda...

Affair of the Diamond Necklace part 5. The crime quickly went from a private to a public affair as the perpetrators - and Marie Antoinette's character - were put on trial. Learn how the trials went and what type of punishment people...