Criminally Insane. This video explores the world of a maximum-security institution for the criminally insane. (1999, 60 min) Available from Insight Media (800-233-9910).

Cruel and Unusual Punishment. Penologists and correctional officers give their views and analyses concerning capital punishment. (1971, 15 min.) Available from C. B. Communications, P.O. Box 7541, Oakland Station, Pittsburgh, PA 19113.

Eyewitness Testimony. Dateline NBC ran a fascinating story on eyewitness testimony, and how easy it is to identify the wrong suspect. This program featured Professor Roy Malpass and included a staged “crime” during a lecture at Brooklyn Law School. (Aired on August 8, 1995.) Available from NBC (800-420-2626).

False Confessions. This Dateline NBC program examines the tactics that police sometimes use to extract confessions from suspects, and how these tactics can elicit false confessions from innocent people. (First aired on December 23, 1997.) Available from NBC (800-420-2626).

Fidelity of Report. This old, black-and-white film begins with a 60-second vignette of a woman being robbed. The projector is stopped and a series of questions is asked of the students. (1946, 6 min.) Available from Pennsylvania State University, Audio-Visual Services, University Park, PA 16802 (800-826-0132).

In Search of Justice. This award-winning film, narrated by Henry Fonda, explains the American legal system. It documents a typical day within this complex entity. (1979, 28 min.) Available from Arthur Bar Productions, Inc., P.O. Box 5667, Pasadena, CA 91107 (213-793-6153).

Justice on Trial. Top authorities in criminal justice are interviewed about sentencing disparities. (1977, 49 min.) Available from CRM-McGraw-Hill Films, 110 Fifteenth Street, Del Mar, CA 92014 (619-453-5000).

Quiet Rage: The Stanford Prison Experiment. This video documents the controversial Stanford Prison Simulation conducted by Philip Zimbardo and his colleagues. Zimbardo narrates this film, which includes chilling footage of the study, as well as fascinating follow-up interviews with some of the subjects. If you didn’t use this video for Ch. 9 or Ch. 11, it would work very well with Ch. 12. (1992, 50 min.) Available from Philip Zimbardo, P.O. Box 2996, Stanford, CA 94309 (415-725-2417).

The Psychology of Criminal Behavior. This video examines criminal behavior and traces societal views on crime. It addresses biological theories, environmental and sociological factors, and other considerations. (2001, 25 min) Available from Insight Media (800-233-9910).

The Trial of Bernhard Goetz. An American Playhouse presentation, this is a true-to-life drama about the trial of Bernhard Goetz, who was called New York City’s “subway vigilante” in the 1980s. The trial raised issues of confession, self-defense, insanity, racism, pretrial publicity, sentencing disparity, etc. Goetz’s confession and trial were restaged from 4,600 pages of court transcripts. The script is a verbatim representation of the trial. (1988, 135 min.) Available from Today Home Entertainment, Inc., 9200 Sunset Boulevard, Penthouse 1, Los Angeles, CA 90069 (800-877-8434).

Twelve Angry Men. Jury deliberation is depicted in this classic film. Illustrates majority and, particularly, minority influence. Henry Fonda leads an impressive cast. (1957, 95 min.) Available from United Artists, 727 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019.

And Justice for All. At this Dateline NBC site, students can listen in from the perspective of a lawyer who receives letters from young men who were sentenced to life in prison. The cases are real and students get to decide whether they believe the prisoners' stories or not. In addition, students get to find out if their decision was correct. The site can be visited at: http://www.msnbc.com/modules/tvnews/dtl_crimestory/Default.asp?cp1=1

Ontario Centre for Religious Tolerance. This Web site contains an extensive summary of information, and links to other sites, concerning, among other things, issues relevant to discussions of reconstructive memory. Links to numerous sites concerning ritual abuse cases, including information about the Paul Ingram case and the McMartin preschool case (both of which are discussed briefly in Chapter 12) that may be relevant for discussions of the social psychology of confessions and of the controversy concerning the theory of reconstructive memory. Links are provided to a variety of sites with a range of opinions on these issues, such as the False Memory Syndrome Foundation (whose site contains numerous quotes and references from social and cognitive psychologists who often testify in court as expert witnesses) and the Cult Awareness and Information Centre. http://limestone.kosone.com/people/ocrt/ocrt_hp.htm

Mac-a-Mug Pro (Macintosh); Identi-Kit (PC). These programs are used to produce high-quality facial composites. A seemingly infinite combination of features can be selected by eyewitnesses to develop composite sketches for use in eyewitness identification. No artistic ability is required to quickly and easily construct these composites. Warning: These are expensive packages (particularly the Identi-Kit). Mac-a-Mug Pro available from Shaherazam, P.O. Box 26731, Milwaukee, WI 53226 (414-442-7503). Identi-Kit available from Identi-Kit Co., Inc., 2100 Roosevelt Avenue, Springfield, MA 01101 (413-781-8300).

Conflict & Cooperation. (Version 2.0). A social game construction kit. Expanding on the classic prisoners dilemma framework, this software allows students to author and then play out a wide variety of interactive decision-making scenarios constructed to represent political, business, or social situations in which participants vie for resource allocations. Instruction booklet included. On-line help available. Although the kit may be more appropriate for use in the context of Chapter 11, it can be used here as an extension of a discussion of the Prisoner’s Dilemma. (Windows) Available from Wisc Ware, Academic Computing Center, University of Wisconsin, 1210 W. Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706.