THE TEEN FILES: THE TRUTH ABOUT VIOLENCE

1300-46, 57 minutes, 2001 This explosive documentary provides information on teen violence, conflict resolution, youth-at-risk, behavioral choices and decision making, and gangs. Students’ understanding of the correlation between risky behavior, violence and their personal well-being is reinforced when seen through the eyes of eight Los Angeles teens.   Request

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ANGER: ALTERNATIVES TO AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE

1300-44, 22 minutes, 1998 Students explore the association between anger, aggression and violence. In the process they learn simple and effective techniques to help them express their own feelings of anger in a constructive way. They also learn how to handle the aggressions of others and find solutions to conflict...

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DATE RAPE/ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS

1300-46, 21 minutes, 2002 Identifies and effectively demonstrates the warning signs and behaviors that typify abusive relationships and characterize date rape. It further reveals the often frightening, physically violent and emotionally traumatic results of these unhealthy and destructive relationships. Whether perpetrator or victim, the importance of personal responsibility is stressed,...

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BOYS AND GUNS

#1300-39, 22 minutes, 2001 In this program, ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer investigates the dangerous fascination kids have with guns. In two filmed experiments arranged with parental consent at community centers, police officers placed disabled handguns in locations where teenagers could find them. The results were startling: male teenagers, excite...

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FAMILY VIOLENCE: Breaking the chain

#1300-38, 28 minutes, 2000 This program looks at the effects of family violence on the abused and the abuser: at the danger that the abused children will grow up to repeat the pattern of violence in their own relationships; at the problems of date violence; at the physical and emotional...

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THE IMPACT OF VIOLENCE ON CHILDREN

#1300-37, 28 minutes, 2001 What is the future of our children in America? Kids today live in a volatile world where violence in the school, home, and streets is an everyday occurrence. Statistics are staggering as children are not only abused by adults, but are killing each other. This program...

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STEMMING VIOLENCE AND ABUSE

#1300-36, 30 minutes, 2001 The key to reducing violence is understanding its roots. This program offers insight and suggestions that can stop dangerous incidents before they start. Among the topics explored are ways to avoid becoming a victim of campus crime, domestic abuse and the cycle of violence theory as...

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILDREN

#1300-35, 14 minutes, 2000 Severely wounded, their mother kept crying out, “Please don’t kill me! Please don’t kill me!” What effects do the sights and sounds of domestic violence have on the malleable minds of children? In this program, ABC news anchor Hugh Downs seeks to answer that question through...

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SHATTERED LIVES

#1300-34, 45 minutes, 2000 This film is an educational documentary on domestic violence. It is not a woman’s film. It’s a human film for everyone to watch together and learn from. It is excellent for use in schools, colleges, community services, law enforcement agencies and everyone interested in stopping domestic...

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IN LOVE and IN DANGER

# 1300-30, 15 minutes, 1997 This video is a compelling and informative look into the issue of teen dating violence. Emphasizing how stereotypes are formed and reinforced in early adolescence, it illustrates how some young men intimidate and control young women in dating relationships. Request

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