When five Violent Federal Offenders explore the formative events of their childhood, their journey exposes us to the violence and abuse that they experienced as children. Through the retelling of their personal stories, we are able to glimpse some of the unresolved issues that helped to fuel the violence in each of their lives.
Childhood Issues & Family Violence – Part 1:
#1300-26, 47 minutes
Deals primarily with “Abandonment” and “Family Violence” as well as each man’s personal reasons for making this series of programs on violence. Their hope is to help change the violent nature of our society, by changing the way that we parent our children.
Adolescent Issues & Community Violence – Part 2
#1300-27, 42 minutes
In this program about the origins of violence and how unresolved emotional experiences around “Death and Grief” and “Community Violence” affected their adolescence. By recounting incidents from their past, they are able to relate to us how these same issues continued to influence their adult lives and their descent into anger and violence. The program expresses their firm belief that in order to stop the escalation of violence, we must first change the nature of our families and our communities.
Young Adulthood & The Escalation of Violence – Part 3
#1300-28, 53 minutes
This program examines “Life on the Street” and the “Escalation of Violence”. It chronicles their social development from youthful victims to violent antisocial predators. The logic of the street is all pervasive and the road to adult violence is paved with the unguided mishaps of children who have been forgotten by their families and by society.
Prison, The Cycle of Violence & Suicide – Part 4
#1300-29, 56 minutes
People think that when a dangerous person is sent to prison, the violence ends there. But for those incarcerated it is just the beginning where victims become predators, and predators become victims. After being abandoned by their families and communities, inmates then face the final abandonment by society. The series concludes with a plea and a warning: “Re-examine how society looks after its children or face an inevitable escalation of violence”.