Advanced Security Management

In this episode, Dr. Michael Taylor of ESR, a government-owned New Zealand Crown research institute, gives host John Watt a crash course in forensic science and explains his own field of expertise: back spatter analysis. Nardia Foote is a grad student who works with Michael to better understand the process of back spatter relating to cranial gunshots.

No matter how careful they are, criminals almost always leave some trace of their identity behind. In this program, legal and forensic experts explain different types of evidence and how each is gathered and used in court. The work of various forensic specialists is described, and the Hollywood version of crime scene investigation is compared to what really happens at a site and in the lab.

A new breed of vigilantes says they're defending children from predators looking to lure them online - and all they need is a smart phone. They make fake social media profiles, masquerading as vulnerable teens, to turn the tables on the so-called "creeps." The online chats turn into real-world confrontations, and the smart phones used to arrange the meet becomes a camera to record the whole thing.

TED Talks playlist.
More than 2.3 million people in the United States are in prison or jail. Here, talks that speak to the experience of life behind bars—and different perspectives on what can make it a rehabilitating experience.

What happens when prisoners convicted of first degree murder as teenagers are given the chance to re-enter society? FRONTLINE takes a look at the fight over the fate of some 2,000 individuals following a landmark 2012 Supreme Court ruling that found sentences of mandatory life without parole for juveniles unconstitutional.

With help and ideas from incarcerated men and women, Van Buren is creating dynamic spaces that provide safe venues for dialogue and reconciliation; employment and job training; and social services to help keep people from entering the justice system in the first place.

For a crime he committed in his early twenties, the courts sentenced Marlon Peterson to 10 years in prison -- and, as he says, a lifetime of irrelevance. In this brave talk, he reminds us why we should invest in the humanity of those people society would like to disregard and discard.

This film looks into why so many transgender people encounter the police, how those encounters often lead to discriminatory treatment, and the inhumane conditions that transgender people all too frequently experience. The film examines how high unemployment of transgender people, family rejection and homelessness contribute to staggering rates of incarceration.