NCJ Number
93238
Date Published
1975
Length
0 pages
Annotation
This film uses five vignettes to portray appropriate and inappropriate ways for police to help victims of crime.
Abstract
In the first scene, a child asks a police officer to help find his missing dog, while in the second a couple returns home to find their home vandalized right before Christmas. The third vignette involves an older woman being knocked down in the street by a young male who steals her purse. In the last two scenes, owners of a small neighborhood grocery store are robbed of their cash receipts and a young women hitchhiker is raped by an exconvict. The portrayals show both sensitive and inconsiderate police approaches to victims. The film can be stopped between each vignette to allow for audience/class discussion. The rape scene includes extremely graphic language and a brutally detailed enactment.