BBC Reports Indecent Liberties
How successful are laws that give communities the right to know about sex offenders living in their area? This documentary looks at such laws in the USA where some argue that the approach makes sex offenders more likely to reoffend, and where others believe measures such as chemical castration should be added to the mix.
Primary Title
- BBC Reports
Secondary Title
- Indecent Liberties
Date Broadcast
- Tuesday 20 March 2001
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 21 : 00
Duration
- 30:00
Channel
- Prime
Broadcaster
- Sky Network Television
Programme Description
- How successful are laws that give communities the right to know about sex offenders living in their area? This documentary looks at such laws in the USA where some argue that the approach makes sex offenders more likely to reoffend, and where others believe measures such as chemical castration should be added to the mix.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Crime
- Documentary
- Law
Hosts
- Julian O'Halloran (Reporter)
Contributors
- Fiona Murch (Editor)
- Farah Durrani (Series Producer)
- Guy Smith (Producer)
- BBC (Production Unit)