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The Broken Home (1957-00-00)
About this film
Dr. Daniel Glazier, professor of sociology at the University of Illinois, discusses with Sheriff Lohman the role that a disrupted home life can play in developing the criminal offender. The Sheriff introduces a case study and interviews a victim of a disrupted home who has turned delinquent. The episode incorporates a film illustrating the disheartening problems which arise for a youngster in a home that is not happy or peaceful, that has little love and affection. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Directors & creators
WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Juvenile delinquency, Broken homes, Criminology, Family relations, Sociology, Child development, Parenting, 1950s, Cook County, Illinois, Joseph D. Lohman, Educational television, Divorce, Desertion, Family structure, Social history, Behavioral sciences, Juvenile justice, Home environment, Character development, Child welfare, Social psychology, Criminologists, Domestic relations
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