The Stress Factor/ a Crime Called Violence

Australia, 1989

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Episode of Series “The Breakthrough series”.
In “The Stress Factor” Andrew Denton and his teenage laboratory technicians identify and examine stress, its causes and effects along with methods of dealing with it. Andrew Denton and a panel of teenagers discuss the perpetrators and victims in “A Crime Called Violence”. Methods of coping with violence inflicted by peers and the reason behind their aggression are discussed by the group from their first hand experiences.

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Credits

director

Ian Host

producer

Ron Saunders

Duration

00:34:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1989

Appears in

The Breakthrough series

Group of items

The Breakthrough series

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324178

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Adolescence

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Violence

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Adolescence

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Violence

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Stress (Physiology)

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Violence

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

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Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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