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Prisoner or patient

United Kingdom, 1983
tv-show

The debate continues: are those guilty of grotesque crimes mentally disturbed or just evil? Should they be locked up and punished, or treated for illness? Thi..

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Putting people away

Australia, 1984
Similarity: 77%

Prisoner

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The Troubled mind

United Kingdom, 1954
Similarity: 73%

Booked for safekeeping

United States, 1960
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In the mind of a murderer Pt .2

United Kingdom, 1983
Similarity: 72%

Let the therapy fit the crime

United Kingdom, 1970
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What are we doing to our children, locked up, locked out

United States, 1973
Similarity: 71%

The Victims

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A Psychopath

Canada, 1961
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What's mad to you? Part 1: Glimpses from psychiatrists

Australia, 1988
Similarity: 70%

One in every hundred

United Kingdom, 1966
Similarity: 70%

In the mind of a murderer Pt.1

United Kingdom, 1983
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Barriers of the Mind

Australia, 1984
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Abnormal behavior: a mental hospital (TEFC)

United States, 1971
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Anyplace but here

United States, 1978
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Asylum

United Kingdom, 1972
Similarity: 69%

Prisoners of incest

United Kingdom, 1983
Similarity: 69%

Caring for the mind

United States, 1970
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