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BAD BOYS {PART 1 OF 2} (TV)
Summary
Part one of a videotaped documentary special in which the producers visit a high school, a detention center, and a prison for boys in order to examine juvenile crime. At the Bryant High School in New York City, they find that of 5,000 students, one in five is a chronic truant. None of the students interviewed likes school or respects teachers. The program continues with a look at the Spofford Juvenile Detention Center in New York City, where 7,000 10 to 16-year-olds await trial or detention. In the year before this broadcast, 130 juveniles escaped from Spofford. Girls at the center say they enjoy themselves at the institution; the boys like it less and misbehave more frequently. Continues with T79:0280.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: October 29, 1978 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:59:10
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T79:0279
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Crime and criminals; Education; Juvenile corrections; Juvenile delinquency; Justice, administration of; Juvenile detention homes; New York City - Correctional institutions; New York City - Schools; Public institutions; Youth
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV, 1978
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- David Loxton … Executive Producer
- Carol Brandenburg … Coordinating Producer
- Alan Raymond … Producer
- Susan Raymond … Producer
- Brendan Elliott … Associate Producer
- Terry Benson … Director, Associate Director