Start Over Date 1958 Collection National Educational Television

301. Classification and segregation in prisons (29:32)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this program, film sequences illustrate the steps in the prison separation and analysis technique, and an inmate tells of his experience with the classification system. Criminologist Joseph D. L...

302. Public myths about prisons (29:39)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this program, criminologist Joseph D. Lohman contrasts the public’s attitude and desires for penal institutions with the current knowledge of the social sciences. With Kenyon Scudder, he explain...

303. Maximum vs. minimum security in prisons (29:35)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this program, criminologist Joseph D. Lohman describes maximum security as the single most important characteristic of the American prison. He relates the consequences of excess security on inma...

304. The county jail : introduction to crime (29:43)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this program, the history, role and current status of county jails is explored. An interview with a Cook County Jail inmate brings out the prisoner’s experience there and in similar jails. The c...

305. The prison population (29:41)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this program, an inmate describes fellow prisoners whom he has known and tells of the prisoners’ caste system, based on the inmates’ offenses. Criminologist Joseph D. Lohman discusses the prison...

306. Dialects (29:54)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this episode, Dr. Smith, Jr.,explains and demonstrates dialect differences in standard English. He calls upon five guests from different geographical areas in the United States who illustrate p...

307. What is language? (28:48)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Defines language as a series of self-contained systems. Shows how words have different meanings within linguistic systems. Provides illustrations of linguistic subsystems. Points out the hazard of ...

308. Hiding behind the dictionary (28:45)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Discusses and illustrates how dictionaries are prepared. Explains how the meanings of words are learned without using the dictionary. Provides examples of how words are inferred from both physical ...

309. Where is the meaning? (28:59)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Explains where the true meaning of words is found. Points out that meaning is in the nervous system of the speaker and listener, not in the words themselves. Discusses four basic conditions of me...

310. History of the Indo-European language family (30:06)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this episode, Dr. Smith, Jr., discusses the history of the Indo-European family and how different languages are related. He explains how linguists developed a systematic reconstruction of German...