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The System with Joe Berlinger

Geography of Punishment (Season 1, Episode 7)
TV Episode | Documentary
Crime rates of previous decades continue to have a large impact on how the criminal justice system functions today. Proactive policing strategies such as "drug-free zone" laws and "stop-and frisk" were implemented with the best of ...See moreCrime rates of previous decades continue to have a large impact on how the criminal justice system functions today. Proactive policing strategies such as "drug-free zone" laws and "stop-and frisk" were implemented with the best of intentions, but critics say they are not working, and are in fact causing more hardship - for the community and the state's taxpayers - filling up prisons and infringing on civil rights. What can be done to repair the public's trust in the system? Written by Al Jazeera America See less
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Director
Joe Berlinger
Writer
Kevin Huffman
Cinematographers
Luke McCoubrey | Robert Richman (as Bob Richman)
Editor
Brett Mason
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Updated Jun 29, 2014
Release date
Jun 29, 2014 (United States)
Awards
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4 wins

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