Fed Up With Fear

DateFebruary 24 1981

Can DescriptionsMaster Special / Consortium X1387 Fed up with Fear Rec. 8-24-81

AbstractSpecial: Fed Up with Fear; viewer alert: objectionable language can be heard, distress vulnerable crime victims descriptions, and young people describing crimes they committed; Edward "Ted" Kennedy introduces the program on the ways in which society suffers, and the need for stiffer laws to combat the reasons for the fear of crime across the nation; Jack Heinz provides a voiceover while images of crime fill the screen; clips from recent activists' work; Boston, Seattle, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Raleigh, and Washington D.C. are the locations for the report; David Schoumacher reports on the efforts of the Shaw neighborhood watch in Washington DC; black screen breaks; Ken Schram reports on a senior citizen group working in Seattle to that create a safer environment through self-awareness and self-strengthening activities; Cyndy Brucato reports on a citizen watch group, Block Watch, and its effects on crime in Minneapolis-St. Paul; Martha Bradlee reports on a women's group in Boston to take back the night and the green light safe houses; Vic Carter reports on youth programs to fight the developing crime network committed by young people in Raleigh, North Carolina;

OtherIn the studio Kathleen Matthews, Waymer Johnson, Chester Panzer, George Patterson, Roger duMars, Fred Boor, Rick Austin, Dennis Hanson, Pete Petersen, Russ Brown, John Elliott;