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Focal Point: A Legacy Of Violence
- Year of completion
- 1986
- Content type
- Documentary
- Format
- Short
- Genre
- Science, Society
- Duration
- 30 minutes
- Production Status
- Completed
Synopsis
More than 80 percent of all armed hold-ups are committed by drug addicts. But what of the innocent people involved in the armed hold-up? How prepared are employees in banks and building societies to face the barrel of a sawn-off shotgun, or a knife? This program examines the traumatic effects of such an experience, which have destroyed careers and deeply affected personal lives.