Up the Creek

• NCJ Number: 90546
• Author(s): T Boyd
• Date Published: 1980
• Length: 0 pages
• Grant Number(s): 80-CJ-AX-0035
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; Salvation Army
• Corporate Author: ODN Productions
• Sale Source: Not Available Through National Institute of Justice/NCJRS Document Loan Program; Jackson Cty Youth Court
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. 16mm, color, 20 minutes, avalable in video. Rental is also available from sales source.

Annotation

This brief but dramatic film portrays a husband's anxiety when he discovers that his abused wife has left him. It culminates in his wife seeking a restraining order and the husband knowing that he will be charged with assault and battery.

Abstract

The husband's denial as to the seriousness of his abuse slowly changes after he is forced to discuss the situation with the District Attorney's Office. Throughhout most of the film, the husband discounts his actions as having been the cause of his wife's disappearance. The husband is unable to discuss his feelings very coherently and resorts to violent actions to let out his frustration and anxiety at his wife's disappearance. The drama occurs in a rural setting.