David Wilson's Crime Files

• 1. Serial Killers

  58m

  Criminologist David Wilson presents fresh analysis of notorious Scottish serial killers Peter Manuel and Peter Tobin and interviews criminal lawyer Donald Findlay QC.

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  2. Heists

  58m

  Criminologist David Wilson discusses how surveillance technology has made the good old-fashioned bank robbery or jewellery raid harder than ever to pull off and not get caught.

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  3. Crime and Poverty

  58m

  Criminologist David Wilson discusses and offers compelling arguments for the links between systemic poverty and extreme anti-social behaviour.

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  4. Gangs

  58m

  Criminologist David Wilson investigates the origins of Glasgow’s alternative motto 'the no mean city'. looking at gang culture past and present.

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  5. Miscarriages of Justice

  58m

  Criminologist David Wilson investigates the reasons why blatant miscarriages of justice occur examining cases from past and present.

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  6. Disposal of the Body

  58m

  David Wilson explores how murderers often get caught when they try to dispose of the body.

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  7. Forensics

  58m

  Criminologist David Wilson charts the origins and evolution of forensic science as an ever more important tool for crime detection.

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  8. Double Life

  58m

  Criminologist David Wilson studies the psychology behind the need for those who lead a life of crime to have to conceal their activities by leading a secret or double life.

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  9. Crimes of Passion

  58m

  Criminologist David Wilson explores how 'we kill the ones we know'; the phenomenon that most murder victims are killed by someone they have a social connection with.

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  10. Prisons

  58m

  Criminologist David Wilson investigates the recent past and present of Scotland's prison system, looking at how it can make bad people even worse.

Cast

David Wilson

Host