David Wilson's Crime Files

Professor David Wilson explores Scottish crimes.

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Seasons

10 Episodes • Premiered 2019

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1. Serial Killers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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7. Forensics

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

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

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

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

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