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David Wilson's Crime Files

Season 1 · 10 episodes · Jul 21, 2019

  1. Episode 1

    Serial Killers

    Jul 21, 2019

    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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    Episode 2

    Heists

    Jul 28, 2019

    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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    Episode 3

    Crime and Poverty

    Aug 4, 2019

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

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    Episode 4

    Gangs

    Aug 11, 2019

    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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    Episode 5

    Miscarriages of Justice

    Aug 18, 2019

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

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    Episode 6

    Disposal of the Body

    Jan 5, 2020

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

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    Episode 7

    Forensics

    Jan 12, 2020

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

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    Episode 8

    Double Life

    Jan 19, 2020

    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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    Episode 9

    Crimes of Passion

    Jan 26, 2020

    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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    Episode 10

    Prisons

    Feb 2, 2020

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