David Wilson's Crime Files

Season 1

2019 · 10 episodes · 9h 40m in all

Episodes

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   1. Serial Killers

   21 Jul 2019 · 58 min

   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

   28 Jul 2019 · 58 min

   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

   4 Aug 2019 · 58 min

   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

   11 Aug 2019 · 58 min

   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

   18 Aug 2019 · 58 min

   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

   5 Jan 2020 · 58 min

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

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   7. Forensics

   12 Jan 2020 · 58 min

   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

   19 Jan 2020 · 58 min

   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

   26 Jan 2020 · 58 min

   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

    2 Feb 2020 · 58 min

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