David Wilson's Crime Files
David Wilson's Crime Files
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David Wilson's Crime Files

6.0 / 10
2019
4 seasons
40 episodes
DocumentaryCrime

Professor David Wilson explores Scottish crimes.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Serial Killers

    21-07-201958m

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

  • Heists

    2.Heists

    28-07-201958m

    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.

  • Crime and Poverty

    3.Crime and Poverty

    04-08-201958m

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

  • Gangs

    4.Gangs

    11-08-201958m

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

  • Miscarriages of Justice

    5.Miscarriages of Justice

    18-08-201958m

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

  • Disposal of the Body

    6.Disposal of the Body

    05-01-202058m

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

  • Forensics

    7.Forensics

    12-01-202058m

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

  • Double Life

    8.Double Life

    19-01-202058m

    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.

  • Crimes of Passion

    9.Crimes of Passion

    26-01-202058m

    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.

  • Prisons

    10.Prisons

    02-02-202058m

    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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