Crime and Poverty
David Wilson's Crime Files - S1 - E3
Criminologist David Wilson discusses and offers compelling arguments for the links between systemic poverty and extreme anti-social behaviour.
David Wilson's Crime Files: Season 1 - 10 Episode s
1x1 - Serial Killers
July 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.
1x2 - Heists
July 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.
1x3 - Crime and Poverty
August 4, 2019
Criminologist David Wilson discusses and offers compelling arguments for the links between systemic poverty and extreme anti-social behaviour.
1x4 - Gangs
August 11, 2019
Criminologist David Wilson investigates the origins of Glasgow’s alternative motto 'the no mean city'. looking at gang culture past and present.
1x5 - Miscarriages of Justice
August 18, 2019
Criminologist David Wilson investigates the reasons why blatant miscarriages of justice occur examining cases from past and present.
1x6 - Disposal of the Body
January 5, 2020
David Wilson explores how murderers often get caught when they try to dispose of the body.
1x7 - Forensics
January 12, 2020
Criminologist David Wilson charts the origins and evolution of forensic science as an ever more important tool for crime detection.
1x8 - Double Life
January 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.
1x9 - Crimes of Passion
January 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.
1x10 - Prisons
February 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.