David Wilson's Crime Files

Episode 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.

Episode 3

Crime and Poverty

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

Episode 4

Gangs

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

Episode 5

Miscarriages of Justice

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

Episode 6

Disposal of the Body

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

Episode 7

Forensics

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

Episode 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.

Episode 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.

Episode 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.