David Wilson's Crime Files

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.

Crime and Poverty

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

Gangs

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

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

Disposal of the Body

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

Forensics

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

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.

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.

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.