David Wilson's Crime Files

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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