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Serial Killers

Serial Killers

Episode number: 1

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

Heists

Heists

Episode number: 2

Overview: 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

Crime and Poverty

Episode number: 3

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

Gangs

Gangs

Episode number: 4

Overview: 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

Miscarriages of Justice

Episode number: 5

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

Disposal of the Body

Disposal of the Body

Episode number: 6

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

Forensics

Forensics

Episode number: 7

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

Double Life

Double Life

Episode number: 8

Overview: 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

Crimes of Passion

Episode number: 9

Overview: 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

Prisons

Episode number: 10

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