About this season
Professor David Wilson explores Scottish crimes.
Episodes (10)
1. Serial Killers
Aired 21 July 2019 • 58 min
Criminologist David Wilson presents fresh analysis of notorious Scottish serial killers Peter Manuel and Peter Tobin and interviews criminal lawyer Donald Findlay QC.
2. Heists
Aired 28 July 2019 • 58 min
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.
3. Crime and Poverty
Aired 4 August 2019 • 58 min
Criminologist David Wilson discusses and offers compelling arguments for the links between systemic poverty and extreme anti-social behaviour.
4. Gangs
Aired 11 August 2019 • 58 min
Criminologist David Wilson investigates the origins of Glasgow’s alternative motto 'the no mean city'. looking at gang culture past and present.
5. Miscarriages of Justice
Aired 18 August 2019 • 58 min
Criminologist David Wilson investigates the reasons why blatant miscarriages of justice occur examining cases from past and present.
6. Disposal of the Body
Aired 5 January 2020 • 58 min
David Wilson explores how murderers often get caught when they try to dispose of the body.
7. Forensics
Aired 12 January 2020 • 58 min
Criminologist David Wilson charts the origins and evolution of forensic science as an ever more important tool for crime detection.
8. Double Life
Aired 19 January 2020 • 58 min
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.
9. Crimes of Passion
Aired 26 January 2020 • 58 min
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.
10. Prisons
Aired 2 February 2020 • 58 min
Criminologist David Wilson investigates the recent past and present of Scotland's prison system, looking at how it can make bad people even worse.