Synopsis
Criminologist David Wilson discusses and offers compelling arguments for the links between systemic poverty and extreme anti-social behaviour.
- Programme: David Wilson's Crime Files
- Series: 1
- Episode: 03: Crime and Poverty
- Channel: BBC Scotland
- Broadcast year: 2021
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