Synopsis
Criminologist David Wilson explores some of the ethical quandaries that plague our criminal justice system - is there a line that police shouldn't cross when hunting the bad guy?
- Programme: David Wilson's Crime Files
- Series: 2
- Episode: 10: Ethics of Policing
- Channel: BBC Scotland
- Broadcast year: 2021
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