S03E10: Killer Secrets Taken to the Grave | David Wilson’s Crime Files

S03E10: Killer Secrets Taken to the Grave | David Wilson’s Crime Files

Criminological Theories | BBC Scotland | 2022 | 28'00''

Criminologist David Wilson dissects the mindset of serial killers and why they might take pleasu...

S03E06: A Guilty Conscience | David Wilson’s Crime Files

S03E06: A Guilty Conscience | David Wilson’s Crime Files

Criminal behaviour and deviance | BBC Scotland | 2022 | 28'00''

Criminologist David Wilson explores the concept of guilt by examining the case of a missing girl from 1957.

S02E03: Family Annihilators | David Wilson’s Crime Files

S02E03: Family Annihilators | David Wilson’s Crime Files

Criminological Theories | BBC Scotland | 2021 | 27'24''

Criminologist David Wilson investigates the tragic cases of family annihilation, the rare and shocking phenome...

S02E02: Spree Mass Killers | David Wilson’s Crime Files

S02E02: Spree Mass Killers | David Wilson’s Crime Files

Crime and Deviance | BBC Scotland | 2021 | 27'57''

Criminologist David Wilson examines Scotland's dark history with spree and mass killings and tries to find moti...

S01E09: Crimes of Passion | David Wilson’s Crime Files

S01E09: Crimes of Passion | David Wilson’s Crime Files

Crime and Deviance | BBC Scotland | 2021 | 57'58''

Criminologist David Wilson explores how ‘we kill the ones we know' - the phenomenon that most murder victims are...

S01E01: Serial Killers | David Wilson’s Crime Files

S01E01: Serial Killers | David Wilson’s Crime Files

Crime and Deviance | BBC Scotland | 2021 | 57'59''

Criminologist David Wilson presents fresh analysis of notorious Scottish serial killers Peter Manuel and Peter Tobi...

Lawless Youth: Villians or Victims | Crime and Punishment

Lawless Youth: Villians or Victims | Crime and Punishment

Crime and Deviance | BBC Two | 1993 | 48'10''

Does a crisis of morality lie at the heart of Britain's rising crime rate? The horrific killing of 2-year-old Jamie...

Bulger Sentence | Kilroy

Bulger Sentence | Kilroy

Crime and Deviance | BBC One | 1994 | 38'37''

Today's programme deals with Bulger murder sentences.

Why Blame the Mother? | Forty Minutes

Why Blame the Mother? | Forty Minutes

Changing Awareness of Crime | BBC Two | 1994 | 39'10''

Four women - including Sue Venables,whose son was found guilty of the murder of James Bulger - try to describe how it feels to have a s...

Special: The James Bulger Case | Public Eye

Special: The James Bulger Case | Public Eye

Changing Awareness of Crime | BBC One | 1993 | 31'38''

Public Eye special on the James Bulger case on the day that Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were found guilty of his murder. Pre...

04: The Debate | Children of Crime

04: The Debate | Children of Crime

Changing Awareness of Crime | BBC One | 1998 | 38'57''

David Dimbleby hosts a discussion on crime and young people, asking who is responsible and what is the solution, featuring experts and key...

05: A Riddle Wrapped Inside an Enigma | Children of Crime

05: A Riddle Wrapped Inside an Enigma | Children of Crime

Crime and Deviance | BBC One | 1999 | 59'30''

A four-part series on juvenile crime in the post-War era begins with an examination of the murder of toddler James ...

03: The Untouchables | Children of Crime

03: The Untouchables | Children of Crime

Crime and Deviance | BBC One | 1998 | 47'59''

The series on juvenile crime concludes with a look at its impact on three families, including that of Philip Lawrence, the London he...

02: So Many Wasted Lives | Children of Crime

02: So Many Wasted Lives | Children of Crime

Crime and Deviance | BBC One | 1998 | 49'08''

The series on juvenile crime in the post-War era continues with an examination of policies and attitudes towards the punishment ...

01: The Mary Bell Case | Children of Crime

01: The Mary Bell Case | Children of Crime

Crime and Deviance | BBC One | 1998 | 48'14''

A look at the murder of two boys by an 11-year-old girl in 1968.

The Bulger Killers: Prisoners of Their Past | Panorama

The Bulger Killers: Prisoners of Their Past | Panorama

Crime and Deviance | BBC One | 2001 | 42'02''

Eight years after they killed two-year-old James Bulger , Jon Venables and Robert Thompson have, at the age of 18, bee...

Eyes of the Detective: the Murder of James Bulger

Eyes of the Detective: the Murder of James Bulger

Crime and Deviance | BBC Two | 2001 | 59'22''

A personal account of the murder, as seen through the eyes of the senior investigating officer Albert Kirby. The film follo...

Psychopath | Science Of Crime

Psychopath | Science Of Crime

Forensic Psychology | Channel 4 | 2000 | 49'17''

Through personal testimonies, this investigation into the science of crime explores what makes psychopaths commit their crimes.

Lombroso’s Theories of Crime | The Mystery Of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Lombroso’s Theories of Crime | The Mystery Of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Forensic Psychology | BBC Four | 2021 | 2'12''

When looking at the reasons why people offend, Lombroso, a scientist in the 19th century, believe...

Childhood experience and violent crime | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Childhood experience and violent crime | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Forensic Psychology | BBC Four | 2015 | 4'21''

Scientists explain how different childhood experiences and socialisation can lead to an indiv...

Testosterone, serotonin and violence | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Testosterone, serotonin and violence | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Forensic Psychology | BBC Four | 2015 | 5'33''

Professor Dabbs and Dr Higley provide evidence of the role of testosterone and serotonin in vio...

Brain areas and aggression | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Brain areas and aggression | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Forensic Psychology | BBC Four | 2015 | 5'36''

Dr Raine's research into aggression showed the important role of different brain areas including the pre-...

Early biological theories of aggression | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Early biological theories of aggression | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Forensic Psychology | BBC Four | 2015 | 7'03''

Lombrosso's early ideas about the biological basis for criminal behaviour and the subsequent...

Banged up and Left to Fail?

Banged up and Left to Fail?

Forensic Psychology | BBC Three | 2014 | 57'06''

Student Natalie, who was repeatedly in and out of the criminal justice system during her teens, explores the impact being locked up has had on yo...

Wot U Looking At? | Horizon

Wot U Looking At? | Horizon

Dealing with offending behaviour | BBC Two | 1993 | 57'10''

Program looking at the causes of violence, feauring interviews with men and boys with a record of violence both in USA and in England. But should...

The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Forensic Psychology | BBC Four | 2015 | 59'05''

Michael Mosley uses the BBC archives to chart scientists' progress as they probed the mind of the murderer to try to understand why pe...
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