My Life with Murderers: Behind Bars with the World’s Most Violent Men

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The 65,000 word manuscript that he’s written for the forthcoming release to follow-up this month’s publication, Murder At Home, has vanished from his computer. My Life With Murderers is a must read for any crime fans, more so for ones who enjoy true crimes and non fiction. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. In particular, I liked Wilson’s account of a documentary he made interviewing Bert Spencer, the man accused of murdering Carl Bridgewater. Now you have the chance to hear David’s story, from idealistic prison governor to expert criminologist and emeritus professor.

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Aged twenty-nine he became, at that time, the UK's youngest ever prison Governor in charge of a jail and his career since then has seen him sat across a table with all sorts of killers: sometimes in a tense interview; sometimes sharing a cup of tea (or something a little stronger); sometimes looking them in the eye to tell them that they are a psychopath. Having found his talk extremely intriguing as well as spellbinding, I could have happily sat there all day and listened to him talking, I bought a copy of this book after the event where he was signing copies. That as a phenomenon is something that needs to be better understood and explained and one of the ways I try to is through evolutionary psychology, because so often they have to deal with the violence of men”, says Wilson, who teaches at Birmingham City University. The author’s professional experiences, lets us get a step closer into meeting these people and finding out.Nothing funny, nothing pithy, nothing profound, nothing shocking; and likewise nothing much to complain about either.

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I was looking forward to reading all about the interviews with the murderers and learning about the psychology of why they committed these acts. An interesting perspective from Professor David Wilson who discusses his life as a prison governor and now as a criminologist. Although the story may warrant 3 stars, I rate this book only 2 stars because of the misrepresentation in the title and cover. I think he went out of his way to make it non-glorious and factual and I think that’s what some people seem to have disliked.

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It is really intriguing to see how some of these men behave with Wilson in comparison to their reputations and how the approach of the prison service has and has not changed over the years in response to the increasing amount of information regarding punishment and rehabilitation. The last chapter covering the murder of a paperboy and how Bert Spencer managed to evade justice os an indictment of the police incompetence. It’s a refreshing and more reliable approach to others I’ve read (ie John Douglas, who gets a sound dressing down here).David Wilson, the renowned UK criminologist, author, broadcaster, emeritus professor and former prison governor whose 40-year career has brought him face to face with countless killers, is coming to Exeter during a 2023 UK tour, ‘My Life with Murderers’. A great read, from a man whom has not only a great wealth of experience, but an even greater philosophy on reform. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. With experience unlike any other, David's story is a fascinating and compelling study of human nature.

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He takes a more scientific approach compared to his American contemporaries too, relying more heavily of the psychology of victims and evidence based practice compared to ‘one off interviews’ and showman ship. Prior to taking up an academic appointment in 1997, David was a prison governor working at a variety of establishments in a number of different roles.Z pewnością po lekturze tej książki miałam mieszane odczucia, jako, że spodziewałam się zupełnie czegoś innego. If you understand when men are going to be violent then you can better avoid those situations and, indeed, those men. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page. Through David’s own thoughts and the conversations he has with these people, it in some ways opened my eyes and was fascinating learning about techniques they use in trying to uncover the truth. The interesting thing about Glasgow is that in 2006 it was the murder capital of Europe and 10 years later, it was one of the safest places in Europe, because it reduced murder rates by 60 per cent”, says Wilson.