Paperback: Professor David Wilson - the UK's leading criminologist - has spent his professional life working with violent men - especially men who have committed murder. 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.
Some of these men became David's friends; others would still love to kill him.
My Life with Murderers (2019) tells the story of David's journey from idealistic prison governor to expert criminologist and professor. With experience unlike any other, David's story is a fascinating and compelling study of human nature.
My Life with Murderers was shortlisted for the Saltire Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2019.
About the author: David Wilson is Emeritus Professor of Criminology and the founding director of the Centre for Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University. Prior to taking up an academic appointment in 1997, David was a prison governor and at twenty-nine became the youngest governing governor in England.
Professor Wilson appears in the print and broadcast media as a commentator and presenter. His critically-acclaimed documentary, Interview with a Murderer, won the Broadcast Award and the Royal Television Society Award in 2017. David frequently gives public, school and university lectures which he announces on Twitter and Instagram.
Follow him on Twitter @ProfDavidWilson.
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