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Broadmoor: A History of the Criminally Insane
Written by David Wilson and Jenni Day
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Criminology professor David Wilson uses interviews and archives to highlight Britain's most notorious criminals and the place they called home, Broadmoor Hospital.
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David Wilson is Assistant General Secretary (Campaigns and Communications) at the National Education Union (NEU), and previously was Head of Organising in the National Union of Teachers (NUT). He tweets at @DavidWilson1975.
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