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Criminal: The Hidden Truths About Why People Do Bad Things

Criminal: The Hidden Truths About Why People Do Bad Things

by Tom Gash
Publication Date: 18/07/2016

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There are two contradictory narratives about crime.

In one, the criminal act is a selfish choice, and tough punishment the only solution. In the other, the system is at fault, and perpetrators will change only when society reforms.

Both are wrong.

Interweaving conversations and stories of crime with findings from the latest research, Tom Gash dispels the myths that inform our views of crime, from the widespread misconception that poverty causes crime, to the belief that tough sentencing reduces it.

He examines the origins of criminal behaviour, the ebb and flow of crime across the last century, and the effectiveness of various government crack-downs - and in doing so reveals that crime is both less rational and much easier to reduce than many believe.

Can we suspend our knee-jerk reactions, let go of cherished myths and embrace the truth about crime?

ISBN:
9781846145933
9781846145933
Category:
Crime & criminology
Publication Date:
18-07-2016
Publisher:
Penguin UK
Edition:
1st Edition
Pages:
304
Dimensions (mm):
232x152x26mm
Weight:
0.46kg

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