Thinking about crime

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"As crime rates inexorably rose during the tumultuous years of the 1970s, disputes over how to handle the violence sweeping the nation quickly escalated. James Q. Wilson redefined the public debate by offering a brilliant and provocative new argument that criminal activity is largely rational and shaped by the rewards and penalties it offers and forever changed the way Americans think about crime. Now with a new foreword by the prominent scholar and best-selling author Charles Murray, this revi…

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Full title :Thinking about crime / James Q. Wilson ; with a new foreword by Charles Murray.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2013
Edition:Revised edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Basic Books, a member of the Perseus books group
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2013

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Description:xxviii, 281 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780465048830, 0465048838
oclc:ocn828834144
LC Classification:HV6789
Dewey Decimal:364.973

Crime amidst plenty : the paradox of the sixties -- Crime and community -- Thinking about crime -- The police and crime -- Broken windows : the police and neighborhood safety -- The police and community relations -- Penalties and opportunities -- Incapacitation -- Rehabilitation -- The death penalty -- Heroin -- Crime and American culture -- Crime and public policy.

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