AuthorGash, Tom
TitleCriminal : The truth about why people do bad things / Tom Gash
ImprintLondon : Penguin Books, 2017
Descript x, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

CONTENT

Introduction: A world of fictions -- Myth 1 : Crime is rising -- Myth 2 : Taking up a life of crime -- Myth 3 : Criminals will stop at nothing -- Myth 4 : Organized crime is big, bad and booming -- Myth 5 : Biology determines criminality -- Myth 6 : Poverty is the real cause of crime -- Myth 7 Immigration increases crime rates -- Myth 8 : We need more bobbies on the beat -- Myth 9 : Tough sentences are a sure-fire way to deter crime -- Myth 10 : Leopards can't change their spots -- Myth 11 : We need radical reforms to reduce crime


SUBJECT

  1. Crime
  2. Criminal psychology
  3. Crime prevention

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Political Science Library364 G247C CHECK SHELVES