Criminal : The truth about why people do bad things / Tom Gash
Imprint
London : 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