Thinking About Crime

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Thinking About Crime is written by James Wilson and published by Basic Books (AZ). It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0465048838 (ISBN 10) and 9780465048830 (ISBN 13).

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 revised edition of Thinking About Crime introduces a new generation of readers to the theories and ideas that have been so influential in shaping the American justice system.