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Thinking About Crime

James Wilson

What can policing, sentencing and prisons really do about crime, and what can they not?

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Author
James Wilson

Why read it

  • You will learn to judge a crime policy by what people actually do, not by what sounds sensible
  • You will see why the forces that shape crime are hard to change, while the easy levers matter less
  • You will understand why crime rose sharply in the prosperous sixties, when reformers expected the opposite

Who it is for

  • A voter unsure which crime policies actually work
  • A city official deciding how to spend on police and prisons
  • A student of public policy who wants evidence over slogans

Contents

  1. FOREWORD BY CHARLES MURRAY
  2. INTRODUCTION
  3. CRIME
  4. Crime Amidst Plenty: The Paradox of the Sixties
  5. Crime and Community
  6. Thinking About Crime
  7. POLICING
  8. The Police and Crime
  9. Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety
  10. The Police and Community Relations
  11. CRIMINAL JUSTICE
  12. Penalties and Opportunities
  13. Incapacitation
  14. Rehabilitation
  15. The Death Penalty
  16. Heroin
  17. CRIME AND THE AMERICAN REGIME
  18. Crime and American Culture
  19. Crime and Public Policy
  20. APPENDIX
  21. A NOTE ON GUN CONTROL

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