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.
- ISBN10 0465048838
- ISBN13 9780465048830
- Publish Date 14 May 2013
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 August 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Basic Books
- Edition 2nd edition
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 320
- Language English