Thinking About Crime

No one would purposely have created the criminal justice system that the U.S. now has. It's too harsh and too unfair for too many - especially minorities. This book, in clear and lucid language, and with entertaining examples, spells out how American crime policy has reached the lowpoint it has and where we can go from there. It explains how the worst of current policies can be undone and how the avoidable human suffering they produce can be diminished. This is the first comprehensive treatment of crime as a social problem since James Q. Wilson's Thinking About Crime.