Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-264, 273-275) and index.
Contents:
Genetic factors influence criminal behavior / James K. Hughes -- Genetic theories of crime are racist / Peter R. Breggin & Ginger Ross Breggin -- Criminals are victims of a violent environment / Francis Flaherty -- Criminals are not victims / Theodore Dalrymple -- Poverty and unemployment cause crime / Philippe Bourgois -- Poverty and unemployment do not cause crime / David Rubinstein & Carl F. Horowitz -- The culture of social irresponsibility causes crime / Elliott Currie -- The culture of personal irresponsibility causes crime / Myron Magnet -- Community-based policing will prevent crime / Carl F. Horowitz -- Community-based policing does not prevent crime / Nicolas Alexander -- Harsher sentences will prevent crime / Mary Kate Cary -- Harsher sentences will not prevent crime / Chi Chi Sileo -- "Three strikes" laws prevent crime / John Carlson -- "Three strikes" laws will not prevent crime / Jonathan Simon -- Imprisoning more criminals will prevent crime / Eugene H. Methvin -- Imprisoning more criminals does not prevent crime / Ted Gest -- Gun control is constitutional / Joshua Horwitz -- Gun control is unconstitutional / Don B. Kates Jr. & Alan J. Lizotte -- Gun control will not decrease crime / Dan Peterson -- Gun control will decrease crime / Pierre Thomas & the Los Angeles Times -- Privately owned guns decrease security / Carl T. Bogus -- Privately owned guns increase security / David B. Kopel -- Society should take handguns away from young people / Roy Romer -- Society should reduce young people's need for guns / James D. Wright & Joseph F. Sheley -- Violent juvenile criminals should be tried as adults / Rita Kramer -- Juvenile criminals should not be tried as adults / Alex Kotlowitz -- Prison boot camps can reform young offenders / Dennis E. Mack -- Prison boot camps may not reform young offenders / Frank Bentayou -- American society accepts too much deviant behavior / Daniel Patrick Moynihan -- American society criminalizes too many behaviors / Stephen J. Adler, Wade Lambert & Richard Morin -- Fear of crime harms the quality of American life / Linda Lichter & Froma Harrop -- Middle-class fear of crime is exaggerated / Michel McQueen -- Fear of black crime is justified / James Q. Wilson -- Fear of black crime has racist undertones / Marcus Mabry, Evan Thomas & Scott Minerbrook.
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