Crime: How To Solve It, and Why So Much of What We're Told Is Wrong First Edition Edition
Author(s): Nick Ross (Author)
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Publication Date: 29 May 2013
Edition: First Edition
Language: English
Print length: 384 pages
ISBN-10: 1849544999
ISBN-13: 9781849544993
Book Description
In a whirlwind demolition of dozens of misconceptions about crime, Nick Ross proposes what is arguably the most radical re-think of crime policy since the dawn of policing. Setting conventional thinking on its head, Crime challenges everything we take for granted, showing why the criminal justice system has little effect on crime rates, how policing has been hijacked to serve the needs of lawyers, and how facts about crime are continually manipulated to serve the needs of politicians and the media. Crime is the result of twenty years experience working with victims and police, and ten years research to find out what makes crime rates ebb and flow. This is a major work that explodes fallacies and entreats us to be more sceptical. Crime will delight those who come to it with an open mind and infuriate ideologues from the left, right and centre.
Editorial Reviews
Review
A fascinating and beautifully written corrective to the many myths and false legends surrounding the issues of crime and punishment, from fraud to paedophilia. Nick Ross’s book is an evidence-rich zone which our policy-makers and we the citizens would do well to spend some time in. –David Aaronovitch
Brilliant. Incisive and full of insight. A voice of sanity amongst the politicking and posturing that comes with tackling crime. –Fiona Bruce
Shocking. He has turned my assumptions upside down. –Matthew Parris
This extraordinary book confronts assumptions that crime is caused by poverty or moral decay and instead reveals the true drivers of theft, violence and anti-social behaviour. It explains why crime rocketed and why it has fallen so precipitously. Most importantly Crime sets out a wide-ranging strategy for revolutionising criminal and policing policy. –Claire Sutton, Newstalk
[This book] presents a revolutionary new criminal and policing policy. –Ham & High
[This book] presents a revolutionary new criminal and policing policy. –Ham&High
[O]ne of the most interesting, well-written and thought-provoking books I’ve read for a long time. –UK Crime Stats
Shocking. He has turned my assumptions upside down. –Matthew Parris
About the Author
Nick Ross presented the crime appeal show Crimewatch for over twenty years, working closely with the police, advising Victim Support and Crimestoppers and serving on several government committees. After his colleague Jill Dando was murdered in 1999, he established the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science at University College London where he is chairman of the board, an honorary fellow and visiting professor. He was for many years one of Britain s best-known broadcasters and documentary-makers and has long been involved in promoting science and bioethics. He works with several charities as chairman, president, ambassador or trustee. He is married with three sons and lives in London.
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