Tom Gash is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government and a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Mannheim School of Criminology at the London School of Economics. A regular contributor to debates on public policy and current affairs, he writes for the Independent, Guardian and Financial Times, and speaks frequently on television and radio advocating improvements in crime policy and wider public sector management. Tom has been an adviser to a range of crime policy reviews, including the Flanagan Review of Policing and the UK Drug Policy Commission.
发表于2024-12-29
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There are two myths about crime. In one, the criminal act is a selfish choice, and tough punishment the only solution. In the other, the system is at fault, and perpetrators will change only when society reforms. Both these narratives are wrong.
Interweaving conversations and stories of crime with findings from the latest research, Tom Gash dispels the myths that inform our views of crime, from the widespread misconception that poverty causes crime, to the belief that tough sentencing reduces it. He examines the origins of criminal behaviour, the ebb and flow of crime across the last century, and the effectiveness of various government crack-downs - and in doing so reveals that crime is both less rational and much easier to reduce than many believe. Can we suspend our knee-jerk reactions, let go of cherished myths and embrace the truth about crime?
中规中矩的科普读物,通过讲故事的方式说明了犯罪成因相关的几大迷思,就这些迷思的内容而言,的确是普罗大众最容易误解的东西,其中大部分都涉及到非此即彼非黑即白的简单粗暴二分法,例如犯罪的成因完全就是由先天生物因素所决定的又或是贫穷与高犯罪率之间一定存在因果关系等等,还有作者一开始点出的Heroes and Villains与Victims and Survivors的二分法,总之像犯罪学这样的社会问题最忌二分法,而一切最真实的则都埋在各种细节中,必须具体问题具体分析,且必须谨慎探究,包括理论假设、数据取得、分析方法以及普遍偏见等太多太多需要注意的点。本书的讨论看似覆盖面很广,可实际上与其它科普读物一样仍缺乏深度,当然了,对有专业知识背景的人来说缺乏深度,但对一般读者来说已足够,是合格的科普读物。
评分这种书的最大好处就是有数据有例子; 总结下来criminals主要是智商低自控力差personality差; 移民会不会犯罪跟移民个体的personality关系就挺大; 二代移民比一代移民犯罪多; 有些crimes靠科技进步提高犯罪成本从而降低, 这个事实令我有点伤感
评分中规中矩的科普读物,通过讲故事的方式说明了犯罪成因相关的几大迷思,就这些迷思的内容而言,的确是普罗大众最容易误解的东西,其中大部分都涉及到非此即彼非黑即白的简单粗暴二分法,例如犯罪的成因完全就是由先天生物因素所决定的又或是贫穷与高犯罪率之间一定存在因果关系等等,还有作者一开始点出的Heroes and Villains与Victims and Survivors的二分法,总之像犯罪学这样的社会问题最忌二分法,而一切最真实的则都埋在各种细节中,必须具体问题具体分析,且必须谨慎探究,包括理论假设、数据取得、分析方法以及普遍偏见等太多太多需要注意的点。本书的讨论看似覆盖面很广,可实际上与其它科普读物一样仍缺乏深度,当然了,对有专业知识背景的人来说缺乏深度,但对一般读者来说已足够,是合格的科普读物。
评分这种书的最大好处就是有数据有例子; 总结下来criminals主要是智商低自控力差personality差; 移民会不会犯罪跟移民个体的personality关系就挺大; 二代移民比一代移民犯罪多; 有些crimes靠科技进步提高犯罪成本从而降低, 这个事实令我有点伤感
评分这种书的最大好处就是有数据有例子; 总结下来criminals主要是智商低自控力差personality差; 移民会不会犯罪跟移民个体的personality关系就挺大; 二代移民比一代移民犯罪多; 有些crimes靠科技进步提高犯罪成本从而降低, 这个事实令我有点伤感
Criminal 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书