Book #86304
Crime: Its Cause and Treatment. First Indian edition.
Darrow, Clarence, [1857-1938]. Crime: Its Cause and Treatment. New Delhi: Logos Press, [1990]. First Indian edition. vi, 246 pp. Publisher's black cloth very good, in moderately worn dust jacket. Internally clean. A very good copy. $45. * In this book, Darrow challenges the conventional, punitive justice systems of his era by arguing that crime is a product of external factors rather than a personal moral failing. He largely rejects the free will of defendants, and argues that their behavior is largely dictated by a combination of heredity and environmental factors, including socio-economic conditions.
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