Criminality and Economic Conditions (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Willem Adriaan Bonger

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 133025628X ISBN 13 : 9781330256282

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Economic conditions shape crime as much as individual choices, and this classic analysis argues for change to prevent harm.

Criminality and Economic Conditions examines how the modern economic system influences crime, from poverty and lack of education to family structure and social neglect. It traces how unequal access to resources, housing, and opportunity can erode social ties and drive both property and sexual crimes. The work explains how child labor, unemployment, and poor living conditions contribute to a cycle of crime, with prostitution, alcoholism, and violence standing out as consequences of a society organized around competition and private property.

The book also discusses possible futures. It argues that crime is not an inevitable fate but a result of economic structure. If the means of production were held in common, many traditional drivers of crime could fade away, and widespread poverty and its moral effects could diminish. While not offering simple solutions, it presents a framework for thinking about crime prevention through social and economic reform.

• How wealth distribution, housing, and work conditions relate to crime rates.
• Connections between family structure, education, and juvenile outcomes.
• The link between economic hardship and social harms like prostitution and alcoholism.
• A discussion of possible shifts toward a more collective economic system and its predicted impact on crime.

Ideal for readers interested in the social roots of crime and the historical debate on economic reform as a path to safer communities.

A propos du livre

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 133025628X
• ISBN 13: 9781330256282
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 754
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