Crime is a political football - both left and right are terrified of seeming "soft" on the issue, but for all their efforts, or apparent efforts, crime rates continue to rise. Clearly something needs to be done. But what? Peter Hitchens argues that the time has come to re-examine the criminal justice system root and branch - to cope with rising levels of violent crime, and to restore public faith in society's ability to defend itself. Whatever you think of the solutions Hitchens suggests to this problem, you can be sure that they will excite controversy.
A Brief History of Crime is the third book by author and journalist Peter Hitchens. Originally published in 2003, it was reissued in 2004 under the new title The Abolition of Liberty.
A Brief History of Crime is the third book by author and journalist Peter Hitchens. The book was described in 2012 by The American Conservative magazine as "a must-read for anyone on either side of the Atlantic". The book challenges a number of commonly held views about the causes of crime, criticising the opinion that crime is caused by poverty or other forms of social deprivation
A Brief History Of Crime Hardcover – April 10, 2003.
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A Brief History Of Crime book. Peter Hitchens once asked, If all the police officers in this country were suddenly abducted by aliens, how long would it take us to notice? (to which the vast majority of Britons would reply, Too long ). In A Brief History of Crime, Hitchens undertakes an excellent examination of the dismal state of the justice system in modern Britain, and how it ended up that way.
All right, I admit it, it’s not that brief. I didn’t have time to shorten it. But what follows is a condensed history of the argument about who should control Crimea, one which still rages and which (as usual) is not as simple as politicians like to claim it is. I’ll begin with a question
All right, I admit it, it’s not that brief. I’ll begin with a question. What do you reckon is the date of this Reuters News Agency dispatch? I’ve slightly doctored one or two things in it, but only to conceal the date. Elected officials in the Crimea voted on Monday to hold a referendum to resolve heated debates on the future status of the region.
A Brief History Of Crime (Hardback). Peter Hitchens (author) Please provide me with your latest book news, views and details of Waterstones’ special offers. Crime is a political football - both left and right are terrified of seeming "soft" on the issue, but for all their efforts, or apparent efforts, crime rates continue to rise. Clearly something needs to be done. But what? Peter Hitchens argues that the time has come to re-examine the criminal justice system root and branch - to cope with rising levels of violent crime, and to restore public faith in society's ability to defend itself. Please provide me with your latest book news, views and details of Waterstones’ special offers.
Peter Hitchens argues that the time has come to re-examine the criminal justice system root and branch - to cope with rising levels of violent crime, and to restore public faith in society's ability to defend itself.
Peter Hitchens's rabid tirade, A Brief History of Crime, is both ill-argued and repellent. Unless we take appropriate coercive steps against the criminal minority forthwith, the rest of us are bound to lose further cherished freedoms shortly. This is, of course, an utterly extremist tract. Hitchens' idea of Britain is a bit like the vision John Major once mapped out in his old maids on bicycles, cricket and warm beer speech, except with ravening criminals lurking in the slips: yearning for a past which never existed, fear and loathing for a warped and monstrous present. Originally published in 2003, it was reissued in 2004 under the new title The Abolition of Liberty
A Brief History of Crime is the third book by author and journalist Peter Hitchens. Peter Jonathan Hitchens is an English conservative journalist and author. Hitchens writes for The Mail on Sunday and is a former foreign correspondent in Moscow and Washington. He has published eight books, including The Abolition of Britain, The Rage Against God, and The War We Never Fought.
A Brief History of Crime is the third book by conservative author and journalist Peter Hitchens. The book challenges a number of commonly held views about the causes of crime, criticising the opinion that crime is caused by poverty or other forms of social deprivation. It also charts the changes in policing from the 1960s to the present day, and examines and criticises the workings of the modern British prison system, including a chapter on the author's visit to Wormwood Scrubs.