Project Gutenberg 2005-05-09 Public domain in the USA. 119 Morrison, William Douglas 1852 1943 Morrison, W. D. (William Douglas) Crime and Its Causes Reading ease score: 53.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Afra Ullah and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Crime and Its Causes" by William Douglas Morrison is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The book explores the complex phenomena surrounding crime, aiming to investigate the underlying causes that contribute to criminal behavior, as well as society's responses to it. Through a rigorous examination of data and social factors, Morrison seeks to inform better criminal justice policies and understand widely shared misconceptions about crime. The opening of the work sets a foundation for understanding crime from a scientific perspective, highlighting the necessity of a systematic approach to criminology. Morrison discusses the historical lack of reliable crime statistics, which impeded earlier efforts to detect patterns in crime and the effectiveness of punishments. He argues that while economic conditions like poverty are often blamed for crime, they are only partly responsible, asserting that mental and physical health, the characteristics of individuals, and broader social contexts also play crucial roles. With a focus on refining methodologies, Morrison introduces key concepts that will be examined in detail throughout subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Criminals Crime HV Text Crime Nonfiction Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Law & Criminology Browsing: Sociology 397072 396551 2024-10-07T07:23:41.766275 2023-09-07T08:38:30.959766 text/html text/html 389286 2020-12-14T11:57:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 132872 2020-12-14T11:57:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 211176 2024-10-07T07:23:49.975218 application/epub+zip 216771 2024-10-07T07:23:45.049262 application/epub+zip 201075 2024-10-07T07:23:43.724224 application/epub+zip 380608 2024-10-07T07:23:53.844214 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 356356 2024-10-07T07:23:49.150201 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 334097 2022-08-07T11:34:09.449407 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367415 367364 2024-10-07T07:23:41.018269 2023-09-07T08:38:30.339783 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 367204 2020-12-14T11:57:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 129250 2020-12-14T11:57:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 367203 2020-12-14T11:57:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 129199 2020-12-14T11:57:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21654 2024-10-07T07:23:53.992188 application/rdf+xml 11848 2024-10-07T07:23:44.294232 image/jpeg 2897 2024-10-07T07:23:44.008451 image/jpeg 208707 2024-10-07T07:23:41.799238 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog