Crime: Its Cause and Treatment by Clarence Darrow (1857 - 1938)

Clarence Darrow was an American lawyer. He remains notable for his wit and agnosticism, which marked him as one of the most famous American lawyers and civil libertarians.

In this book, Darrow expands on his lifelong contention that psychological, physical, and environmental influences—not a conscious choice between right and wrong—control human behavior. To my ears (the reader's), the author has a rather simplistic behaviourist view of human behaviour, but he argues his position with wonderful clarity. Darrow is coherently critical of conspiracy laws, of the creation of laws by the powerful (and consequently the definition of "crime" by that group) .... and his views on the machinery of "justice" and on how criminals are treated are still very relevant. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia.)

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  • Preface; Chapter 1: What is Crime?
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  • Chapter 2: Purpose of Punishment
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  • Chapter 3: Responsibility for Crime
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  • Chapter 4: Environment
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  • Chapter 5: Adjusting Heredity and Environment
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  • Chapter 6: Psychology of Criminal Conduct
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  • Chapter 7: The Criminal
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  • Chapter 8: The Female Criminal
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  • Chapter 9: Juvenile Criminals
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  • Chapter 10: Homicide
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  • Chapter 11: Sex Crimes
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  • Chapter 12: Robbery and Burglary
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  • Chapter 13: Man as a Predatory Animal
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  • Chapter 14: Crimes against Property
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  • Chapter 15: Attitude of the Criminal
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  • Chapter 16: The Law and the Criminal
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  • Chapter 17: Repealing Laws
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  • Chapter 18: Is Crime Increasing?
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  • Chapter 19: Medical Experts
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  • Chapter 20: Punishment
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  • Chapter 21: The Effect of Punishment on Others
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  • Chapter 22: Evolution of Punishment
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  • Chapter 23: Capital Punishment
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  • Chapter 24: Stigmata of the Criminal
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  • Chapter 25: The Good in Criminals
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  • Chapter 26: The Defective and Insane
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  • Chapter 27: Social Control
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  • Chapter 28: Industrialism and Crime
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  • Chapter 29: War and Crime
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  • Chapter 30: Civilization and Crime
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  • Chapter 31: The Convict
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  • Chapter 32: Isolation and Sterilization
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  • Chapter 33: Crime, Disease and Accident
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  • Chapter 34: Luck and Chance
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  • Chapter 35: Pardons and Paroles
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  • Chapter 36: Remedies
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