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SUMMARY:Criminal - why people do bad things. Tom Gash\, Institute for Gove
 rnment - Tom Gash\, Institute for Government
DTSTART:20161125T123000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Charlotte Sausman
DESCRIPTION:There are two myths about crime. In one\, the criminal act is 
 a selfish choice\, and tough punishment the only solution. In the other\, 
 the system is at fault\, and perpetrators will change only when society re
 forms. Both these narratives are wrong.\n\nInterweaving conversations and 
 stories of crime with findings from the latest research\, Tom Gash dispels
  the myths that inform our views of crime\, from the widespread misconcept
 ion that poverty causes crime\, to the belief that tough sentencing reduce
 s it. He examines the origins of criminal behaviour\, the ebb and flow of 
 crime across the last century\, and the effectiveness of various governmen
 t crack-downs - and in doing so reveals that crime is both less rational a
 nd much easier to reduce than many believe.\n\n\n
LOCATION: Room 119\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, C
 B3 9DT
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