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Does Prison Work?
Does Prison Work?
By Charles Murray
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000

This monograph challenges the prevailing view amongst the criminal justice establishment that locking up criminals solves nothing.  [Read More]
For Capital Punishment
For Capital Punishment
Crime and the Morality of the Death Penalty
By Walter Berns
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000

The steady moderation of criminal law has not effected a corresponding moderation in criminal ways or improved the conditions under which men must live.  [Read More]
Combating Child Abuse
Combating Child Abuse
Guidelines for Cooperation between Law Enforcement and Child Protective Agencies
By Douglas J. Besharov
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000

This book discusses signs of and reasons behind child abuse, as well as the welfare system and social and individual responsibility.  [Read More]
Character and Crime
An Inquiry into the Causes of the Virtue of Nations
By Michael Novak
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000

This book concentrates on what builds character and why there is a serious lack of character in our culture and society today.  [Read More]
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