Crime: How to Solve It – And Why So Much of What We’re Told Is Wrong
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"Crime: How to Solve It – And Why So Much of What We’re Told Is Wrong" is a non-fiction book that challenges common assumptions about crime and criminal justice, offering evidence-based proposals for more effective crime reduction.
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| Crime: How to Solve It – And Why So Much of What We’re Told Is Wrong canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12937147 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crime: How to Solve It – And Why So Much of What We’re Told Is Wrong Context triple: [Nick Ross, hasWrittenWork, Crime: How to Solve It – And Why So Much of What We’re Told Is Wrong]
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A Brief History of Crime
A Brief History of Crime is a non-fiction book by British journalist Peter Hitchens that critiques modern criminal justice policies and argues for a return to more traditional approaches to law and order in the United Kingdom.
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B.
Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor’s Plan to Make Us Safer
Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor’s Plan to Make Us Safer is a policy-focused book by Kamala Harris outlining criminal justice reforms aimed at improving public safety while reducing mass incarceration.
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"Crime: Its Cause and Treatment"
"Crime: Its Cause and Treatment" is a 1922 non-fiction work by American lawyer Clarence Darrow that examines the social, economic, and psychological roots of criminal behavior and critiques traditional approaches to punishment.
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D.
Thinking About Crime
"Thinking About Crime" is a seminal work of criminology and public policy in which James Q. Wilson analyzes the causes of crime and advocates for deterrence-focused, tough-on-crime strategies.
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E.
Report on the Causes of Crime
Report on the Causes of Crime is a major analytical study produced by the Wickersham Commission that examined the underlying social, economic, and legal factors contributing to criminal behavior in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crime: How to Solve It – And Why So Much of What We’re Told Is Wrong Target entity description: "Crime: How to Solve It – And Why So Much of What We’re Told Is Wrong" is a non-fiction book that challenges common assumptions about crime and criminal justice, offering evidence-based proposals for more effective crime reduction.
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A.
A Brief History of Crime
A Brief History of Crime is a non-fiction book by British journalist Peter Hitchens that critiques modern criminal justice policies and argues for a return to more traditional approaches to law and order in the United Kingdom.
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B.
Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor’s Plan to Make Us Safer
Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor’s Plan to Make Us Safer is a policy-focused book by Kamala Harris outlining criminal justice reforms aimed at improving public safety while reducing mass incarceration.
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C.
"Crime: Its Cause and Treatment"
"Crime: Its Cause and Treatment" is a 1922 non-fiction work by American lawyer Clarence Darrow that examines the social, economic, and psychological roots of criminal behavior and critiques traditional approaches to punishment.
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D.
Thinking About Crime
"Thinking About Crime" is a seminal work of criminology and public policy in which James Q. Wilson analyzes the causes of crime and advocates for deterrence-focused, tough-on-crime strategies.
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E.
Report on the Causes of Crime
Report on the Causes of Crime is a major analytical study produced by the Wickersham Commission that examined the underlying social, economic, and legal factors contributing to criminal behavior in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
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| instanceOf |
book about crime
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| addresses |
causes of crime
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misconceptions about crime statistics ⓘ misconceptions about policing ⓘ misconceptions about punishment ⓘ prevention of crime ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
challenge common assumptions about crime
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challenge common assumptions about criminal justice ⓘ propose more effective crime reduction strategies ⓘ |
| critiques |
ineffective criminal justice practices
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popular crime control policies ⓘ tough-on-crime rhetoric ⓘ |
| describedAs | evidence-based ⓘ |
| examines |
criminal justice system performance
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media narratives about crime ⓘ political narratives about crime ⓘ public beliefs about crime ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
effectiveness of criminal justice policies
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evidence-based crime policy ⓘ |
| genre | non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Crime: How to Solve It – And Why So Much of What We’re Told Is Wrong ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers
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policy makers ⓘ students of criminology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | non-fiction prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
crime
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crime reduction ⓘ criminal justice ⓘ |
| proposes |
evidence-based crime reduction measures
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policy reforms in criminal justice ⓘ |
| uses |
empirical research
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statistical evidence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Crime: How to Solve It – And Why So Much of What We’re Told Is Wrong Description of subject: "Crime: How to Solve It – And Why So Much of What We’re Told Is Wrong" is a non-fiction book that challenges common assumptions about crime and criminal justice, offering evidence-based proposals for more effective crime reduction.
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Crime: How to Solve It – And Why So Much of What We’re Told Is Wrong
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