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CAPITAL CRIMES

by George Winslow

"CAPITAL CRIMES cuts through reams of propaganda and superstition to lay out a complete schematic of what crime is, where it comes from, and what it leads to. Winslow traces connections, worthy of Balzac, between high and low, boardrooms and back alleys. No received idea emerges intact from this encyclopedic, tenacious, and lucid book, and no one should be permitted to run for office without having read it."
—LUC SANTE, author of Low Life

“George Winslow has written a powerful and informative study of the system that calls itself ‘criminal justice’ by documenting the racial and economic injustice which permeates that system. This is an important book.”
—MICHAEL TIGAR, Washington College of Law, American University

Crime tops the newspaper headlines, leads the evening news, and is a focus of every election. But what causes crime? Is there a more rational way to address the problem other than the law-and-order crusades crafted by politicians and their consultants to win campaigns?

In this fact-filled, sweeping treatment, George Winslow takes on every aspect of the topic, from the streets to the suites. Unlike conventional accounts, Capital Crimes locates the problem within the context of the global economy—from the Burmese heroin trade to homicide in the United States, from the capital flight that has generated crime in inner cities to corporate money-laundering schemes—revealing how the occurrence, extent, and type of crime committed, as well as society's response to the problem, are largely determined by economic forces shaped by elite interests.

Based upon extensive research and interviews, Capital Crimes presents a comprehensive alternative to a "lock 'em up" approach that has produced a gargantuan prison-industrial complex without coming to terms with the current system of global production and finance that make crime so appealing and lucrative.

GEORGE WINSLOW, a journalist living in New York City, is the editor of World Screen News, TV Europe, and TV Latina. He has written for publications ranging from The New York Times Book Review to The Columbia Encyclopedia.

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