Liamcrime

After having read Tom Gash’s book on criminality and his interpretation of precisely ‘why people do bad things’, it has definitely opened up my mind into looking at new and different perspectives when researching Criminality. Tom Gash is a senior researcher at the Mannheim school of Criminology at the London school of economics. He is a regular contributor to debates and discussions on a variety of topics including Criminology, public policy and current affairs. He also regularly writes for media outlets such as the Guardian and the Financial times. He has an ambiguous interpretation and hosts a critical analysis of criminal behaviour in a Contemporary society. Within the book, he takes apart day to day interpretations of myths surrounding criminality. He picks apart and looks at different myths in a critical manner. In the first chapter on p27-49, he talks about the idea that crime is significantly rising. However, throughout this chapter, I questioned the validity of this statement