Capital Crimes

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 crime, from the streets to the suites. Unlike conventional accounts, Capital Crimes places the issue in the context of the global economy—from the Burmese heroin trade to homicide in our cities, from capital flight to corporate money-laundering schemes. Winslow reveals how the occurrence, extent, and type of crime committed, as well as society’s response to the problem, are largely shaped by economic elites.

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.