Moral Judgment

Does the Abuse Excuse Threaten Our Legal System

James Q. Wilson (View Bio)
Hardcover: Basic Books, 1997; Paperback: Basic Books, 1998.

"James Q. Wilson ...has written a book on criminal law that puts most books on the law to shame." — The New York Times Book Review

"A leading social scientist blasts the use of social science in the courtroom, in this provocative but cranky collection of lectures delivered at Harvard." — Kirkus Reviews