Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform ) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published in the literary journal "The Russian Messenger" in twelve monthly installments during 1866. It was later published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoevsky's full-length novels following his return from 5 years of exile in Siberia. "Crime and Punishment" is considered the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing. "Crime and Punishment" focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in Saint Petersburg who formulates
Crime and Human Nature been reviewed by at least 20 publications. The book was particularly controversial because it re-invigorated the nature versus nurture debate in criminology. The book also influenced Herbert Needleman to research the potential link between lead and crime. In 2012, "The Washington Post"s Matt Schudel wrote that the book was "one of [Wilson's] most controversial books". Crime and Human Nature Crime and Human Nature: The Definitive Study of the Causes of Crime is a 1985 book about the causes of crime by political scientist James Q. Wilson and psychologist Richard Herrnstein. Wilson and Herrnstein present and critique almost all major theories