Crime and Punishment (manga) Crime and Punishment (manga) This is a manga version of the classic Russian novel "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Here, Osamu Tezuka draws the characters in his own unique style, and gives some key roles from the book to some of the characters from his Star System. However, the ending of Osamu Tezuka's version of "Crime and Punishment" is vastly different than Dostoevsky's ending. Just as in the original novel, the setting is St. Petersburg, Russia during the days when the country was ruled by Czars, but only days before the Russian Revolution. The main character, Rascalnikov, is a
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