Books
Beyond Probation: Juvenile Corrections and the Chronic Delinquent
– (Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1979.) (with Louis A. Cox, Jr.)Community Control and the Physical Environment
– In James Q. Wilson, ed., Crime and Public Policy. San Francisco: ICS Press, 1983.Crime in America
– National Review, June 10, 1988.Summary: An excerpt from In Pursuit: Of Happiness and Good Government in which Murray reflects on how different “the crime problem” looks when we ask just what constitutes… More
The British Underclass
– The Public Interest, Spring 1990.Excerpt: IS THE UNDERCLASS an American phenomenon? It often seems so. Reports about Western Europe’s social democracies typically portray societies in which the low-income class is… More
After L.A.—Causes, Root Causes, and Cures
– National Review, June 8, 1992.Excerpt: The Rodney King verdict seemed as outrageous to me as it did to most Americans. But if it was outrageous, it was also laden with meaning. It opens a new and explosively dangerous… More
The Physical Environment
– In James Q. Wilson and Joan Petersilia, eds., Crime. San Francisco: ICS Press, 1995.The Next British Revolution
– The Public Interest, Winter 1995.Excerpt: IN 1989, the London Sunday Times asked me to explore whether England was developing an American-style underclass. I reported then that England seemed to be replaying the American… More
Charles Murray and the Underclass: The Developing Debate
– Ruth Lister, ed., IEA Health and Welfare Unit in association with The Sunday Times London, 1996.Excerpt: IN 1989 Charles Murray visited Britain in search of the ‘underclass’, courtesy of The Sunday Times. Four years later he returned to warn that the crisis of the ‘underclass’… More
Does Prison Work?
– (London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 1997.)Summary from Publisher: Crime is low when crime doesn’t pay, is the motto of this provocative essay by Charles Murray. He challenges the prevailing view amongst the criminal justice… More
And Now for the Bad News
– Wall Street Journal, February 2, 1998.Excerpt: Good news is everywhere. Crime rates are falling; welfare rolls are plunging; unemployment is at rock bottom; teenage births are down. Name an indicator, economic or social, and… More
No Justice
– Sunday Times (London), January 18, 2004.Excerpt: The story was told by an American student named Valerie Ruppel who had returned from a term’s study in London. Two days after her group reached Britain, a policewoman came to… More
Simple Justice
– Sunday Times (London), January 25, 2004.Excerpt: I recently interviewed Una Padel, director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, a research foundation that advocates alternatives to prison and restorative justice. A… More
Essays
Beyond Probation: Juvenile Corrections and the Chronic Delinquent
– (Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1979.) (with Louis A. Cox, Jr.)Community Control and the Physical Environment
– In James Q. Wilson, ed., Crime and Public Policy. San Francisco: ICS Press, 1983.Crime in America
– National Review, June 10, 1988.Summary: An excerpt from In Pursuit: Of Happiness and Good Government in which Murray reflects on how different “the crime problem” looks when we ask just what constitutes… More
The British Underclass
– The Public Interest, Spring 1990.Excerpt: IS THE UNDERCLASS an American phenomenon? It often seems so. Reports about Western Europe’s social democracies typically portray societies in which the low-income class is… More
After L.A.—Causes, Root Causes, and Cures
– National Review, June 8, 1992.Excerpt: The Rodney King verdict seemed as outrageous to me as it did to most Americans. But if it was outrageous, it was also laden with meaning. It opens a new and explosively dangerous… More
The Physical Environment
– In James Q. Wilson and Joan Petersilia, eds., Crime. San Francisco: ICS Press, 1995.The Next British Revolution
– The Public Interest, Winter 1995.Excerpt: IN 1989, the London Sunday Times asked me to explore whether England was developing an American-style underclass. I reported then that England seemed to be replaying the American… More
Charles Murray and the Underclass: The Developing Debate
– Ruth Lister, ed., IEA Health and Welfare Unit in association with The Sunday Times London, 1996.Excerpt: IN 1989 Charles Murray visited Britain in search of the ‘underclass’, courtesy of The Sunday Times. Four years later he returned to warn that the crisis of the ‘underclass’… More
Does Prison Work?
– (London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 1997.)Summary from Publisher: Crime is low when crime doesn’t pay, is the motto of this provocative essay by Charles Murray. He challenges the prevailing view amongst the criminal justice… More
And Now for the Bad News
– Wall Street Journal, February 2, 1998.Excerpt: Good news is everywhere. Crime rates are falling; welfare rolls are plunging; unemployment is at rock bottom; teenage births are down. Name an indicator, economic or social, and… More
No Justice
– Sunday Times (London), January 18, 2004.Excerpt: The story was told by an American student named Valerie Ruppel who had returned from a term’s study in London. Two days after her group reached Britain, a policewoman came to… More
Simple Justice
– Sunday Times (London), January 25, 2004.Excerpt: I recently interviewed Una Padel, director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, a research foundation that advocates alternatives to prison and restorative justice. A… More
Commentary
Beyond Probation: Juvenile Corrections and the Chronic Delinquent
– (Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1979.) (with Louis A. Cox, Jr.)Community Control and the Physical Environment
– In James Q. Wilson, ed., Crime and Public Policy. San Francisco: ICS Press, 1983.Crime in America
– National Review, June 10, 1988.Summary: An excerpt from In Pursuit: Of Happiness and Good Government in which Murray reflects on how different “the crime problem” looks when we ask just what constitutes… More
The British Underclass
– The Public Interest, Spring 1990.Excerpt: IS THE UNDERCLASS an American phenomenon? It often seems so. Reports about Western Europe’s social democracies typically portray societies in which the low-income class is… More
After L.A.—Causes, Root Causes, and Cures
– National Review, June 8, 1992.Excerpt: The Rodney King verdict seemed as outrageous to me as it did to most Americans. But if it was outrageous, it was also laden with meaning. It opens a new and explosively dangerous… More
The Physical Environment
– In James Q. Wilson and Joan Petersilia, eds., Crime. San Francisco: ICS Press, 1995.The Next British Revolution
– The Public Interest, Winter 1995.Excerpt: IN 1989, the London Sunday Times asked me to explore whether England was developing an American-style underclass. I reported then that England seemed to be replaying the American… More
Charles Murray and the Underclass: The Developing Debate
– Ruth Lister, ed., IEA Health and Welfare Unit in association with The Sunday Times London, 1996.Excerpt: IN 1989 Charles Murray visited Britain in search of the ‘underclass’, courtesy of The Sunday Times. Four years later he returned to warn that the crisis of the ‘underclass’… More
Does Prison Work?
– (London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 1997.)Summary from Publisher: Crime is low when crime doesn’t pay, is the motto of this provocative essay by Charles Murray. He challenges the prevailing view amongst the criminal justice… More
And Now for the Bad News
– Wall Street Journal, February 2, 1998.Excerpt: Good news is everywhere. Crime rates are falling; welfare rolls are plunging; unemployment is at rock bottom; teenage births are down. Name an indicator, economic or social, and… More
No Justice
– Sunday Times (London), January 18, 2004.Excerpt: The story was told by an American student named Valerie Ruppel who had returned from a term’s study in London. Two days after her group reached Britain, a policewoman came to… More
Simple Justice
– Sunday Times (London), January 25, 2004.Excerpt: I recently interviewed Una Padel, director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, a research foundation that advocates alternatives to prison and restorative justice. A… More
Multimedia
Beyond Probation: Juvenile Corrections and the Chronic Delinquent
– (Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1979.) (with Louis A. Cox, Jr.)Community Control and the Physical Environment
– In James Q. Wilson, ed., Crime and Public Policy. San Francisco: ICS Press, 1983.Crime in America
– National Review, June 10, 1988.Summary: An excerpt from In Pursuit: Of Happiness and Good Government in which Murray reflects on how different “the crime problem” looks when we ask just what constitutes… More
The British Underclass
– The Public Interest, Spring 1990.Excerpt: IS THE UNDERCLASS an American phenomenon? It often seems so. Reports about Western Europe’s social democracies typically portray societies in which the low-income class is… More
After L.A.—Causes, Root Causes, and Cures
– National Review, June 8, 1992.Excerpt: The Rodney King verdict seemed as outrageous to me as it did to most Americans. But if it was outrageous, it was also laden with meaning. It opens a new and explosively dangerous… More
The Physical Environment
– In James Q. Wilson and Joan Petersilia, eds., Crime. San Francisco: ICS Press, 1995.The Next British Revolution
– The Public Interest, Winter 1995.Excerpt: IN 1989, the London Sunday Times asked me to explore whether England was developing an American-style underclass. I reported then that England seemed to be replaying the American… More
Charles Murray and the Underclass: The Developing Debate
– Ruth Lister, ed., IEA Health and Welfare Unit in association with The Sunday Times London, 1996.Excerpt: IN 1989 Charles Murray visited Britain in search of the ‘underclass’, courtesy of The Sunday Times. Four years later he returned to warn that the crisis of the ‘underclass’… More
Does Prison Work?
– (London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 1997.)Summary from Publisher: Crime is low when crime doesn’t pay, is the motto of this provocative essay by Charles Murray. He challenges the prevailing view amongst the criminal justice… More
And Now for the Bad News
– Wall Street Journal, February 2, 1998.Excerpt: Good news is everywhere. Crime rates are falling; welfare rolls are plunging; unemployment is at rock bottom; teenage births are down. Name an indicator, economic or social, and… More
No Justice
– Sunday Times (London), January 18, 2004.Excerpt: The story was told by an American student named Valerie Ruppel who had returned from a term’s study in London. Two days after her group reached Britain, a policewoman came to… More
Simple Justice
– Sunday Times (London), January 25, 2004.Excerpt: I recently interviewed Una Padel, director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, a research foundation that advocates alternatives to prison and restorative justice. A… More
Teaching
Beyond Probation: Juvenile Corrections and the Chronic Delinquent
– (Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1979.) (with Louis A. Cox, Jr.)Community Control and the Physical Environment
– In James Q. Wilson, ed., Crime and Public Policy. San Francisco: ICS Press, 1983.Crime in America
– National Review, June 10, 1988.Summary: An excerpt from In Pursuit: Of Happiness and Good Government in which Murray reflects on how different “the crime problem” looks when we ask just what constitutes… More
The British Underclass
– The Public Interest, Spring 1990.Excerpt: IS THE UNDERCLASS an American phenomenon? It often seems so. Reports about Western Europe’s social democracies typically portray societies in which the low-income class is… More
After L.A.—Causes, Root Causes, and Cures
– National Review, June 8, 1992.Excerpt: The Rodney King verdict seemed as outrageous to me as it did to most Americans. But if it was outrageous, it was also laden with meaning. It opens a new and explosively dangerous… More
The Physical Environment
– In James Q. Wilson and Joan Petersilia, eds., Crime. San Francisco: ICS Press, 1995.The Next British Revolution
– The Public Interest, Winter 1995.Excerpt: IN 1989, the London Sunday Times asked me to explore whether England was developing an American-style underclass. I reported then that England seemed to be replaying the American… More
Charles Murray and the Underclass: The Developing Debate
– Ruth Lister, ed., IEA Health and Welfare Unit in association with The Sunday Times London, 1996.Excerpt: IN 1989 Charles Murray visited Britain in search of the ‘underclass’, courtesy of The Sunday Times. Four years later he returned to warn that the crisis of the ‘underclass’… More
Does Prison Work?
– (London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 1997.)Summary from Publisher: Crime is low when crime doesn’t pay, is the motto of this provocative essay by Charles Murray. He challenges the prevailing view amongst the criminal justice… More
And Now for the Bad News
– Wall Street Journal, February 2, 1998.Excerpt: Good news is everywhere. Crime rates are falling; welfare rolls are plunging; unemployment is at rock bottom; teenage births are down. Name an indicator, economic or social, and… More
No Justice
– Sunday Times (London), January 18, 2004.Excerpt: The story was told by an American student named Valerie Ruppel who had returned from a term’s study in London. Two days after her group reached Britain, a policewoman came to… More
Simple Justice
– Sunday Times (London), January 25, 2004.Excerpt: I recently interviewed Una Padel, director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, a research foundation that advocates alternatives to prison and restorative justice. A… More