{"product_id":"in-my-fathers-house-a-new-view-of-how-crime-runs-in-the-family-paperback","title":"In My Father's House: A New View of How Crime Runs in the Family - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFox Butterfield\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e journalist: a pathbreaking examination of our huge crime and incarceration problem that looks at the influence of the family--specifically one Oregon family with a generations-long legacy of lawlessness.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe United States currently holds the distinction of housing nearly one-quarter of the world's prison population. But our reliance on mass incarceration, Fox Butterfield argues, misses the intractable reality: \u003ci\u003eAs few as 5 percent of families account for half of all crime, and only 10 percent account for two-thirds.\u003c\/i\u003e In introducing us to the Bogle family, the author invites us to understand crime in this eye-opening new light. He chronicles the malignant legacy of criminality passed from parents to children, grandchildren, and even great-grandchildren. Examining the long history of the Bogles, a white family, Butterfield offers a revelatory look at criminality that forces us to disentangle race from our ideas about crime and, in doing so, strikes at the heart of our deepest stereotypes. And he makes clear how these new insights are leading to fundamentally different efforts at reform. With his empathic insight and profound knowledge of criminology, Butterfield offers us both the indelible tale of one family's transgressions and tribulations, and an entirely new way to understand crime in America.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFOX BUTTERFIELD is the author of \u003ci\u003eChina: Alive in the Bitter Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eAll God's Children: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence.\u003c\/i\u003e He was a member of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e reporting team that won the Pulitzer Prize for its publication of the Pentagon Papers, and served as a bureau chief for the newspaper in Boston, Saigon, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Beijing--where he opened the \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e bureau in 1979. Most recently he was a national correspondent for the \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e, covering crime and violence. He lives in Portland, Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763210289440,"sku":"9781400034246","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/931d8d9115e5225c9e41cbd2fcfd7d68.webp?v=1780229846","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-my-fathers-house-a-new-view-of-how-crime-runs-in-the-family-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}