21/04/2012 GMT
Across the world, newspapers are littered with stories of murders and other crimes: a world we want to avoid in person, yet we also seem to want to read about it.
No-one wants to be a victim of crime, yet so many of us enjoy reading about it and watching crime thrillers. So why are we so fascinated by the dark world of crime? And in order to combat crime, is locking up more and more criminals the best way to stop it happening? Forum guests this week are the best- selling Swedish crime writer, Henning Mankell; one of the world鈥檚 leading criminologists, Cambridge Professor Lawrence Sherman with a radical proposal to reduce crime; and adviser to governments and courts on cyber security, Peter Sommer.
Illustration by Emily Kasriel: Is justice served by this balance between crime and prison?
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Part 1
Lawrence Sherman
Duration: 16:44
Peter Sommer
Peter Sommer
Duration: 06:16
Part 2 60 Second Idea
Lawrence Sherman: A reconciliation ritual for every convicted offender
Duration: 06:55
Henning Mankell
Henning Mankell
Duration: 10:35
Broadcasts
- Sat 21 Apr 2012 22:05GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
- Sun 22 Apr 2012 01:05GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
- Sun 22 Apr 2012 11:05GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
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