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by Terry Teachout

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Crime and Human Nature, by James Q. Wilson and Richard J. Herrnstein (Simon & Schuster, 639 pp., $22.95)

Why do people break the law? James Q. Wilson and Richard J. Herrnstein, in the course of researching Crime and Human Nature, encountered dozens of explanations:

Terry Teachout

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Terry Teachout

Terry Teachout is the drama critic of the Wall Street Journal and the critic-at-large of Commentary. Satchmo at the Waldorf, his 2011 play about Louis Armstrong, has been produced off Broadway and throughout America.

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