Crime History and Histories of Crime : Studies in the Historiography of Crime and Criminal Justice in Modern History Book

Why did I love this book one may ask? Mostly BC in the very first page they mention that humans love to eat and "apparently like to have sex.... A LOT", as well as alluding to prostitution. Yeah, that's all you need to get immediate interest from 99% of the world's population. Which is why I use such tactics in my never-ending quest for maximum attention, well not prostitution OF COURSE (my mother reads these, so the need to stay family friendly is obviously of the UTMOST importance)!

A mere few pages later, the Sumerians are leaving pictures of ladies drinking beer while doing things ppl do with their knickers off while poems about beer are written. See?? You can't blame me or frat parties for your children's debauchery...it's only human nature!

Knocking boots really seems to be a theme of the history of the world too. ESP when a chapter starts: "In the ancient world, it was all about banging your sister....if you were rich enough". Sweet jebus I had no idea what I was getting into with this book! And with a sentence like that…am I sure I really would have wanted to know?!

This book is a delightful and debauched collection of history that I will continue to read over and over BC it's far too much to absorb in one sitting. Except the Thai kingdom of Siam where the men grew their hair & nails long & had small silver beads inserted into their scrotum so they jingled when they walked (I can see you all cringing now, which is why I had to share in such torturous stories)....somethings just burn into your memory quickly, like the vision of Margaret Thatcher naked on a cold day.

All I can say is, that the education system would likely be far better off teaching history in this way…FAIRLY certain your kid's ADHD problem would at least be sated in history class.