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Why do we continue to believe that harsher punishments are better? Do harsher penalties really make us live more securely, or are they just an illusion of control? What is the role of revenge - that dangerous human instinct - in our laws, judgments and opinions? In this thought-provoking, profound, and deeply necessary book, Antonio Sanz Fuentes deconstructs, in a nuanced, satirical, and lucid manner, entrenched ideas about crime, justice, and punishment. Using everyday examples, scholarly analysis, and engaging style, the author guides us through the maze of punitive populism—the simplistic rhetoric that dominates news headlines and election programs while ignoring decades of forensic knowledge. Memoirs of a Misunderstood Criminologist is an invitation to think beyond slogans, to question what we take for granted, and to understand how our emotions, biases and prejudices shape criminal policy. It is a work that is as necessary as it is disturbing, as it prompts readers to reconsider the true meaning of justice in the twenty-first century. A courageous, decisive, and rebellious act that demonstrates that true security is not built with life sentences, but rather with contemplation, science, and humanity.