Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison

Name: Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison
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ISBN: 9780205896103

ISBN-10: 0205896103

ISBN-13: 9780205896103

Edition: 10th 2013

Authors: Jeffrey Reiman, Paul Leighton

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Illustrates the issue of economic inequality within the American justice system. The best-selling text, The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison contends that the criminal justice system is biased against the poor from start to finish. The authors argue that even before the process of arrest, trial, and sentencing, the system is biased against the poor in what it chooses to treat as crime. The authors show that numerous acts of the well-off--such as their refusal to make workplaces safe, refusal to curtail deadly pollution, promotion of unnecessary surgery, and prescriptions for unnecessary drugs--cause as much harm as the acts of the poor that are treated as crimes. However, the…

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List price: $62.67
Edition: 10th
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 10/4/2012
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 272
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Introduction: Criminal Justice through the Looking Glass, or Winning by Losing



Crime Control in America: Nothing Succeeds Like Failure



A Crime by Any Other Name



and the Poor Get Prison



to the Vanquished Belong the Spoils: Who Is Winning the Losing War against Crime?


Conclusion: Criminal Justice or Criminal Justice



the Marxian Critique of Criminal Justice



Between Philosophy and Criminology