America's Toughest Sheriff: How We Can Win the War Against Crime [Hardcover]

Sheriff Arpaio (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1996

Speaking plainly and courageously about crime, punishment, and politics, this book demands to be read. --Rush Limbaugh, Political commentator, talk show host

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

After 32 years as a federal drug official, Arpaio was elected sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona, an area as large as New Jersey. Confronted with a 10% budget cut and overcrowded jails, he houses prisoners in tents in the desert. Prohibitions are strict: no smoking, no coffee, no nudie magazines, no violent TV shows. There are educational opportunities, but only 30% of the inmates participate. Arpaio instituted chain gangs, composed of volunteers, to do clean-up work; he also organized a civilian corps to assist his department. The mass media have attacked Arpaio as a vestige of a bygone era, but his book, written with Sherman (The Good, Bad and the Famous), makes a strong case that he is a tough, not a cruel, cop. Photos not seen by PW.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 284 pages
• Publisher: The Summit Publishing Group; Reprint edition (March 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565302028
• ISBN-13: 978-1565302020
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #943,863 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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44 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a man!, April 5, 2005

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Joel Galvin "Sisyphus" (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: America's Toughest Sheriff: How We Can Win the War Against Crime (Hardcover)

We need more men like Mr. Arpaio. Today the government seems to go out of its way to define and protect "prisoner's rights," while lacking any hesitation to trample over the rights of us law-abiding citizens. Arpaio dispenses justice much like a dispassioned referee does at a football game - if you commit the offense, you recieve a penalty, and your sob stories don't buy you so much as a pillow mint.

His most vocal critic on this forum is someone who professes to be an attorney, but cannot spell properly or use words in their proper context. If you're thinking about buying this book, don't look to those of us who gave it 5 stars. Look to its staunchest critics. A bitterly angry critique that is not well-written - when floating alone in a population of praise - usually indicates that you've found a good read.

46 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, February 14, 2005

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Dan - Seattle (Seattle, Wa United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: America's Toughest Sheriff: How We Can Win the War Against Crime (Hardcover)

Sheriff Joe Arpaio is one of a kind. The best lawman in the United States. He has two goals: (1)lock up the thugs and do it as inexpensively as possible, and (2) make sure the losers don't want to come back to his jail. Every sheriff and police chief in the country should be required to takes lessons from Arpaio. In this book he explains, in very plain English, how he reaches his goals. Give 'em hell, Joe!!

37 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dealing with crime and punishment, August 9, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: America's Toughest Sheriff: How We Can Win the War Against Crime (Hardcover)

This book takes a hard look at the criminal justice system in America and makes honest and realistic assesments. It offers proven solutions to the problems faced by law enforcement agencies nationwide. It is well known that people of the liberal persuesion dislike Sherrif Joe Arpaio, but the PEOPLE of Arizona have given him the highest approval rating of any law enforcement official in the country. This speaks for itself.