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The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: A Reader 1st Edition

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This book shows students that much that goes on in the criminal justice system violates their own sense of basic fairness, presents evidence that the system malfunctions, and sketches a whole theoretical perspective from which they might understand the failures and evaluate them morally.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0205661793
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0205661794
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publication date
    October 23, 2009
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    0.15 x 5.9 x 8.81 inches
  7. Print length
    208 pages
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The Rich get Richer and the Poor get Prison: A Reader is a selection of 25 articles ranging from newspaper stories that highlight issues to articles in professional journals. Articles cover the following topics: Crime Control in America A Crime by Any other Name... ...and the Poor get Prison To the Vanquished belong the Spoils Criminal "Justice" or "Criminal "Justice Professors who use the best-selling book written by Reiman and Leighton, The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison, now in a ninth edition, have frequently asked for a reader. Where appropriate, articles have been edited to highlight the parts most relevant for the thesis of The Rich Get Richer. This book of readings can be used stand-alone, or as an accompaniment to the main text.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 23, 2009
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0205661793
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0205661794
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.3 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.15 x 5.9 x 8.81 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars 24 ratings

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    Paul Leighton is a Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology at Eastern Michigan University. His interest is in how inequalities in society impact criminal justice, and how biases in criminal justice recreate social inequalities. He is a co-author of the Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison. Leighton is also a co-author of Class, Race, Gender & Crime. He co-authored one of the first books about private prisons, Punishment for Sale: Private Prisons, Big Business and the Incarceration Binge (Rowman & Littlefield 2010). Leighton has been an editor of Critical Criminology: An International Journal, and has delivered many invited keynote addresses in the U.S., Canada and Norway. He regularly teaches classes on white collar crime, domestic violence, crime and technology, and marijuana decriminalization. Leighton is a past President of the Board of the local domestic violence shelter and is currently heads the advisory board of the food pantry serving the university.

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  • Jessica Floyd
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great buy
    Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2013
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    This text was really good, I was pleased with my purchase. It was as described and I plan to buy from this site again in the near future.
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  • Jay Varner
    5.0 out of 5 stars More Complex than Poverty = Crime
    Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2002
    Professor Reiman's book goes beyond what is perceived as the usual worn out academic argument of blaming crime on poverty. The book is very clear that the problem of crime is much more complex than a simple correlation of "poverty causes crime." The main point of the book is that capitalism causes crime. Capitalism also causes poverty, but further, capitalism causes greed and power. Reiman makes an important move (though not the first one to do so) by looking into white-collar crime and how the rich are getting richer by breaking serious laws that have a huge impact on our economy and our society's general quality of life; while the poor are getting prison for committing crimes with far less macro ramifications for society. White-collar crime is linked to poverty only in the since that without poverty, white-collar crime would not be possible. This takes us back to the position that capitalism causes crime. However, Reiman is careful not to be a believer in utopian ideals. There is no suggestion in his book that crime would disappear if our society were to move toward, or become, a just society. The point is that crime would be less necessary if poverty and greed were not social norms.
    Professor Reiman constructs a well researched argument to show why our prisons are overflowing with people who were under-represented (if at all) in court because their economic status caused them to have an incompetent or over-worked court appointed attorney; while people like Kenneth Lay are still free and endangering our society. This book is an important tool for understanding current social relations and what we have to do before we can be safe and free.
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  • DonnelFMC
    5.0 out of 5 stars Gnius
    Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2002
    I found Reiman's work to be of high scholarly value to any critical thinker regardless of field. He willingly unravels myths that have long banded our eyes to the deeper anomalies and injustices of this 'criminal' 'justice' SYSTEM. Hopefully, others in related fields will follow his example, not readily accepting the obvious impression as a true impression, but to test what is a real image and what is distorted.
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  • Lezlea H.
    1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
    Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2015
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    Not the book I was supposed to read, its just a commentary of the real book
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  • "mattydiah"
    5.0 out of 5 stars A true look at the inside of Criminal Justice
    Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2000
    I was assigned to read this book for a criminology class. This book presents and deals with some very pressing points and downfalls of our Criminal Justice system. It deals with the racial imbalance in arrest and conviction, and actually addresses white collar crime, something that is rarely ever discussed. Overall, I would reccommend this book to anyone involved in Sociology or Criminal Justice, or anyone who is just interested in finding out how our CJ system really works, beyond what most anyone is willing to admit.
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  • Michael
    2.0 out of 5 stars The Rich Get Richer and The Poor Get Prisone
    Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2012
    I found this book to be very questionable in its content. It delivered ideas well, but regurgitated them beyond sense. I found myself interested in the first chapter, then found myself reading the same thing over again. Also, Reiman tries to implement the idea that poor people deserve a college education! He puts it in between life necessities such as shelter, food, and jobs. Excuse me, Dr. Reiman, but I'd appreciate it if my college education actually has value. I enjoyed the first chapter, but found myself questioning the integrity of this book as I began the third chapter. Everyone has the opportunity; there are different means and obstacles we encounter, but the deserving part irked me a little bit.
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  • Becca C
    3.0 out of 5 stars It was fine
    Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2021
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    Meh.
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  • Andrew E Johnson
    1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
    Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2015
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    This is an extremely biased book.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars arrived in good time
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 19, 2016
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    as advertised, arrived in good time
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