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- catalog abstract ""In this text, the author argues that actions of well-off people, such as the refusal to make workplaces safer, refusal to curtail deadly pollution, promotion of unnecessary surgery, and prescriptions for unnecessary drugs, cause occupational and environmental hazards to innocent members of the public and produce as much death, destruction, and financial loss as so-called crimes of the poor. However, these crimes of the well-off are rarely treated as severely as those of the poor. Reiman documents the extent of anti-poor bias in arrest, conviction, and sentencing practices and shows that the bias is conjoined with a general refusal to remedy the causes of crime - poverty, lack of education, and discrimination. As a result, the criminal justice system fails to reduce crime. The author uses numerous studies and examples to illustrate his points, and difficult concepts are explained in a non-technical manner. The book provokes thought and discussion, even among people who disagree with its content."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12934676.
- catalog coverage "United States Social policy.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""In this text, the author argues that actions of well-off people, such as the refusal to make workplaces safer, refusal to curtail deadly pollution, promotion of unnecessary surgery, and prescriptions for unnecessary drugs, cause occupational and environmental hazards to innocent members of the public and produce as much death, destruction, and financial loss as so-called crimes of the poor. However, these crimes of the well-off are rarely treated as severely as those of the poor. Reiman documents the extent of anti-poor bias in arrest, conviction, and sentencing practices and shows that the bias is conjoined with a general refusal to remedy the causes of crime - poverty, lack of education, and discrimination. As a result, the criminal justice system fails to reduce crime. The author uses numerous studies and examples to illustrate his points, and difficult concepts are explained in a non-technical manner. The book provokes thought and discussion, even among people who disagree with its content."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "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 -- Appendix: The Marxian Critique of Criminal Justice.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xx, 232 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Rich get richer and the poor get prison.".
- catalog identifier "0205386644".
- catalog isFormatOf "Rich get richer and the poor get prison.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Allyn and Bacon,".
- catalog relation "Rich get richer and the poor get prison.".
- catalog spatial "United States Social policy.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "364.973 21".
- catalog subject "Criminal justice, Administration of United States.".
- catalog subject "HV9950 .R46 2004".
- catalog subject "Social classes United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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 -- Appendix: The Marxian Critique of Criminal Justice.".
- catalog title "The rich get richer and the poor get prison : ideology, class, and criminal justice / Jeffrey Reiman.".
- catalog type "text".