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Summary: A huge wake-up call on our failing justice system
Review: Everything in this book seems to make so much sense, but why can't more people think this way? Our justice system in honestly going nowhere, and truthfully it is doing nothing to prevent crime, let alone rehablitate criminals. Recidivism-70% SAD! Something needs to be done, and I love the arguments presented in this book. Now we can back ourselves up in arguments on the topic of crime. I highly recommend this book to sociologists and anyone currently working in the justice system. We need to wake up!
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Summary: Gnius
Review: 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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Summary: Gnius
Review: 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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Summary: "But 6 rings and I rise, wipe the sleep out from my eyes"
Review: 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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Summary: A true look at the inside of Criminal Justice
Review: 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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Summary: More Complex than Poverty = Crime
Review: 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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Summary: Knock-Knock! Time to Wake Up!
Review: Professor Reiman's latest work is on point. The citizens of this country who read, who vote, who have some degree of influence over politicians must start to work now. Work as if you were marching to the railroad siding and the cattle cars and the eventual Final Solution. The US Constitution and the body of laws in the USA are perverted and only you can help. Jeff Reiman's clear and exciting words spell out the problem and the solution. After reading this book you will want to take one of Professor Reiman's CJ Courses ... I was one of his students in the 1970's at American University and his was the only class I really wanted to be in!
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Summary: Knock-Knock! Time to Wake Up!
Review: Professor Reiman's latest work is on point. The citizens of this country who read, who vote, who have some degree of influence over politicians must start to work now. Work as if you were marching to the railroad siding and the cattle cars and the eventual Final Solution. The US Constitution and the body of laws in the USA are perverted and only you can help. Jeff Reiman's clear and exciting words spell out the problem and the solution. After reading this book you will want to take one of Professor Reiman's CJ Courses ... I was one of his students in the 1970's at American University and his was the only class I really wanted to be in!
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Summary: Here we go again.
Review: This book contains the usual worn out far left liberal drivel that college profesors have been trying to shove down the throats of uninformed students since the 60's. In particular, the author's attempt to blame crime on poverty, etc. etc. leaves me nauseous. Has he ever considered that our culture's failure to teach its young about moral absolutes might be a contributing factor? He is entitled to his opinions, however misinformed they may be, but the book should come jacketed with a warning label.
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Summary: Here we go again.
Review: This book contains the usual worn out far left liberal drivel that college profesors have been trying to shove down the throats of uninformed students since the 60's. In particular, the author's attempt to blame crime on poverty, etc. etc. leaves me nauseous. Has he ever considered that our culture's failure to teach its young about moral absolutes might be a contributing factor? He is entitled to his opinions, however misinformed they may be, but the book should come jacketed with a warning label.
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