Awesome book! What studies have shown about human behavior mismatch with policies that have been created to deal with crime.
I bought the book for a fair price but was hoping to find something cheaper since the book is itself not big. I expected a better deal?.
Before I read this book, I was one of those people who thought the prison system wasn't tough enough. After I read this book for a philosophy class, my opinion changed.
While some reviewers seem to be viewing this book as an attack against the rich in a conspiracy to put poor people in prison, it is not. I had to read this book for a Criminology class and I found it to be a wonderful addition to the reading material I was already studying.
This book is an easier read but is a very biased take on racism towards African Americans and that the rich push the poor into our prisons. It is an interesting take on the Criminal justice system but keep in mind that it is a narrow perspective.
Though he is reported to be among the most highly esteemed in his area of research, I found the author's left leaning so unbearable as to cause me to question his intellectual bias.
I purchased this book for a class and was underwhelmed. Loved the title and the first chapter, after that I was bored.
