{"product_id":"the-rich-get-richer-and-the-poor-get-prison-a-reader-2-downloads-9780205661794","title":"The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: A Reader (2-downloads)","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey Reiman, Paul Leighton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/23\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780205661794\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNormal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 \u003cb\u003eJeffrey Reiman\u003c\/b\u003e is the William Fraser McDowell Professor of Philosophy at American University in Washington, D.C. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1942. He received his B.A. in philosophy from Queens College in 1963, and his Ph.D. in philosophy from Pennsylvania State University in 1968. He was a Fulbright Scholar in India during 1966-1967. He joined the American University faculty in 1970, in the Center for the Administration of Justice (now called the Department of Justice, Law and Society of the School of Public Affairs). After several years of holding a joint appointment in the Justice program and the Department of Philosophy and Religion, Dr. Reiman joined the Department of Philosophy and Religion full-time in 1988, becoming director of the Master's Program in Philosophy and Social Policy. He was named William Fraser McDowell Professor of Philosophy in 1990. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies, and past president of the American University Phi Beta Kappa chapter. In addition to \u003ci\u003eThe Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice, \u003c\/i\u003e Dr. Reiman is the author of \u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Political Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (1972), \u003ci\u003eJustice and Modern Moral Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (1990), \u003ci\u003eCritical Moral Liberalism: Theory and Practice\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), \u003ci\u003eThe Death Penalty: For and Against\u003c\/i\u003e (with Louis P. Pojman, 1998), \u003ci\u003eAbortion and the Ways We Value Human Life\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), and more than 60 articles in philosophy and criminal justice journals and anthologies. He is also coeditor, with Paul Leighton, of the anthology \u003ci\u003eCriminal Justice Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (2001).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePaul Leighton\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology at Eastern Michigan University. He received his B.A. in Criminal Justice from the State University of New York at Albany in 1986, and is indebted to Graeme Newman for helping to direct him away from law school to the Justice, Law and Society program at American University. While at American University, he met Jeffrey Reiman and assisted with revisions of the fourth edition of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison\u003c\/i\u003e. He has worked on every edition since then. Dr Leighton received his Ph.D. in Sociology and Justice from American University in 1995. He has been the North American Editor of \u003ci\u003eCritical Criminology: An International Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e and was named Critical Criminologist of the Year by the American Society of Criminology's Division on Critical Criminology. Dr. Leighton is the co-author of \u003ci\u003ePunishment for Sale\u003c\/i\u003e (with Donna Selman, 2010) and \u003ci\u003eClass, Race, Gender and Crime\u003c\/i\u003e (with Gregg Barak and Jeanne Flavin, 2\u003csup\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e edition, 2007). He is also coeditor, with Jeffrey Reiman, of the anthology \u003ci\u003eCriminal Justice Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (2001). In addition to his publications, Dr Leighton is webmaster for StopViolence.com, PaulsJusticePage.com and PaulsJusticeBlog.com. He is Vice President of the local chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and is Vice President of the Board of SafeHouse, the local shelter and advocacy center for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43201605763187,"sku":"9.78021E+12","price":115.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_bcda7bc2-4b38-4ef1-8ce6-50116b753461.jpg?v=1752839273","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-rich-get-richer-and-the-poor-get-prison-a-reader-2-downloads-9780205661794","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}