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A 6 page book review that profiles Reiman's text The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison. The writer argues that the 2004 edition of Jeffrey Reiman's classic text shows that time has only validated the accusations that Reiman formulated against US jurisprudence in the original edition of his book in 1979. As Reiman points out in his preface to the seventh edition, "recent events continue to bear out the main thesis of the original edition of this book" (xiii). That thesis is that the criminal acts committed by the poor are treated a crimes while the acts of well-off people, which result in occupational death and disease, are not treated by crimes--"or if treated as crimes, not treated as serious crimes" (xiv). With the news filled with stories of white collar crime that robs millions of Americans of their retirement funds and financial security, this book is extremely relevant and should be required reading for all Americans--particularly in an election year. No additional sources cited.
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that Reiman formulated against US jurisprudence in the original edition of his book in 1979. As Reiman points out in his preface to the seventh edition, "recent events continue
to bear out the main thesis of the original edition of this book" (xiii). That thesis is that the criminal acts committed by the poor are treated a crimes while
the acts of well-off people, which result in occupational death and disease, are not treated by crimes--"or if treated as crimes, not treated as serious crimes" (xiv). With the news
filled with stories of white collar crime that robs millions of Americans of their retirement funds and financial security, this book is extremely relevant and should be required reading for
all Americans--particularly in an election year. One of the most alarming arguments made by Reiman--because the reader immediately sees that it is accurate--is that if a criminal justice system
was designed, not to prevent or reduce crime, but rather to produce a "stable and visible" class of criminals, it would have all of the principal features of the American
justice system (3). First of all, such a system would have laws that make activities that have no "unwilling" victims , such as drug use, prostitution or gambling, illegal. These
laws would make people "criminals" for activities that they consider to be normal, while simultaneously increasing the need for secondary crime, such as an addicts need to steal to pay
for drugs or a prostitutes need for a pimp (3). Secondly, Reiman points out that the laws are not enforced uniformly. Therefore, anyone going to prison usually knows
of other people who have committed the same crimes without going to prison. Therefore, they will be inclined to see their imprisonment as unjust and react with rage (3). Once
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