Reiman, Jeffrey H.

The rich get richer and the poor get prison : ideology, class, and criminal justice / spine title : The rich get richer and the poor get prison. Jeffrey Reiman, Paul Leighton. - Tenth edition. - xxvi, 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Criminal justice through the looking glass, or winning by losing -- 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? -- Criminal justice or criminal justice -- Appendix I : The Marxian critique of criminal justice -- Appendix II : Between philosophy and criminology.

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Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
Social classes--United States.


United States--Social policy.