Book Review: The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison Jeffrey Reiman is the author of several books, including Abortion and the Ways We Value Life. His some of his other works are Critical Moral Liberalism: Theory & Practice, Justice and Modern Moral Philosophy, -- and the Poor Get Prison: Economic Bias in American Criminal Justice. The main theme of this book is just what the title is, the rich get richer and the poor …
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…perform unnecessary surgery on me. In conclusion, I agree with the book as a whole. I never thought about most of the topics discussed in this book in the way that Reiman does. Before reading this book my opinion of the criminal justice system was that it was lacking, but it still worked. Now, I have little respect for the criminal justice system. I give The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison 3.5 stars.