{"product_id":"beggars-and-thieves-mark-s-fleisher-9780299147747","title":"Beggars and Thieves: Lives of Urban Street Criminals","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the incidence of violent crime rises in the United States, so does the public demand for a solution. But what will work?\u003cbr\u003e Mark S. Fleisher has spent years among inmates in jails and prisons and on the streets with thieves, gang members, addicts, and life-long criminals in Seattle and other cities across the country. In \u003ci\u003eBeggars and Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e, he writes about how and why they become and remain offenders, and about the actual role of jails and prisons in efforts to deter crime and rehabilitate criminals. Fleisher shows, with wrenching firsthand accounts, that parents who are addicts, abusers, and criminals beget irreversibly damaged children who become addicts, abusers, and criminals. Further, Fleisher contends that many well-intentioned educational and vocational training programs are wasted because they are offered too late to help. And, he provides sobering evidence that many youthful and adult offenders find themselves better off in prison--with work to do, medical care, a clean place to sleep, regular meals, and stable social ties--than they are in America's cities.\u003cbr\u003e Fleisher calls for anti-crime policies that are bold, practical, and absolutely imperative. He prescribes life terms for violent offenders, but in prisons structured as work communities, where privileges are earned through work in expanded, productive industries that reduce the financial burden of incarceration on the public. But most important, he argues that the only way to prevent street crime, cut prison growth, and reduce the waste of money and human lives is to permanently remove brutalized children from criminal, addicted, and violent parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark S. Fleisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299147746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299147747\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.15h x 6.04w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/1995 pg. 369\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/11\/1995 pg. 78","brand":"Mark S. Fleisher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993943376127,"sku":"9780299147747","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb7bc85d-a820-4d87-bd3a-e9735b75704a.jpg?v=1683327198","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beggars-and-thieves-mark-s-fleisher-9780299147747","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}