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Jeff Benedict

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Jeff Benedict conducted the first national study on sexual assault and athletes. He has published three books on athletes and crime, including a blistering exposé on the NFL, Pros and Cons: The Criminals Who Play in the NFL, and Public Heroes, Private Felons: Athletes and Crimes Against Women. He is a lawyer and an investigative journalist who has written five books.

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STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

For the past three months I've been working on one of the best stories of my career. It appears inSports Illustratedtoday and is called "Straight Outta Compton." It's about a boy, his parents, and their quest to make it out of one of the most gang-infested areas in America. read more »

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Books by Jeff Benedict

Average rating: 3.85 · 1,017 ratings · 331 reviews · 21 distinct works

	The Mormon Way of Doing Business: Leadership and Success Through Faith and Family 3.79 avg rating — 471 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage 4.10 avg rating — 210 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	No Bone Unturned: The Adventures of a Top Smithsonian Forensic Scientist and the Legal Battle for America's Oldest Skeletons 3.88 avg rating — 104 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	How to Build a Business Warren Buffett Would Buy: The R.C. Willey Story 3.96 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Without Reservation: How a Controversial Indian Tribe Rose to Power and Built the World's Largest Casino 3.91 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak That Changed the Way Americans Eat 3.77 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Out of Bounds: Inside the NBA's Culture of Rape, Violence, and Crime 3.34 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Pros and Cons: The Criminals Who Play in the NFL by Jeff Benedict, Don Yaeger 3.54 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Public Heroes, Private Felons: Athletes And Crimes Against Women 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	My rating:
	I Am A Mormon 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	My rating:

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“The true defining situation for a person is what they do when they are alone and don't have to do anything else. What do they do? Do they do frivolous things? That's when you define what you are.”
― Jeff Benedict, The Mormon Way of Doing Business: Leadership and Success Through Faith and Family

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“Remember who you are. - Kim Clark Dean of Harvard Business School.”
― Jeff Benedict, The Mormon Way of Doing Business: Leadership and Success Through Faith and Family

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