BODY COUNT: Moral Poverty...And How to Win America's War Against Crime and Drugs

by William J. Bennett, John J. DiIulio, John P. Walters

A clear and compelling diagnosis and prescription for the most alarming social problem in American the all-but-inevitable explosion in violent crime in the best ten years. Charts & tables.

Genres: Politics, Crime

272 pages, Hardcover

First published October 29, 1996

About the author

William J. "Bill" Bennett is a politician and author who served in the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations, as chief of National Endowment for the Humanities and later Secretary of Education under Reagan, and Drug Czar under Bush. He is a nationally well-known figure of political and social conservatism and authored many books on politics, ethics, and international relations.

Reviews

[Sravudh Tanhai · Rating 1 out of 5]

Racism

[Mark Schomburg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of data tables from the criminal justice system describe patterns of incarceration for repeat offenders. Bennett lays out his perspective on the problems in the system itself, with a bit of commentary towards changes that could be made. The numbers make this worth the read.

[Eric · Rating 2 out of 5]

How the super-predatory youths entering the crime game are threatening society and what to do about it. (Demographics seems to have alleviated some of the panic raised, although a prison building spree was a likely contributing factor.)