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America's Toughest Sheriff: How We Can Win the War Against Crime
by Sheriff Arpaio
Product Group: Book
Publisher: The Summit Publishing Group (1996-03-01)
ISBN: 1565302028
EAN: 9781565302020
Dewy Decimal #: 363.2820973
Hardcover: 284 pages
SKU: H6414
Condition: Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
An unfiltered account of Sheriff Joe's no-nonsense "get smart and get tough" approach to jail.
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Customer Reviews
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Is Joe a Pathological Narcissist?
Rating  (1)
Date: 2008-12-21
I was intetested in the book because of the controversy surrounding Sheriff Joe's methods of crime prevention and what this book showed me is an egotistical maniac who preys on those that are SUPPOSED TO BE INNOCENT until PROVEN guilty! I was SHOCKED to read first hand from his own pen of the way he treats his fellow human beings. He would have been a great sidekick for Adolf Hitler had he been in Germany during the 1930s and 40's. After reading this book and doing more research I was also shocked that the citizens of the county he "protects" keep voting this nut case back into office. Frankly Joe has issues. He is one sick puppy that needs to be taken off the public dole and given a job selling fertilizer out of the back of some farm supply outlet where he can't do much more damage to the little guy out there. I was NOT impressed with his book and wouldn't recommend it to anyone unless they were doing research on modern day tyrants for some sort of college thesis on who knows what. The subtitle of the book has me wondering...how we can win the war against crime when the so called crime fighters are bigger criminals than the so called criminals they are supposedly "fighting". Oh, and I like Joe's toy...the armored vehicle his county has. Straight from Soylent Green.
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Action-oriented, thoughtful, careful, & effective lawman & victims advocate.
Rating  (5)
Date: 2006-02-28
20 out of 21 customers found this reveiw helpful
Joe Arpaio has secured his place in law enforcement history as an innovator & a worthy public servant. August Vollmer, Sir Robert Peel, & Clarence Kelley now have a new member to their club. All cops & politicians should read & learn from Sheriff Arpaio's book & so should all business managers & executives. Sheriff Arpaio exemplifies unorthodox simplicity in the pursuit of public safety & budget effectiveness. It's no wonder that the liberals hate him!
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Take it easy on the criminals.....
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-08-11
32 out of 39 customers found this reveiw helpful
and you will end up without a civilized society, which is basically what we have now. I am a criminal trial attorney with 25 years experience and 15,000 cases. Atty Robbins, who writes a review also, seems upset that criminals are being treated like criminals. What a novel idea the sheriff has !!! Obviously, the problem is that a lot of folks do not like to see criminals actually punished. And therein lies our problem. The problem is not with criminals as much as it is our unbelievable tolerance for them. The book is a great read for anyone who wishes to see criminal offenders pay for their crimes. People like Atty Robbins are outraged at the treatment the sheriff metes out to the offenders but is strangely and disturbingly silent about their victims.
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What a man!
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-04-06
41 out of 45 customers found this reveiw helpful
We need more men like Mr. Arpaio. Today the government seems to go out of its way to define and protect "prisoner's rights," while lacking any hesitation to trample over the rights of us law-abiding citizens. Arpaio dispenses justice much like a dispassioned referee does at a football game - if you commit the offense, you recieve a penalty, and your sob stories don't buy you so much as a pillow mint.
His most vocal critic on this forum is someone who professes to be an attorney, but cannot spell properly or use words in their proper context. If you're thinking about buying this book, don't look to those of us who gave it 5 stars. Look to its staunchest critics. A bitterly angry critique that is not well-written - when floating alone in a population of praise - usually indicates that you've found a good read.
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This man should be locked up.
Rating (1)
Date: 2005-03-26
10 out of 87 customers found this reveiw helpful
Joe Arpaio is a blow hard, self-aggrandizing, ingoramus who has cost Maricopa County, Arizona tons of money pursuing his idiotic vision of "tough jails" and ham fisted policing. The problem with this system is that it is a proven failure. It punishes people who are presumed innocent and doesn't reduce recidivism. His book is what you would expect from a narcissistic moron. It toughts what a great guy he is and how smart he is while ignorring the preponderance of evidence which contradicts the claims.
I am a lawyer who sues Arpaio. I have used this book to cross examine him at trial and although it was useful for me, it is a self-serving myopic that is pretty dull.
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