Dealing with Crime by Illegal Immigrants and the Opioid Crisis: What to Do about the Two Big Social and Criminal Justice Issues of Today

by Paul Brakke

Overview

Dealing with Crime by Illegal Immigrants and the Opioid Crisis is based on a blog series I wrote for the website of my company American Leadership Books (www.americanleadershipbooks.com). The book features chapters on these topics:

- how illegal immigrants really do commit more crimes,

- evidence from the Department of Justice showing that illegal immigrants have a higher crime rate than other groups,

- examples of some of the serious crimes committed by illegal immigrants,

- statistics showing that Hispanics commit more violent crime than whites,

- some suggestions for fixing the illegal immigration mess,

- why the death penalty is appropriate for opioid traffickers,

- how the death penalty works in other countries, such as Singapore and China,

- some suggestions for dealing with the opioid crisis,

- and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781949537017
Publisher:	Changemakers Publishing
Publication date:	07/20/2018
Pages:	82
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.17(d)

About the Author

Paul Brakke is a research scientist based in central Arkansas. He became interested in the criminal justice system because, as described in his first book American Justice?, his life was turned upside down by the system. This occurred after his wife was falsely accused of aggravated assault for trying to run over a 12-year old boy with her car. A group of kids and some neighbors wanted her out of the neighborhood. Eventually, the Brakkes were forced to move as part of a plea agreement, since otherwise, Brakke's wife was threatened with a possible 16-year jail sentence if the case went to trial and she lost. After an initial critique of the criminal justice system, he went on to look at other problems in the system and the country in general and how to fix them. His other books now include: The Price of Justice, Cops Aren't Such Bad Guys, The Great National Divides, Fixing the U.S. Criminal Justice System, and The Costly U.S. Prison System. Now he has added this book. Over the past four years, he has become an expert on the criminal justice system and has become a speaker and consultant on this topic. He has also set up a publishing company American Leadership Books, featuring books on criminal justice and social issues which are available in print and e-books through Amazon, Ingram, Kindle, and other major distributors. The books' websites are www.americanleadershipbooks.com and www.americanjusticethebook.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction. 5

Part I: The Illegal Immigration Problem.. 9

Chapter 1: Some Illegal Immigrants Really Do Commit More Crimes. 11

Chapter 2: Department of Justice Stats Show that Illegal Immigrants Commit More Crimes 17

Chapter 3: Some of the Serious Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants 25

Chapter 4: Hispanics Commit More Violent Crime than Whites. 31

Chapter 5: The Myth of the Criminal Immigrant?. 37

Chapter 6: Some Suggestions for Fixing the Illegal Immigration Mess. 41

Part II: Using the Death Penalty for Opioid Traffickers. 45

Chapter 7: Considering the Death Penalty to Solve Our National Opioid Crisis 47

Chapter 8: Countries Using the Death Penalty for Drug Dealers: It Works in Singapore 51

Chapter 9: How China Is Using the Death Penalty for Drug Dealers: An Approach that Works 55

Chapter 10: The Case against the Death Penalty as a Fix for Our Drug Problems 59

Chapter 11: Some Suggestions for Dealing with the Opioid Crisis. 65

Appendix. 69

About The Author 77

Other Available Books. 79

Contact Us 80