Men Are Not Cost-Effective: Male Crime in America

By June Stephenson

Book Overview

This provocative and entertaining yet totally fact-based look at the cost of crimes in this country--the majority of which are committed by men--uses documented statistics and numerous anecdotes to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060950986
• ISBN13: 9780060950989
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.8" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Worth a read

One reviewer claims to have picked this book up in search of evidence that the feminist movement has become a hate movement and was disapointed to see that this book doesn't support their misconceptions. That "search" is sadly misguided, unlike this book.The title alone should tell you this book is different than any other feminist theory out there. Stephenson does not uncover anything new--we all know that men are the vast and overwhelming majority perpetrators of crime in the US. What she does so stunningly in this book is show you how much the cost to our society really is, monetarily and otherwise.A mind-changing read for anyone interested in feminism, crime, social issues, and culture.

interesting points

Unlike the other reviewer, I think this book had some interesting points about responsibility. The things that seemed to annoy the first reviewer, such as the entire middle of the book, which just contains "facts" about crime and how much it costs this nation, were to me the strongest points of the book. As it turns out, from this perspective, men are not cost effective. Does this mean they are evil and wicked and we should get rid of them? Well, no, I don't think so and I don't think the author was suggesting that. Although a gender tax, which is the solution the author suggests in an effort to coerce men into taking responsibility for their own actions and to self-regulate themselves, may seem like an extreme idea--and it is certainly an idea that will never come to fruition--the book provides a jumping off place for continued thought about where we are today in this country and where the inequalities lay.