Criminal InJustice In America
Essays By A Career Cop
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“Challenging and daring. Marshall Frank gives us all much to think about. These essays should be discussed and considered by criminal justice professionals, lawmakers and academic thinkers everywhere.”
— David Waksman,
Author and Ass’t State Attorney,
“Marshall Frank challenges conventional thought and policies that are not working. He uses the criminal justice system as a mirror of where our society has been, and a window of where we should be going. Buckle up for a thought-provoking episode of Frank talk.”
— Douglas W. Hughes,
Retired Police Major, former Florida Drug Czar
In Criminal InJustice In America, author Marshall Frank presents a powerful argument for amending laws and process regarding the war on drugs, prostitution, abortion, capital punishment, sex offenses and more. Frank points out how narrow thinking has created an irreversible justice quagmire which not only creates more crime, it serves a prison industrial complex that has grown into a cheap labor pool for corporate
Readers with interest in the American justice system will find this a stimulating and fascinating collection of essays on subjects never before tackled in this manner. Definitely a book for thinkers.
About the Author
Marshall Frank retired as a captain in 1990 from the Metro-Dade Police Department in Miami, Florida, where he spent the majority of his thirty years investigating murders or commanding those who did. Born in New York City, 1939, Frank moved with his parents to Miami Beach at the age of five where he attended school and lived in small apartments for the next eight years. His mother was a nightclub showgirl while his stepfather operated an illegal gambling room in a local hotel. After high school, he held various jobs including ballroom dance instruction and symphony violinist before serving a short stint in the United States Marine Corps Reserves. Thanks to the advice of a Miami Beach bookie, he found his niche in law enforcement by joining the Dade County Sheriff’ s Office in 1960. He served as a road patrolman for three years before rising through the ranks. Other than working in vice, Frank’s career covered the gamut of high profile police assignments, including Internal Affairs, Criminal Intelligence and sixteen years in Homicide and Crime Scene Investigations, (CSI). Seven of those years were as a detective and nine in a command status. He also served as captain in charge of Staff Inspections and later, chief executive officer of a 255-man district station. Among career highlights: * Shot in the line of duty, 1965 * Headed over 1,000 death investigations, supervised over 3,000 homicide cases * Made over 2,500 arrests * Testified in over one hundred murder trials * Received special citation for solving a fourteen-month organized crime murder * Testified before the U.S. Congress in May, 1980, re: Violent Crime in America * Attended scores of special schools and seminars regarding crime and law enforcement * Instructed at numerous seminars, colleges and academies * Headed a successful research program to develop methods for lifting latent prints from skin * Authored over 400 newspaper editorials and magazine articles pertaining to crime, violence, security and other social issues * Worked four years in private industry establishing and supervising transit security in five urban systems across America * Traveled extensively across America in various law enforcement/security capacities * Lectures frequently at civic organizations, private clubs, libraries and conferences. * Authored five published novels, and four books of non-fiction Frank’s last arrest as a sworn officer was that of five police officers charged with the beating death of an unarmed motorcyclist in Miami. Their subsequent acquittal led to the Liberty City race riots in May, 1980. After retiring in 1994, he embarked on a writing/lecturing career. Frank and his wife now live in central Florida. He has five grown children and seven grandchildren. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice.