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The Roth Show: Delinquency Prevention with John Barrett Hawkins

Join Dr. Laurie Roth weekdays at 7-10pm Pacific, 10pm-1am Eastern Listen LIVE or to the Archive:  http://therothshow.com Links to the Podcast: http://www.therothshow.com/demos/recent/hour1Jun1213.mp3 http://www.therothshow.com/demos/recent/hour2Jun1213.mp3 John Barrett Hawkins is a delinquency prevention specialist. His book The Dirty Nasty Truth: 18 True Crime Stories to Stop Juvenile Delinquency became a number one Kindle bestseller just four months after publication. He is also an expert on weight loss and the author of Penitentiary Fitness: the Amazing Weight Loss Formula. In 1987, at the age of 24, John Barrett Hawkins was living the aspiring entrepreneur’s dream. After failing miserably with his first three business ventures, Hawkins finally found a niche. His chain of retail clothing stores, Just Sweats, had grown from one location to 22 with annual revenues of $10 million in just three years. With numerous franchise requests, the company was on the threshold of a national expansion.  Like many people who start their own business, Hawkins developed a profound emotional attachment to the company he’d built. In the process, he also acquired an untamable attraction to risk. This …