Uncertain Justice: Fixing the Problems with the Police, Prisons, Immigrants, Opioids, and the Divisions in America - Softcover

Brakke, Paul

 
9781949537130: Uncertain Justice: Fixing the Problems with the Police, Prisons, Immigrants, Opioids, and the Divisions in America
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1949537137 ISBN 13: 9781949537130
Verlag: Changemakers Publishing, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

Why is there so much uncertainty about how to reduce crime and fix what’s wrong with the criminal justice system? How can we make these fixes and lower the high costs of incarceration? UNCERTAIN JUSTICE discusses recent problems and suggests some fixes. To this end, it presents a commentary based on a recent series of press releases on current issues and is divided into these sections: - Improving citizen-police relationships - Promoting prison reform and better prison sentencing - Healing the divisions in American society - Dealing with illegal immigration - Coping with the opioid crisis - Portraying the criminal justice crisis in popular culture - Using a social media and video campaign to help fix the criminal justice system. The chapters in each section highlight what’s wrong in response to recent developments in legislation, in the news, and in research reports. Then, each chapter concludes with some suggestions for reforming the system. Today, these fixes are needed more than ever, given the spiraling costs of crime and imprisoning too many prisoners for much longer than necessary. As the book describes, we need to have as many productive, understanding, legal, law-abiding citizens as possible to move the country forward.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Paul Brakke, is a scientist based in the Little Rock, Arkansas area. He became interested in studying the criminal justice system when his life was turned upside down after his wife was falsely accused of aggravated assault for trying to run some kids over with her car, since the kids and some neighbors wanted her out of the neighborhood. Eventually, they had to move, as part of a plea agreement, since otherwise, Brakke's wife faced a possible 16 year jail sentence if the case went to trial and she lost. He has previously told his wife's story in American Justice?, along with a critique of the criminal justice system.

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Verlag
Changemakers Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1949537137
ISBN 13 
9781949537130
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
138
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