Robin Steinberg
Author
Publisher
Optimism Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"How would you like to be judged for the rest of your life by the worst thing you’ve ever done? We all think we are compassionate just like we all think we are honest. But true compassion is not innate. Compassion for others, especially those that we don’t know or understand, must be learned. Our lack of compassion is perhaps most extreme in the exercise of criminal justice, where a person’s entire life, worth, and character...
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
“A powerful call for reform.” NPR An all-star team of criminal justice experts present timely, innovative, and humane ways to end mass incarceration. Mass incarceration will endthere is an emerging consensus that weve been locking up too many people for too long. But with more than 2.2 million Americans behind bars right now, how do we go about bringing people home? Decarcerating America collects some of the leading thinkers in the criminal justice...