Ending Overcriminalization and Mass Incarceration - Hope From Civil Society

Informationen zum Autor Anthony B. Bradley is Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Program Chair for Religious and Theological Studies, and Director of the Center for the Study of Human Flourishing at The King's College, New York. He is also a Research Fellow at the Acton Institute. He has previously studied ethics at Fordham University, New York, and Criminal Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York. He has authored and edited eight books and has written several dozen articles. His writings on religious and cultural issues have been published in a variety of journals, including Al Jazeera, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, the Detroit News, Christianity Today, and World Magazine. Professor Bradley has appeared on C-SPAN, NPR, CNN/Headline News, and Fox News, among others. He is a member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and the American Academy of Religion. Klappentext Personalism points to reforming criminal justice from the person up by changing criminal law and enlisting civil society institutions. Zusammenfassung Mass incarceration is an overwhelming problem and caring about reform often leads to paralysis about what to do and where to start. This book introduces the key issues that need our immediate attention providing concrete direction about effective solutions systemically and relationally because criminals are persons with inherent dignity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. An overcriminalized America; 2. A closer loser look at prosecutors; 3. Giving judges more discretion; 4. Defending the disadvantaged; 5. Ending the school-to-prison pipeline; 6. The social, moral, and economic costs of overcriminalization; 7. Progress begins at the state level; 8. Help and hope from civil society; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony B Bradley, Anthony B. Bradley, Bradley Anthony B.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781108427548
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42754-8
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Law, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Politics and government, Legal aspects of criminology, Political science and theory, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Law & society, Criminology: legal aspects, Law and society, sociology of law