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Until We Reckon
Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair | Danielle Sered
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One of Mashable's 17 books every activist should read in 2019 In the eloquent tradition of Bryan Stevensons Just Mercy, an award-winning leader in the movement to end mass incarceration takes on the vexing problem of violent crime Although over half the people incarcerated in America today have committed violent offenses, the focus of reformers has been almost entirely on nonviolent and drug offenses. Danielle Sereds brilliant and groundbreaking Until We Reckon steers directly and unapologetically into the question of violence, offering approaches that will help end mass incarceration and increase safety. Widely recognized as one of the leading proponents of a restorative approach to violent crime, Sered asks us to reconsider the purposes of incarceration and argues persuasively that the needs of survivors of violent crime are better met by asking people who commit violence to accept responsibility for their actions and make amends in ways that are meaningful to those they have hurtnone of which happens in the context of a criminal trial or a prison sentence. Sered launched and directs Common Justice, one of the few organizations offering alternatives to incarceration for people who commit serious violent crime and which has produced immensely promising results. Critically, Sered argues that the reckoning owed is not only on the part of those who have committed violence, but also by our nations overreliance on incarceration to produce safetyat great cost to communities, survivors, racial equity, and the very fabric of our democracy.
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bookwrm526
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I learned a lot about restorative justice and incarceration. I also learned that I have a lot more to learn, and that it is important to understand this so that we can be better.

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I‘ve been looking to read a book about restorative justice for a long time & I‘m excited to get started on this one.

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