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Profiling: The Psychology of Catching Killers | David Owen

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Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America | James Forman, Jr.

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This extremely readable book explores how the policies put in place in the 1970s and 80s that led to mass incarceration were largely supported by the black community, including voters, politicians, and members of the justice system. He focuses in on majority black DC and gives a little hint on efforts made more recently to turn things around. Really interesting read.

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Robotswithpersonality

Beyond Incarceration: Safety and True Criminal Justice | Paula Mallea

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Both comprehensive in approach and concise in conveying a message, I found this a highly useful resource with one notable exception.
The author presents issues with sentencing, a brief history of problems within Canada's prison system, the issues that are still prevalent at the time of publication, and then tackled the obvious question: 1/? [Buckle up, it's gonna be a long one.]

Robotswithpersonality 2/? if we can acknowledge how much is wrong with Canadian prison systems (federal, provincial) and the justice system that feeds them, what are the alternatives? The author is careful to first address why prison reform is a dead end - something that supports the continuing existence of prisons without ever fixing all the problems.
She then presents methods and models that have been proven to work in various scenarios and locations as alternatives. 9mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/? Mallea's careful to acknowledge that the first priority is ways to make things less miserable for those currently incarcerated, but looks forward to ways Canada could transition from a penal system - the need to punish via incarceration - when its proven time and again it's not the best environment for correction or rehabilitation - to other methods. 9mo

Robotswithpersonality 4/? At the same time, the author, probably as a result of experience in criminal law, is careful to emphasize that truly dangerous people should be separated from society. The author wants to make a clear case about there being no justification for non-dangerous law breakers, and perpetrators of vicitimless crimes under administrative law (not paying a fine/missing parole meet) requiring incarceration, especially for those who would be better served by psychiatric care or a program for drug dependency, whereas dangerous people require some form of monitoring or separation. 9mo

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Robotswithpersonality 5/? The author's emphasis is on public safety.
It just feels a bit to me, like that emphasis leaves room for the wrongly accused to be condemned to being ostracized - and don't the stats hold out that systemic racism plays a part in wrongful conviction? Wrongful imprisonment was not a subject covered by the book. 🫤 9mo

Robotswithpersonality 6/? I should also say that this book is seven years old and particularly in the more appaling facts related, I felt compelled to do some googling to see if things had gotten any better.
The answer is mixed. Since 2017: 9mo

Robotswithpersonality 7/? Marijuana was legalized; it gets a little muddy when it comes to the timeline on pardons/record suspensions for possession.
Administrative segregation was abolished, but the new system might not be any better and still doesn't have a cap on days that can be spent in 'the hole'. Provincial jails have agreed to no longer detain refugees, but that doesn't answer whether federal jails will do the same, and whether this means the preferred community based alternatives are available.
Some mandatory minimum sentences are still in place. 9mo

Robotswithpersonality 8/8 Suffice to say, Mallea's point about reform never being the complete solution continues to be born out. It's inspiring and essential to see the number of working, real life alternatives.
I appreciate the facts laid down and the further reading presented, it gives the reader a chance to make up their own minds, and pursue the cause. As Mallea states in the conclusion, grassroots efforts of Canadian citizens will be key in making such an important change in our society. 9mo

Robotswithpersonality ⚠️Self-harm, SA, suicide, neglect of mental health, physical abuse, drug and alcohol addiction 9mo

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Robotswithpersonality

Beyond Incarceration: Safety and True Criminal Justice | Paula Mallea

Trust over fear.

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Robotswithpersonality

Beyond Incarceration: Safety and True Criminal Justice | Paula Mallea

Books help! I'm gonna cry. 🥹

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Robotswithpersonality

Beyond Incarceration: Safety and True Criminal Justice | Paula Mallea

Not to pull focus from the important facts being relayed, but boy, oh, boy do I want to read this woman's memoir!

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Robotswithpersonality

Beyond Incarceration: Safety and True Criminal Justice | Paula Mallea

If you're going to act like heartless bastards, Mallea's gonna call you out in it. 👏🏻
Thankfully there remains a glimmer of hope that imprisoning refugees in Canada may become a thing of the past: https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/03/21/canada-all-10-provinces-end-immigration-dete...

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Robotswithpersonality

Beyond Incarceration: Safety and True Criminal Justice | Paula Mallea

1) Completely agree with sharply satirical observation, if judges can't exercise discretion in sentencing, what are they doing there?
2) The idea of computers handling sentencing opens up a whole new world of AI dystopia. 🫣

GingerAntics Please god no! 9mo

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Robotswithpersonality

Beyond Incarceration: Safety and True Criminal Justice | Paula Mallea

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GingerAntics That‘s why one serial criminal is currently running for president and a poor black or brown kid who got caught with a single doobie is doing hard time. 9mo

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Robotswithpersonality

Beyond Incarceration: Safety and True Criminal Justice | Paula Mallea

Wow. The only thing more dispiriting than reading about the recent conditions in Canadian prisons is finding out they used to be better and then got worse again. 🙄🤦🏼‍♂️

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