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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"What if social transformation and liberation isn't about waiting for someone else to come along and save us? What if ordinary people have the power to collectively free ourselves? In this timely collection of essays and interviews, Mariame Kaba reflects on the deep work of abolition and transformative political struggle."--Page 4 of cover.
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English
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"The wrenching, and inspiring, story of a fourteen-year-old sentenced to life in prison, of the extraordinary relationship that developed between him and the woman he shot, and of his release after twenty-six years of imprisonment through the efforts of America's greatest contemporary legal activist, Bryan Stevenson. Here is the story of a poor black kid from the toughest neighborhood of Tampa, Florida, who at age eleven began "jacking" (stealing)...
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Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In the eloquent tradition of Bryan Stevenson's 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 Sered's brilliant and groundbreaking Until We Reckon steers directly and unapologetically into the...
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Publisher
Good Books
Language
English
Description
"Much more than a response to harm, restorative justice nurtures relational, interconnected school cultures. The wisdom embedded within its principles and practices is being welcomed at a time when exclusionary discipline and zero tolerance policies are recognized as perpetuating student apathy, disproportionality, and the school-to-prison pipeline. Relying on the wisdom of early proponents of restorative justice, the daily experiences of educators,...
Publisher
AK Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Transformative justice seeks to solve the problem of violence at the grassroots level, without relying on punishment, incarceration, or policing. Community-based approaches to preventing crime and repairing its damage have existed for centuries. However, in the putative atmosphere of contemporary criminal justice systems, they are often marginalized and operate under the radar. Beyond Survival puts these strategies front and center as real alternatives...
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Philosopher Myisha Cherry teaches us the right ways to deal with wrongdoing in our lives and the world. Sages from Cicero to Oprah have told us that forgiveness requires us to let go of negative emotions and that it has a unique power to heal our wounds. In Failures of Forgiveness, Myisha Cherry argues that these beliefs couldn't be more wrong-and that the ways we think about and use forgiveness, personally and as a society, can often do more harm...
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Publisher
New Harbinger Publications
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
On New Year's Eve, 1997, Bob McIntosh left his family and friends at the dinner table to check on a disturbance at a neighbor's house. He never came home. Savagely beaten by an unknown assailant, McIntosh died that night at a local hospital, leaving behind his wife and twin four-year olds. While authorities searched for McIntosh's killer, his wife, author Katy Hutchison, began the slow process of rebuilding a life for her children and herself. Refusing...
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Publisher
Westminster John Knox Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"The story of [an] uneven journey to confronting and reconciling with [the teenager who murdered Bishop's sister and brother-in-law, taking] on the larger issues of restorative justice, life sentences, and incarceration in the criminal justice system, ... [acknowledging] the personal cost of advocating for mercy for people convicted of serious crimes"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Asim disrupts what Toni Morrison [calls] the 'master narrative' and replaces it with a story of black survival and persistence through art and community in the face of centuries of racism. In eight ... essays, he explores such topics as the twisted legacy of jokes and falsehoods in black life; the importance of black fathers and community; the significance of black writers and stories; and the beauty and pain of the black body"--Front flap.
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Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"A brief overview of restorative justice that explains how the process can be used to help victims, offenders, and community members take part in the process of identifying and addressing the harms, needs, and obligations of all those affected by a crime."--
18) Coexist
Publisher
Upstander Productions
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Coexist gives voice to personal stories of victims, perpetrators, bystanders, journalists, scholars, and social commentators nearly a generation after the Rwanda genocide. It was made during the country's unprecedented social experiment in reconciliation, as 60,000 perpetrators were released from prison back into the communities where they pillaged and raped, and murdered nearly 800,000 people in 1994. Coexist and its four-lesson Teacher's Guide...
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