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The Little Book of Restorative Justice for People in Prison: Rebuilding the Web of Relationships by Barb Toews Publisher Comments An expert on the experiences of prisoners urges that restorative justice principles be applied to, and practiced by, people in prison, for the good of all of society.... (read more) Your price: $4.95 New - Trade Paper 
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander Synopsis The New Jim Crow was initially published with a modest first printing and reasonable expectations for a hard-hitting book on a tough topic. Now, ten-plus printings later, the long-awaited paperback version of the book Lani Guinier calls “brave and... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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New Jim Crow (10 Edition) by Michelle Alexander Review “Explosive debut…alarming, provocative and convincing.” —Kirkus Reviews “Michelle Alexanders brave and bold new book paints a haunting picture in which dreary felon garb, post-prison joblessness, and loss of voting rights... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Little Book of Restorative Jus (Little Books of Justice & Peacebuilding) by Howard Zehr Publisher Comments So who has time to prepare food these days We timestarved cooks need recipes that are guaranteed to beQuick to fix Easy for anyone to make whether yoursquo;re a cook or not Delicious and satisfying. The solution FixIt and Forgetit 5Ingredient Favorites... (read more) List Price $4.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Prison Writings: My Life is My Sundance by Leonard Peltier Publisher Comments "A deeply moving and very disturbing story of a gross miscarriage of justice and an eloquent cri de coeur of Native Americans for redress, and to be regarded as human beings with inalienable rights guaranteed under the United States Constitution, like... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Are Prisons Obsolete? (Seven Stories' Open Media Book) by Angela Y. Davis Publisher Comments With her characteristic brilliance, grace and radical audacity, Angela Y. Davis has put the case for the latest abolition movement in American life: the abolition of the prison. As she quite correctly notes, American life is replete with abolition... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucault Publisher Comments In this brilliant work, the most influential philosopher since Sartre suggests that such vaunted reforms as the abolition of torture and the emergence of the modern penitentiary have merely shifted the focus of punishment from the prisoner's body to his... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian by Avi Steinberg Publisher Comments Avi Steinberg is stumped. After defecting from yeshiva to attend Harvard, he has nothing but a senior thesis on Bugs Bunny to show for himself. While his friends and classmates advance in the world, Steinberg remains stuck at a crossroads, his &ldquo... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court by Edward Humes Publisher Comments After being granted access by court, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Humes surveys the largely futile attempts of LA to deal with juvenile crime.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander Publisher Comments In a bold and innovative argument, a rising legal star shows readers how the mass incarceration of a disproportionate number of black men amounts to a devastating system of racial control. This is a terrifying reality that exists in the UK as much as in... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $17.71 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian by Avi Steinberg Publisher Comments Avi Steinberg is stumped. After defecting from yeshiva to Harvard, he has only a senior thesis essay on Bugs Bunny to show for his effort. While his friends and classmates advance in the world, he remains stuck at a crossroads, unable to meet the lofty... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States by Helen Prejean Publisher Comments In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean became the spiritual advisor to Patrick Sonnier, the convicted killer of two teenagers who was sentenced to die in the electric chair of Louisiana's Angola State Prison. In the months before Sonnier's death, the Roman... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman Publisher Comments With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money ten years ago. But that past has caught up with her. Convicted and sentenced to fifteen months at the infamous... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Probation and Parole (11TH 12 Edition) by Howard Abadinsky Publisher Comments Written by a former community corrections professional, PROBATION AND PAROLE, 11/e provides an insider's view of probation and parole. Featuring a two-color design, it addresses both juvenile and adult populations and includes authentic reports,... (read more) List Price $103.00 Your price: $78.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Innocents by Taryn Simon and Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck Publisher Comments These are the faces and voices of the wrongfully convicted. These are the stories of people imprisoned for years before finally proving their innocence. This collection of photographs and oral histories of fifty men and women gathered from across the... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Hardcover
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The Last Face You'll Ever See: The Private Life of the American Death Penalty by Ivan Solotaroff Publisher Comments In fascinating detail, Ivan Solotaroff introduces us to men who carry out executions. Although the emphasis is on the personal lives of these men and of those they have to put to death, The Last Face You'll Ever See also addresses some of the deeper... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $5.25 Sale - Hardcover
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Inside Rikers: Stories from the World's Largest Penal Colony by Jennifer Wynn Publisher Comments Rikers Island-just six miles from the Empire State Building-is one of the largest, most complex and most expensive penal institutions in the world, yet most New Yorkers couldn't find it on a map. Jennifer Wynn, the director of the Fresh Start program at... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis, Revised and Expanded Edition (2ND 08 Edition) by Christian Parenti Publisher Comments Why is criminal justice so central to American politics? Lockdown America notonly documents the horrors and absurdities of militarized policing,prisons, a fortified border, and the federalization of the war oncrime, it also explains the political and... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A World Apart: Women, Prison, and Life Behind Bars by Cristina Rathbone Publisher Comments “Life in a womens prison is full of surprises,” writes Cristina Rathbone in her landmark account of life at MCI-Framingham. And so it is. After two intense court battles with prison officials, Rathbone gained unprecedented access to the... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Crisis of Imprisonment: Protest, Politics, and the Making of the American Penal State, 1776-1941 (Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society) by Rebecca M Mclennan Publisher Comments In the Age of Jackson, private enterprise set up shop in the American penal system. Working hand in glove with state government, contractors in both the North and the South would go on to put more than half a million imprisoned men, women, and youth to... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $16.00 Used - Trade Paper
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