About this title: World-renowned activist Angela Davis discusses how mass incarceration has had little or no effect on crime, how disproportionate numbers of the poor and minorities end up in prison, and the obscene profits the system generates.
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Edition: Uitgawe and Revised and Updated to Include New Develop and B.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781583225813ISBN:1583225811
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Brand New! Support Radical Independent Pacific Northwest Booksellers! Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 128 p. Open Media. Audience: General/trade. 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 movements, and when they were engaged in these struggles, their ... read more
Edition: Uitgawe and Revised and Updated to Include New Develop and B.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781583225813ISBN:1583225811
Description: Very Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 128 p. Open Media. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Open Media
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781583225813ISBN:1583225811
Description: Good. We strive to make sure our books are in good condition. However, sometimes a book that's not in "good" condition does slip through. I also cannot guarantee that your text will be free from highlighting. I can't guarantee it will have a CD either. That being said, If you are not satisfied with your purchase please contact me and I will make it as right as possible. We do not sell International cheap International edition that might not work for your class. Don't get ripped off! Buy US edi. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: SEVEN STORIES
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781583225813ISBN:1583225811
Description: New. World-renowned activist Angela Davis discusses how mass incarceration has had little or no effect on crime, how disproportionate numbers of the poor and minorities end up in prison, and the obscene profits the system generates. read more
My one criticism is while I felt the author made an excellent job of illustrating many problems with the prison system little time was devoted to alternatives. Moreover the alternatives were generally vague with little insight into how effective they would be or if there would be drawbacks. The solution for murder of empathy, forgiveness, amnesty (or something along those lines) on the one hand seemed interesting but ultimately I'm not certain my view on that. I know Rwanda basically had to adopt that approach (incarcarating 20+% of the population wasn't reasonable) and it has largely worked from what I understand. Still that was a bit of an insane solution following an insane time - prosecution was saved for those that in theory masterminded it, amnesty to others. Still I am not certain that would be applicable to murder on a broad societal level. Even white collar crime... what exactly would prevent a rise of more Bernie Maddoff's, Enron, etc. if there is no fear of doing time? Clearly expecting people to act morally in a capatalistic society isn't always a reasonable assumption (although I think the author would probably say capatalism is the problem there).
Anyway ultimately I found the book reestablished in my mind a lot of the basic tenents I believed (prison system is racist, prison system does little but perpetuate itself, prison system is economically skewed, sentances are often far more severe than the crime entails). And also introduced some new thoughts on why it is bad such as introducing issues with work programs I had never considered, introducing the connection to the military industrial complex and establishing the stake private companies have in expanding the system. I just wish it had shown more viable alternatives."
"Ms. Davis gives an excellent historical account of the prison system and explains how disproportionate it remains in terms of race, class, and gender."
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