<b>In a book that Van Jones calls a &ldquo;game changer&rdquo; and Baz Dreisinger calls &ldquo;a must-read&rdquo; the founder of Alliance for Safety and Justice dispels the myth that mass incarceration benefits crime victims and offers a transformative new vision for public safety</b><BR><BR><p>Hailed as &ldquo;a passionate and provocative indictment of how the victims&rsquo; rights movement has warped the American justice system&rdquo; (<em>Publishers Weekly</em>) <em>In Their Names</em> dispels the myth that mass incarceration benefits victims and proposes a new public safety paradigm that recognizes victims&rsquo; true safety needs.</p> <p>Lenore Anderson whom the distinguished criminologist David Kennedy calls &ldquo;one of the most effective criminal justice reformers America has ever had&rdquo; demonstrates how in the 1980s victims&rsquo; rights political activism morphed into a demand for more incarceration &ldquo;in their names&rdquo; while bringing about policies that fuel more trauma than they heal. Called &ldquo;well-researched results-driven and readable&rdquo; by <em>Booklist</em> <em>In Their Names</em> &ldquo;deserves a wide audience from policymakers to ordinary citizens alike&rdquo; according to James Forman Jr. Yale Law School professor and author of the Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning <em>Locking Up Our Own</em>.</p> <p>At a time when U.S. crime policy is increasingly debated in politics and media the lessons and message of this book are current&mdash;and urgent. As renowned criminal justice author Nell Bernstein writes Anderson &ldquo;offers a vision of justice and healing that is generous enough to encompass all of us.&rdquo;</p> <p>Now available in an accessible paperback format this &ldquo;startling wake-up call&rdquo; (Susan Burton) argues persuasively for closing the gap between our public safety systems and victims to heal cycles of violence and enhance public safety for all.</p>
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