How one law tells the story of America's modern criminal justice
movement In late 2018, the First Step Act was signed into law by
President Donald Trump just hours before a government shutdown. It
was one of few major pieces of federal criminal justice reform
since the 1970s to move toward reversing the incarceration frenzy
that had characterized United States policy. While it did not
amount to revolutionary reform, in Reform Nation, Colleen P. Eren
investigates it as a symbol for the larger movement's trajectory.
Its unlikely passage during a period of political polarization was
testament to the power of a new constellation of advocates,
stakeholders, and strange bedfellow alliances. These intriguing and
complex dynamics are indicative of a longer, twenty-year shift in
which the movement became nationalized and mainstreamed. Using
in-depth interviews with major players in the national movement,
formerly incarcerated activists, celebrities, and donors, this is
the first book to turn the mirror back on the criminal justice
reform movement itself—the frames used, the voices heard, the
capital activated among elite participants, and the bitter
controversies. This snapshot in time raises much larger questions
about how our democratic processes inform criminal justice policy,
and where we are going in the decades to come.
General
Imprint: |
Stanford University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
First published: |
2023 |
Authors: |
Colleen P. Eren
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
282 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5036-1335-5 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-5036-1335-6 |
Barcode: |
9781503613355 |
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