Reform Nation: The First Step ACT and the Movement to End Mass Incarceration Eren Colleen P.
How one law tells the story of America's modern criminal justice movementIn late 2018, the First Step Act was signed into law by President Donald Trump just hours before a government shutdown. It was…
Specifikacia Reform Nation: The First Step ACT and the Movement to End Mass Incarceration Eren Colleen P.
How one law tells the story of America's modern criminal justice movementIn 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
The First to Die at the End
The First to Die at the End
First to Die at the End
The First to Die at the End