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Abstract: 

Our regular book review examines books that should stimulate thinking about our efforts to assist and work with offenders. The books on offer also provide us with a vehicle for reflection on our efforts to reduce reoffending. The review of the book of photographs that chronicle the work of Dorothy Day, cofounder of the Catholic Worker, reminds us of the tough work of visiting prisoners, what Day called “a neglected work of mercy.” Also reviewed: “Environmental Corrections: A New Paradigm for Supervising Offenders in the Community” by Lacey Schaefer, Francis T. Cullen, and John C. Eck (SAGE Publications); “Prison Break: Why Conservatives Turned Against Mass Incarceration” by David Dugan and Steven M. Teles (Oxford University); “Writing the History of Crime” by Paul Knepper, (Bloomsbury Academic); “The Oxford Handbook of the History of Crime and Criminal Justice” edited by Paul Knepper and Anja Johansen (Oxford University Press); “After Prisons? Freedom, Decarceration, and Justice Divestment” edited by William G. Martin and Joshua M. Price (Lexington Books); “The Money and Politics of Criminal Justice Policy” by O. Hayden Griffen, III, Vanessa H. Woodward, and John J. Sloan, III (Carolina Academic Press).

Keywords: Community Supervision; Conservative-Liberal Reform; History of Crime; Local Jails; Cost-Saving Reforms

Affiliations:  1: Contributing Editor.