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Our regular summary of important books and literature includes reviews of seven new books: “Of One-Eyed and Toothless Miscreants: Making the Punishment Fit the Crime?” edited by Michael Tonry, published by Oxford University Press; “Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Justice System” by Alec Karakatsanis, published by The New Press; “American Epidemic: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Opioid Crisis” edited by John McMillan, published by The New Press; “The Fruit of All My Grief: Lives in the Shadows of the American Dream” by J. Malcom Garcia, published by Seven Stories Press; “The New Debtors’ Prison: Why All Americans Are in Danger of Losing Their Freedom” by Christopher Maselli, published by Skyhorse Publishing; “Shadows of Doubt: Stereotypes, Crime, and the Pursuit of Justice” by Brendan O’Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi, published by Harvard University Press; “The Handbook of Research on Black Males: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Multidisciplinary” edited by Theodore S. Ransaw, C.P. Gause, and Richard Majors, published by Michigan State University Press.

Keywords: Proportionality and Injustice; Cruelty and Sentencing; Media Coverage; Debtors’ Prisons; Confronting Bias

Affiliations:  1: Contributing Editor.