{"product_id":"trial-and-error-in-criminal-justice-reform-9781442268470","title":"Trial and Error in Criminal Justice Reform","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this revised edition of their concise, readable, yet wide-ranging book, Greg Berman and Aubrey Fox tackle a question students and scholars of law, criminology, and political science constantly face: what mistakes have led to the problems that pervade the criminal justice system in the United States? The reluctance of criminal justice policymakers to talk openly about failure, the authors argue, has stunted the public conversation about crime in this country and stifled new ideas.  It has also contributed to our inability to address such problems as chronic offending in low-income neighborhoods, an overreliance on incarceration, the misuse of pretrial detention, and the high rates of recidivism among parolees. Berman and Fox offer students and policymakers an escape from this fate by writing about failure in the criminal justice system.  Their goal is to encourage a more forthright dialogue about criminal justice, one that acknowledges that many new initiatives fail and that no one k\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The philosopher John Dewey once wrote that understanding things the way they are is the first step in making them different. This book tells us that understanding failure is the first step to creating a fairer and safer community for everyone.\" -- Cyrus Vance, Manhattan District Attorney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  Foreword  Introduction  1 The Four Types of Failure  2 Failure amid Success  3 The Complicated Legacy of Operation Ceasefire  4 The Billion-Dollar Failure: Parole and the Battle for Reform in California  5 Beyond Simple Solutions:Mastering the Politics of Tragedy in Connecticut  6 Defining Failure  Conclusion  Afterword  Notes  References  Index  About the Authors","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039987827031,"sku":"9781442268470","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442268470.jpg?v=1750945445","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/trial-and-error-in-criminal-justice-reform-9781442268470","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}