Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis

44 reviews

booksbeyondthebinary's review

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Police brutality, Violence, and Slavery

gatorskulls's review

challenging informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Racism

cerlenborn's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

This book does a great job of teaching you new information, while also being short and accessible. Though some of the numbers may be a bit dated at this time, the topic is more important and relevant than ever. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

novella42's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad slow-paced

5.0

A powerful read, and a perspective shift I had never thought to question before. I'm glad I had the author-read audiobook, spending five hours listening to the incomparable Angela Davis was well worth the time.

"What would it mean to imagine a system in which punishment is not allowed to become the source of corporate profit? How can we imagine a society in which race and class are not primary determinants of punishment? Or one in which punishment itself is no longer the central concern in the making of justice? 

"An abolitionist approach that seeks to answer questions such as these would require us to imagine a constellation of alternative strategies and institutions, with the ultimate aim of removing the prison from the social and ideological landscapes of our society."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Classism, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Violence, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Slavery, Death, Deportation, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, and Murder

kirstenf's review

challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Confinement, Racism, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, and Sexism

Moderate: Slavery and Sexual violence

bootsmom3's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Sexual violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Medical trauma, Sexism, Medical content, and Rape

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use

eve81's review

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Mental illness, Genocide, Addiction, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Police brutality, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

oworthyfool's review

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Mental illness, Murder, and Medical content

tigerlark's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

A deeply informative book that changed my mind on several things! I wish Davis had gone a little further in explaining restorative justice and how that looks in a more practical context. But it was still a fascinating read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Confinement

Moderate: Violence, Torture, Police brutality, and Slavery

meganbyrd77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault