Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms by Maya Schenwar, Victoria Law

3 reviews

for_esme_with_love's review

challenging informative inspiring slow-paced

4.25

A must-read for police and prison abolitionists and reformers, the authors make it abundantly clear why common "kinder" alternatives to prison are really two steps back for the work of creating a compassionate society. Their argument is straight-forward and very well supported: we should be working to reduce the number of humans who are punished and confined, not expand the prison system using another name. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Police brutality

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Suicide attempt

skudiklier's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

Everyone should read this book. It's so thorough and detailed, and also has a long section at the end for what we *can* do. Very very helpful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Transphobia, and Violence

readingwithk's review

informative medium-paced

4.0

This book is a horrifying look at the prison industrial complex to show how capitalism rules over reform and rehabilitation. It addresses every aspect of prison, whether it's physically behind bars or otherwise. 

I really appreciated the emphasis on the importance of addressing trauma and how many mental illnesses arise because of prison. 

I also learned a lot about the sex offender registry and Project Rose and other harmful "reforms" in regards to sex work. 

I do wish that there was even more about other possibilities to these harmful reforms, I thought more of the book could have focused on that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Racism

Moderate: Confinement, Transphobia, Suicide, and Rape

Minor: Addiction