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This is required reading.
Natapoff does an impeccable job of balancing policy details, philosophical underpinnings, and recommendations for structural changes necessary in our criminal justice system.
Ultimately, when we think about the misdemeanor system it's important to grapple with our conceptual understanding and values in regards to what constitutes criminal behavior. Do we need law enforcement to arrest ("seizure") people for infractions such as jaywalking and spitting? How can we fund or support the misdemeanor system in a way that eliminates any professed need to generate revenue? These are the big questions that Natapoff expertly unearths and allows us to consider.
Perhaps what I took away most from this book was that our society is not necessarily interested in discussing philosophical issues such as our beliefs about criminal justice. Or if our society *is* interested in these discussions (I suspect more people are interested than we might think), we need to think through how to have these conversations in a way that widens the net to include more people and generates a commitment to implementing reforms that we believe are necessary.
Natapoff does an impeccable job of balancing policy details, philosophical underpinnings, and recommendations for structural changes necessary in our criminal justice system.
Ultimately, when we think about the misdemeanor system it's important to grapple with our conceptual understanding and values in regards to what constitutes criminal behavior. Do we need law enforcement to arrest ("seizure") people for infractions such as jaywalking and spitting? How can we fund or support the misdemeanor system in a way that eliminates any professed need to generate revenue? These are the big questions that Natapoff expertly unearths and allows us to consider.
Perhaps what I took away most from this book was that our society is not necessarily interested in discussing philosophical issues such as our beliefs about criminal justice. Or if our society *is* interested in these discussions (I suspect more people are interested than we might think), we need to think through how to have these conversations in a way that widens the net to include more people and generates a commitment to implementing reforms that we believe are necessary.