Parsimony and Other Radical Ideas About Justice

Jeremy Travis, Bruce Western

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The New Press
30 May 2023

Crime & criminology; Criminal law & procedure

How to envision a justice system that combines the least possible punishment with the greatest possible healing, from an all-star cast of contributors

""An extraordinary and long overdue collection offering myriad ways that we can and must completely overhaul the way we imagine as well as implement 'justice.'""

Blood in the Water

After decades of overpolicing and ever-more punitive criminal justice measures, the time has come for a new approach to violence and community safety. Parsimony and Other Radical Ideas About Justice brings together leading activists, legal practitioners, and researchers, many of them justice-involved, to envision a justice system that applies a less-is-more framework to achieve the goal of public safety. Grounded in a new social contract heralding safety not punishment, community power not state power, the book describes a paradigm shift where justice is provided not by police and prisons, but in healing from harm.

A distinguished cast of contributors from the Square One Project at Columbia University's Justice Lab shows that a parsimonious approach to punishment, alongside a reckoning with racism and affirming human dignity, would fundamentally change how we respond to harm. We would encourage mercy in the face of violence, replace police with community investment, address the trauma lying at the heart of mass incarceration, reduce pre-trial incarceration, close the democracy gap between community residents and government policymakers, and eliminate youth prisons, among other significant changes to justice policy.

Edited by: Jeremy Travis, Bruce Western
Imprint: The New Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 15mm
ISBN: 9781620977552
ISBN 10: 1620977559
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 30 May 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jeremy Travis is Executive Vice President for Criminal Justice at Arnold Ventures and the former president of John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He was director of the National Institute of Justice, clerked for Ruth Bader Ginsburg and was special counsel to the NYPD commissioner. The author of But They All Come Back, co-editor of Prisoner Reentry and Crime in America and Prisoners Once Removed, and co-author (with Bruce Western) of Parsimony and Other Radical Ideas About Justice (The New Press), he lives in New York City. Bruce Western is the Bryce Professor of Sociology and Social Justice and director of the Justice Lab at Columbia University. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow, a Russell Sage Foundation Fellow, and a fellow of the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study. The author of Homeward: Life in the Year After Prison and Punishment and Inequality in America and co-author (with Jeremy Travis) of Parsimony and Other Radical Ideas About Justice (The New Press), he lives in New York City.

Reviews for Parsimony and Other Radical Ideas About Justice

Praise for Parsimony and Other Radical Ideas About Justice: Innovative, well-researched, and persuasive, this is a full-throated call for change. -Publishers Weekly At a moment of growing support to challenge mass incarceration, Parsimony and Other Radical Ideas About Justice provides us with a compelling vision for transforming our approach to public safety. It is long past time to reject punishment as a guiding principle and to adopt instead a strategy that relies on strengthening the capacity of individuals and communities to thrive. -Marc Mauer, senior advisor, The Sentencing Project, and author of Race to Incarcerate Parsimony and Other Radical Ideas About Justice goes beyond discussions of fairness. It broaches and confronts social inequality, white supremacy, and racialized capitalism to expand how we understand justice. These ideas will inspire scholars, advocates, and activists to focus on the root causes that infuse policy and practice with ideologies that cause tremendous harm to whole segments of American society. -DeAnna R. Hoskins, president and CEO, JustLeadershipUSA