Seeing with better eyes

Seeing with better eyes We can recognize that the offender is a valuable human being who struggles with the same needs, pressures, and confusions that we struggle with. We will recognize that the incident really may not have been about us in the first place. Instead it was about the wrongdoer’s misguided attempt to meet … Read more

In his recent book,

In his recent book, When Brute Force Fails, UCLA’s Kleiman argues that new strategies for targeting repeat offenders–including reforms to make probation an effective sanction rather than a feckless joke–could cut crime and reduce prison populations simultaneously. Safer communities, in turn, might produce more hopeful and well-disciplined kids. David Von Drehle