Electric Politics
http://www.electricpolitics.com/podcast/2010/08/an_american_criminologist.html
August 27, 2010
It’s one of those things that everybody seems to know but nobody puts into words, until somebody does. [UC BERKELEY LAW PROFESSOR] JONATHAN SIMON, in his award winning book ‘Governing Through Crime,’ observes that American ideas about criminal justice are not only out of kilter but have metastasized into almost every area of life. We’ve become terrified of our own shadows. The policy consequences are foolish, undemocratic, unfair and wasteful. We should be ashamed. We know better. Total runtime an hour and two minutes. Pray for small miracles.
Governing Through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear (Studies in Crime and Public Policy) ~ Jonathan Simon