{"product_id":"progressive-prosecution-9781479835270","title":"Progressive Prosecution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvides compelling and manageable solutions for how to reform the criminal justice system from the inside out \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA racial reckoning in the US criminal justice system was long overdue well before the highly publicized murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many others in 2020. \u003ci\u003eProgressive Prosecution \u003c\/i\u003eargues that prosecutors, having helped build our failed system of mass incarceration, must now lead the charge to dismantle it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith contributions from practicing district attorneys as well as leading scholars in the fields of law and criminal justice, Taylor-Thompson and Thompson’s volume offers an unapologetically ambitious vision for reform. The contributors draw from empirical evidence and years of combined research experience to argue that change must happen at the local level, with prosecutors choosing to adopt race-conscious approaches. These prosecutors must do the hard work themselves, actively focusing on the ways that race misshapes perceptions of criminality, influences discretionary calls, affects how we select juries, and induces a reliance on punitive responses. \u003ci\u003eProgressive Prosecution\u003c\/i\u003e acts as both a call to action and a practical guide, instructing prosecutors on what they need to do to bring about lasting and meaningful change.\u003ci\u003e Progressive Prosecution \u003c\/i\u003eis an urgent work of scholarship, a must-read for anyone committed to racial equity and meaningful criminal justice reform.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kim Taylor-Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48274466799867,"sku":"9781479835270","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_2e656420-9921-430c-9b75-95bdb3a9718d.jpg?v=1780460071","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/progressive-prosecution-9781479835270","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}