Crime & Punishment

“A Death on W Street is a brutal look at the damage a lie can do to people’s lives as well as to institutions that we, as Americans, revere—or at least should reve

“Often riveting, well-researched, and utterly convincing, this book sounds a frightening alarm about unreliable expert testimony in the courtroom.”

The “masterpiece” in the title of Birmingham’s big new intriguing book is Crime and Punishment—the grandfather of modern crime fiction and the contemporary detective novel—which was publis

“In its best and final chapter, Prison by Any Other Name describes how every individual can help build a different sort of community and emergency-response system, one neighborhood

There is a question that is rarely asked or addressed by any constituent of the American criminal justice system.

The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment at the hands of the government.

“belongs in the pantheon of criminal justice scholarship.”

“a refreshing look at the causes of mass incarceration . . . a must-read for anyone involved in the criminal justice reform movement.”

Sociologists, criminologists, and other scholars regularly study and debate what works about the American criminal justice system and what doesn't.