Criminal Justice Reform
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American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
by:
Shane Bauer
4.23 avg rating — 12,499 ratings 
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 4.52 avg rating — 115,053 ratings
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Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration
by:
Emily Bazelon
4.31 avg rating — 1,825 ratings 5. 
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Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law
by:
Preet Bharara
4.27 avg rating — 5,818 ratings 
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Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System 4.39 avg rating — 807 ratings
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Blind Injustice: A Former Prosecutor Exposes the Psychology and Politics of Wrongful Convictions
by:
Mark Godsey
4.38 avg rating — 333 ratings 9. 
The War on Neighborhoods: Policing, Prison, and Punishment in a Divided City 4.14 avg rating — 71 ratings
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Black and Blue Lives: How to Survive and Reform American Criminal Justice
by:
Curtis Elmore
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 9. 
Juror Number 2: The Story of a Murder, the Agony of a Neighborhood
by:
Efrem Sigel
3.37 avg rating — 54 ratings 
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Born Innocent: Protecting the Dependents of Accused Caregivers it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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From Jailer to Jailed: My Journey from Correction and Police Commissioner to Inmate #84888-054
by:
Bernard B. Kerik
3.67 avg rating — 255 ratings 21. 
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Race, Incarceration, and American Values (Boston Review Books)
by:
Glenn C. Loury
4.01 avg rating — 136 ratings 
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Executing Grace: How the Death Penalty Killed Jesus and Why It's Killing Us
by:
Shane Claiborne
4.44 avg rating — 632 ratings 
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Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate
by:
Helen Prejean
4.14 avg rating — 8,954 ratings 
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Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness
by:
Alisa Roth
4.07 avg rating — 1,363 ratings 29. 
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Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York
by:
Stacy Horn
3.64 avg rating — 2,834 ratings 31. 
Presumed Criminal: Black Youth and the Justice System in Postwar New York
by:
Carl Suddler
4.43 avg rating — 23 ratings 32. 
Worse Than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice 4.31 avg rating — 1,084 ratings
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Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II 4.38 avg rating — 7,035 ratings
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Passionate for Justice: Ida B. Wells as Prophet for Our Time
by:
Catherine Meeks
3.89 avg rating — 149 ratings 
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The Districts: Stories of American Justice from the Federal Courts
by:
Johnny Dwyer
4.22 avg rating — 60 ratings 38. 
Bending Toward Justice: The Birmingham Church Bombing that Changed the Course of Civil Rights
by:
Doug Jones
4.20 avg rating — 383 ratings 
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Actual Innocence: When Justice Goes Wrong and How to Make it Right
by:
Barry Scheck
4.15 avg rating — 899 ratings 41. 
Surviving Justice: America's Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated
by:
Dave Eggers
4.30 avg rating — 352 ratings 42. 
The Jihad Next Door: The Lackawanna Six and Rough Justice in an Age of Terror 3.62 avg rating — 117 ratings
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The Attica Turkey Shoot: Carnage, Cover-Up, and the Pursuit of Justice
by:
Malcolm Bell
4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings 44. 
Fugitive Man: Hunting Violent Criminals for the FBI and Searching for Justice for the Innocent Convict 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
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A Wild Justice: The Death and Resurrection of Capital Punishment in America
by:
Evan Mandery
4.11 avg rating — 167 ratings 46. 
With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful
by:
Glenn Greenwald
4.26 avg rating — 1,310 ratings 
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Considering Hate: Violence, Goodness, and Justice in American Culture and Politics
by:
Kay Whitlock
3.88 avg rating — 51 ratings 
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The Price of Justice: A True Story of Greed and Corruption
by:
Laurence Leamer
4.18 avg rating — 422 ratings 51. 
Punishment Without Crime: How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal 4.16 avg rating — 428 ratings
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The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football
by:
Jeff Benedict
4.05 avg rating — 4,257 ratings 53. 
Dealing Death and Drugs: The Big Business of Dope in the U.S. and Mexico (Cinco Puntos Checkpoint Series)
by:
Beto O'Rourke
3.96 avg rating — 104 ratings 54. 
Capital Offenses: Business Crime and Punishment in America's Corporate Age
by:
Samuel Buell
3.80 avg rating — 49 ratings 55. 
