Until We Reckon, Danielle Sered
Until We Reckon, Danielle Sered
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Until We Reckon
Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair

Author: Danielle Sered

Narrator: Emily Durante

Unabridged: 9 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/30/2019


Synopsis

In the eloquent tradition of Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy, an award-winning leader in the movement to end mass incarceration takes on the vexing problem of violent crime.

Although over half the people incarcerated in America today have committed violent offenses, the focus of reformers has been almost entirely on nonviolent and drug offenses. Danielle Sered's brilliant and groundbreaking Until We Reckon steers directly and unapologetically into the question of violence, offering approaches that will help end mass incarceration and increase safety.

Widely recognized as one of the leading proponents of a restorative approach to violent crime, Sered asks us to reconsider the purposes of incarceration and argues persuasively that the needs of survivors of violent crime are better met by asking people who commit violence to accept responsibility for their actions and make amends in ways that are meaningful to those they have hurt—none of which happens in the context of a criminal trial or a prison sentence.

Critically, Sered argues that the reckoning owed is not only on the part of those who have committed violence, but also by our nation's overreliance on incarceration to produce safety—at great cost to communities, survivors, racial equity, and the very fabric of our democracy.

About Danielle Sered

Danielle Sered leads the award-winning Brooklyn-based Common Justice, which develops and advances solutions to violence that meet the needs of those harmed and advance racial equity without relying on incarceration.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lucy on November 24, 2020

Great intro resource about reshaping America’s reliance on punishment. It doesn’t get into abolition as much as I expected it to, but the scope of the book has to do with violence and mass incarceration as related but different issues. Points that really hit home were how incarceration fails at ever......more

Goodreads review by Clif on July 08, 2024

The United States has one of the highest per-capita criminal incarceration rates in the world, yet the prevalence of violence is relatively high. It's apparent the high incarceration rates are not achieving the desired results. This book presents the tools and techniques of restorative justice as a p......more

Goodreads review by Margaret on January 17, 2022

So good. Through an exploration of restorative justice history, practices and examples, Sered offers not just an alternative to our punishment-based justice system, but also a path for us as a society to apply restorative justice to our history and systems of slavery and mass incarceration to actual......more

Goodreads review by Ai on January 21, 2022

Oh this book is critical. Sered manages to get deep at the heart of issues around incarceration, punishment, and accountability in a way that is so clear and insightful and cuts right to the quick. Starting with both how our current criminal law system fails survivors and how we can and should bette......more

Goodreads review by Cal on August 09, 2019

Sered makes the most compelling and thoughtful case for a path forward, for both interpersonal and state violence, both individual and societal justice. Remarkably thorough and oozes wisdom.......more