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Galvanized by her work in our nation's jails, psychiatrist Christine Montross illuminates the human cost of mass incarceration and mental illness.
Dr. Christine Montross has spent her career treating the most severely ill psychiatric patients. Several years ago, she set out to investigate why so many of her patients got caught up in the legal system when discharged from her care - and what happened to them therein.
Waiting for an Echo is a riveting, rarely seen glimpse into American incarceration. It is also a damning account of policies that have criminalized mental illness, shifting large numbers of people who belong in therapeutic settings into punitive ones.
The stark world of American prisons is shocking for all who enter it. But Dr. Montross' expertise - the mind in crisis - allowed her to reckon with the human stories behind the bars. A father attempting to weigh the impossible calculus of a plea bargain. A bright young woman whose life is derailed by addiction. Boys in a juvenile detention facility who, desperate for human connection, invent a way to communicate with one another from cell to cell.
Overextended doctors and correctional officers who strive to provide care and security in environments riddled with danger. In these encounters, Montross finds that while our system of correction routinely makes people with mental illness worse, just as routinely it renders mentally stable people psychiatrically unwell. The system is quite literally maddening.
Our methods of incarceration take away not only freedom but also selfhood and soundness of mind. In a nation where 95 percent of all inmates are released from prison and return to our communities, this is a practice that punishes us all.
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"‘What the eye does not see the heart cannot feel’, the saying goes. In this vivid account, Dr. Montross takes us to see close-up her encounters with a tiny percent of the 350,000 mentally ill people in US prisons and jails. What are these anguished souls doing there? They need healing help and a place of safety, not a punishing environment, quick to maintain order with tear gas, beatings, solitary confinement...or with unconscionable neglect. In my 30-plus years of prison work, I've met all too many of these trapped, suffering souls. Let us trust in the goodness of our citizens, that moved by Dr. Montross's vivid witness, eyes will see and hearts will feel to shoulder the urgent reform of a system long in need of radical change.” (Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking)
“This is a tremendously important, transformative book. Dr. Montross poignantly captures the unnecessarily brutal experience of individuals incarcerated in America. As a nation, we should heed her call for meaningful change to restore basic humanity.” (Ellen Gallagher, Department of Homeland Security Attorney and whistleblower)
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Following the death of her father, journalist and hospice volunteer Ann Neumann sets out to examine what it means to die well in the United States. When Ann Neumann's father was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, she left her job and moved back to her hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She became his full-time caregiver - cooking, cleaning, and administering medications. When her father died, she was undone by the experience, by grief and the visceral quality of dying.
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Ugh, so boring
- De Maranto en 05-13-19
De: Ann Neumann
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Danger to Self
- On the Front Line with an ER Psychiatrist
- De: Paul R. Linde
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
- Duración: 8 h y 2 m
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The psychiatric emergency room, a fast-paced combat zone with pressure to match, thrusts its medical providers into the outland of human experience where they must respond rapidly and decisively in spite of uncertainty and, very often, danger. In this lively first-person narrative, Paul R. Linde takes listeners behind the scenes at an urban psychiatric emergency room, with all its chaos and pathos, where we witness mental health professionals doing their best to alleviate suffering.
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Terrible narration
- De Leah en 12-16-12
De: Paul R. Linde
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Becoming Ms. Burton
- From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women
- De: Susan Burton, Cari Lynn
- Narrado por: Janina Edwards
- Duración: 10 h y 38 m
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Susan Burton's world changed in an instant when her five-year-old son was killed by a van driving down their street. Consumed by grief and without access to professional help, Susan self-medicated, becoming addicted first to cocaine then to crack. As a resident of South Los Angeles, a Black community under siege in the War on Drugs, it was but a matter of time before Susan was arrested. She cycled in and out of prison for over 15 years; never was she offered therapy or treatment for addiction.
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Compelling
- De Jean en 06-18-17
De: Susan Burton, y otros
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The Killer's Shadow
- The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer
- De: John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker
- Narrado por: Holt McCallany
- Duración: 8 h y 6 m
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Worshippers stream out of an Midwestern synagogue after sabbath services, unaware that only a hundred yards away, an expert marksman and avowed racist, antisemite and member of the Ku Klux Klan, patiently awaits, his hunting rifle at the ready. A riveting, cautionary tale rooted in history that continues to echo today, The Killer's Shadow is a terrifying and essential exploration of the criminal personality in the vile grip of extremism and what happens when rage-filled speech evolves into deadly action and hatred of the “other" is allowed full reign.
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A relevant and important read.
- De Alyson en 12-25-20
De: John E. Douglas, y otros
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The Psychopath Whisperer
- The Science of Those Without Conscience
- De: Kent A. Kiehl
- Narrado por: Kevin Pariseau
- Duración: 11 h y 3 m
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We know of psychopaths from chilling headlines and stories in the news and movies - from Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy to Hannibal Lecter and Dexter Morgan. As Dr. Kent Kiehl shows, psychopaths can be identified by a checklist of symptoms that includes pathological lying; lack of empathy, guilt, and remorse; grandiose sense of self-worth; manipulation; and failure to accept one’s actions. But why do psychopaths behave the way they do? Is it the result of their environment - how they were raised - or is there a genetic component to their lack of conscience?
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An autobiography with splatter of neuropsychology.
- De DORIS H. en 08-16-14
De: Kent A. Kiehl
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The Gift of Adversity
- The Unexpected Benefits of Life's Difficulties, Setbacks, and Imperfections
- De: Norman E. Rosenthal M.D.
- Narrado por: Erik Synnestvedt
- Duración: 10 h y 21 m
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The noted research psychiatrist explores how life's disappointments and difficulties provide us with the lessons we need to become better, bigger, and more resilient human beings. Adversity is an irreducible fact of life. Although we can and should learn from all experiences, both positive and negative best-selling author Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal believes that adversity is by far the best teacher most of us will ever encounter.
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Book ruined by the narrator
- De David C. en 12-07-22
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The Theater of War
- What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us Today
- De: Bryan Doerries
- Narrado por: Adam Driver
- Duración: 5 h y 49 m
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This compassionate, personal, and illuminating work of nonfiction draws on the author's celebrated work as a director of socially conscious theater to connect listeners with the power of an ancient artistic tradition. For years Bryan Doerries has been producing ancient tragedies for current and returned servicemen and women, addicts, tornado and hurricane victims, and a wide range of other at-risk people in society.
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Wow
- De Marisa en 11-09-15
De: Bryan Doerries
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When They Call You a Terrorist
- A Black Lives Matter Memoir
- De: Patrisse Cullors, asha bandele, Angela Davis - foreword
- Narrado por: Angela Davis - foreword, Angela Davis, Patrisse Cullors
- Duración: 6 h y 30 m
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When They Call You a Terrorist is the essential audiobook for every conscientious American. From one of the cofounders of the Black Lives Matter movement comes a poetic audiobook memoir and reflection on humanity. Necessary and timely, Patrisse Cullors' story asks us to remember that protest in the interest of the most vulnerable comes from love.
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Everyone should listen!
- De Mary J. Bunker en 01-26-18
De: Patrisse Cullors, y otros
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Viral Justice
- How We Grow the World We Want
- De: Ruha Benjamin
- Narrado por: Ruha Benjamin
- Duración: 13 h y 24 m
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Long before the pandemic, Ruha Benjamin was doing groundbreaking research on race, technology, and justice, focusing on big, structural changes. But the twin plagues of COVID-19 and anti-Black police violence inspired her to rethink the importance of small, individual actions. Part memoir, part manifesto, Viral Justice is a sweeping and deeply personal exploration of how we can transform society through the choices we make every day.
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Fantastic book!
- De Avie Kearney en 05-21-23
De: Ruha Benjamin
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The Nazi and the Psychiatrist
- Hermann Göring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a Fatal Meeting of Minds at the End of WWII
- De: Jack El-Hai
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 8 h y 52 m
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In 1945, after his capture at the end of the Second World War, Hermann Göring arrived at an American-run detention center in war-torn Luxembourg, accompanied by 16 suitcases and a red hatbox. The suitcases contained all manner of paraphernalia: medals, gems, two cigar cutters, silk underwear, a hot water bottle, and the equivalent of $100,000,000 in cash. Hidden in a coffee can, a set of brass vials housed glass capsules containing a clear liquid and a white precipitate: potassium cyanide. Joining Göring in the detention center were the elite of the captured Nazi regime....
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I Don't Understand The Complaints...
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De: Jack El-Hai
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Falling into the Fire
- A Psychiatrist's Encounters with the Mind in Crisis
- De: Christine Montross
- Narrado por: Christine Montross
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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Falling into the Fire is psychiatrist Christine Montross's thoughtful investigation of the gripping patient encounters that have challenged and deepened her practice. Beautifully written, deeply felt, Falling into the Fire brings us inside the doctor’s mind, illuminating the grave human costs of mental illness as well as the challenges of diagnosis and treatment. At once rigorous and meditative, Falling into the Fire is an intimate portrait of psychiatry, allowing the reader to witness the humanity of the practice and the enduring mysteries of the mind.
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Buy this book! and READ it
- De joyce en 08-15-13
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Marked for Life
- One Man's Fight for Justice from the Inside
- De: Isaac Wright Jr., Jon Sternfeld - contributor
- Narrado por: Isaac Wright Jr.
- Duración: 9 h y 21 m
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An empowering memoir of courage and hope in the face of injustice—and the basis for the ABC television show, For Life—Marked for Life is the true story of Isaac Wright Jr.’s battle to win his freedom after being wrongfully imprisoned for crimes he didn’t commit, and a critical indictment of America’s judicial system.
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Outstanding Book!
- De JXL en 06-10-24
De: Isaac Wright Jr., y otros
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To the End of June
- The Intimate Life of American Foster Care
- De: Cris Beam
- Narrado por: Susan Ericksen
- Duración: 12 h y 15 m
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Who are the children of foster care? What, as a country, do we owe them? Cris Beam, a foster mother herself, spent five years immersed in the world of foster care looking into these questions and tracing firsthand stories. The result is To the End of June, an unforgettable portrait that takes us deep inside the lives of foster children in their search for a stable, loving family. Beam shows us the intricacies of growing up in the system - the back-and-forth with agencies, the rootless shuffling between homes, the emotionally charged tug between foster and birth parents.
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Good dissertation
- De Nim en 03-13-19
De: Cris Beam
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Sparrow in the Razor Wire
- Finding Freedom from Within While Serving a Life Sentence
- De: Quan Huynh
- Narrado por: Quan Huynh
- Duración: 5 h y 26 m
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In 1999, Quan Huynh shot and killed another man in a gang-related incident in Hollywood, California. He received a prison sentence of 15 years to life in a state that, at the time, did not parole prisoners with life sentences. Behind bars, Quan continued his downward spiral. This could have been the end of the story for Quan, as it is for many prisoners. But somewhere along the way, he discovered a new path - one that prompted him to commit to self-reflection, truth, and personal responsibility.
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Courageous Story
- De A.Ramos en 02-28-24
De: Quan Huynh
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In Our Backyard
- Human Trafficking in America and What We Can Do to Stop It
- De: Nita Belles
- Narrado por: Nicol Zanzarella
- Duración: 7 h y 4 m
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Human trafficking is not just something that happens in other countries. Nor is it something that just happens to "other people," such as runaways or the disenfranchised. Even kids in your own neighborhood can fall victim. But they don't have to.
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A good entry to learning about HT
- De Justicepirate en 12-05-16
De: Nita Belles
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Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Third Edition
- Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
- De: Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson
- Narrado por: Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson
- Duración: 12 h y 11 m
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Renowned social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson take a compelling look into how the brain is wired for self-justification. When we make mistakes, we must calm the cognitive dissonance that jars our feelings of self-worth. And so we create fictions that absolve us of responsibility, restoring our belief that we are smart, moral, and right - a belief that often keeps us on a course that is dumb, immoral, and wrong. Backed by years of research and delivered in energetic prose, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) offers a fascinating explanation of self-deception.
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If you're a liberal hater - this book's for you
- De MRN en 11-13-20
De: Carol Tavris, y otros
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My Life Among the Serial Killers
- Inside the Minds of the World's Most Notorious Murderers
- De: Helen Morrison M.D., Harold Goldberg
- Narrado por: Helen Morrison
- Duración: 5 h y 54 m
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Dr. Helen Morrison has profiled more than 80 serial killers around the world. What she has learned about them will shatter every assumption you've ever had about the most notorious killers known to man.
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Boring reader,boring writing
- De P. Minor en 02-03-08
De: Helen Morrison M.D., y otros
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Devolves into political advocacy
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Scarred
- The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult That Bound My Life
- De: Sarah Edmondson, Kristine Gasbarre
- Narrado por: Sarah Edmondson
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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The shocking and subversive memoir of a 12-year-NXIVM-member-turned-whistleblower, and her inspiring true story of abuse, escape, and redemption. "Master, would you brand me? It would be an honor." Scarred follows actress Sarah Edmondson's account of her recruitment into the NXIVM cult, founded by Keith Raniere. It narrates in detail the 12 years she spent within the organization, during which she enrolled over 2,000 members, chronicling her breaking point and her harrowing fight to get out, help others, and heal.
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Riveting!
- De Ellen en 10-23-19
De: Sarah Edmondson, y otros
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Unmask Alice
- LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries
- De: Rick Emerson
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
- Duración: 9 h y 50 m
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In 1971, Go Ask Alice reinvented the young adult genre with a blistering portrayal of sex, psychosis, and teenage self-destruction. The supposed diary of a middle-class addict, Go Ask Alice terrified adults and cemented LSD's fearsome reputation, fueling support for the War on Drugs. Five million copies later, Go Ask Alice remains a divisive bestseller, outraging censors and earning new fans, all of them drawn by the book's mythic premise: A Real Diary, by Anonymous.
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I’m from Pleasant Grove where rumors of Jay’s Journal are alive and well
- De Ruby Tuesday en 10-06-22
De: Rick Emerson
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Tell Me Everything
- The Story of a Private Investigation
- De: Erika Krouse
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
- Duración: 9 h y 35 m
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Erika Krouse has one of those faces. “I don’t know why I’m telling you this,” people say, spilling confessions. In fall 2002, Erika accepts a new contract job investigating lawsuits as a private investigator. The role seems perfect for her, but she quickly realizes she has no idea what she’s doing. Then a lawyer named Grayson assigns her to investigate a sexual assault, a college student who was attacked by football players and recruits at a party a year earlier. Erika knows she should turn the assignment down.
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Love this author
- De Jessica en 04-08-22
De: Erika Krouse
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Without a Prayer
- The Death of Lucas Leonard and How One Church Became a Cult
- De: Susan Ashline
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 13 h y 39 m
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Teenager Lucas Leonard made shocking admissions in front of the altar - he'd practiced witchcraft, conspired to murder his parents, and committed unspeakable crimes. The confessions earned him a brutal beating by a gang of angry church members, including his parents and sister. Lucas was brought to the hospital dead, awakening the sleepy community of Chadwicks, New York, to the horror that had been lurking next door. Nine members of Lucas' church would eventually find themselves facing murder-related charges. But how did they get to that point? And what made Lucas confess?
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The Depravity of the Human Soul
- De J. Miller en 01-31-20
De: Susan Ashline
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- Anonymous User
- 10-11-20
The sad truth
A tough subject but we'll worth the time to hear an expert discussion on our outrageous American Corrective system.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-19-22
Enlightening
I strongly recommend every American read or listen to this book. Rooted in research and compassion, Dr. Montross provides an invaluable perspective on our prison system.
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- Monica Riggs
- 09-23-20
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Really enjoyed the book . Made me think long and hard about our broken system and insensitive and unjust policies . I have recommended this book to several friends . Thank You for opening my eyes to reality. Marguerite Cordelle
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- sistrgoldenhair
- 05-11-22
Stunning Genuine, Thought Inducing
As a someone who is finishing internship as a mental health professional and long time educator who is actively involved with those who have been impacted by the carceral system I was incredibly moved by this book. It was incredibly impactful and I wish everyone could read it and understand all it encompasses. I wish it were mandatory reading for everyone who seeks to be a judge, prosecutor, warden or correctional officer. I hope to bring change and understanding to people about these truths.
I cannot thank this author enough for this touching and informative work. I hope that is is shared widely. What a remarkable experience reading this was!
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- Bekah
- 08-16-20
Excellent and thought-provoking
This book is a must-read for anyone who is interested in issues of criminal justice reform. Montross’s perspective is clear-sighted, nuanced, compassionate, and well-supported by research. I think her insights also touch on some very deep and fundamental truths about human nature, and the questions she raises about our approach to incarceration in America have implications for other issues of justice, equity, health-care access, and more.
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- J. Gebner
- 01-13-21
Excellent.
Well written, easy to understand. The author is an excellent narrator. Very enthusiastically reccomended. Will relisten.
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- Kelly
- 02-23-22
Must Read!
This gives a new perspective on how we can change our unjust justice system for the better by treating prisoners with humanity and learning from Scandinavian justice system case studies
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- Randia
- 12-14-22
Brutal and necessary
As important a work as Wilkerson’s Caste in the conversation surrounding America’s ills and our longing to alleviate them.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-31-20
Eye Opening
It is impossible to prepare yourself for the hard truths of this book. The Author takes you on a journey of self reflection that requires that you change your persepctive. this book is just soft enough so not to harm but just hard enough to grab your attention.
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- Jenna
- 07-30-20
Outstanding
This is an important and timely book. It is very well researched and laid out in an impactful manner. Dr. Montross reads it herself and her voice is perfect for audio! Well done.
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