Where’s the Harm?: My Life of Crime: An alternative introduction to criminology

By Lene Hanson

Where's the Harm? is a Criminology anti-textbook that questions the real sources of a crime--or, more precisely, the real sources of harm. The criminal justice systems that we see in many developed countries are the legacy of centuries of precedent, privilege and prejudice. The result is a corpulent system costing billions of dollars each year from which, for certain crimes, more than 95 percent of those accused can bank on walking free. What might we do with a clean slate of thought? What if we rejected the idea of crime and looked instead at the many sources of harm? What if the criminal justice system became a societal justice system where we all understood the probable outcomes and our responsibility for them? This book offers real-world situations, all based on real events in the author's life, that step away from outdated notions of punishment and challenge the reader to consider more constructive outcomes. A valuable addition to EnvelopeBooks' "Contemporary Studies" list.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1915023211
• ISBN13: 9781915023216
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Envelope Books
• Length: 270 Pages