A call to tone down our political rhetoric and embrace a common-sense approach to change. Many experts believe that we are at a fulcrum moment in history, a time that demands radical shifts in thinking and policymaking. Calls for bold change are everywhere these days, particularly on social media, but is this actually the best way to make the world a better place? In Gradual, Greg Berman and Aubrey Fox argue that, contrary to the aspirations of activists on both t...

As heard on NPR's Fresh AirRecommended by The New York Times' Sam Roberts" Start Here is an urgent and timely primer on the approaches that are working and don't require federal approval or political revolution to end one of the most pressing justice issues the country faces today."— Brooklyn Daily EagleA bold agenda for criminal justice reform based on equal parts pragmatism and idealism, from the visionary director of the Cen...

**As heard on NPR's Fresh AirRecommended by The New York Times' Sam Roberts“Start Here is an urgent and timely primer on the approaches that are working and don’t require federal approval or political revolution to end one of the most pressing justice issues the country faces today.”—Brooklyn Daily EagleA bold agenda for criminal justice reform based on equal parts pragmatism and idealism, from the visionary director of the Center f...

Many experts believe that we are at a fulcrum moment in history, a time that demands radical shifts in thinking and policymaking. Calls for bold change are everywhere these days, particularly on social media. But is this actually the best way to make the world a better place?In Gradual, Greg Berman and Aubrey Fox argue that, contrary to the aspirations of activists on both the right and the left, incremental reform is the best path forward. They begin by emphasizing that the very s...

Presented in a new digital edition, and adding a Foreword by Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the state of New York, 'Good Courts' is now available as an eBook to criminal justice workers, jurists, lawyers, political scientists, court officials, and others interested in the future of alternative justice and process in the United States.Public confidence in American criminal courts is at an all-time low. Victims, communities, and even offenders view courts as unable to respond adequ...

In this revised edition of their concise, readable, yet wide-ranging book, Greg Berman and Aubrey Fox tackle a question students and scholars of law, criminology, and political science constantly face: what mistakes have led to the problems that pervade the criminal justice system in the United States? The reluctance of criminal justice policymakers to talk openly about failure, the authors argue, has stunted the public conversation about crime in this country and stifled new ideas. It has...

A new collection of compelling and challenging essays from one of the nation's leading voices on criminal justice reform, 'Reducing Crime, Reducing Incarceration' makes the argument that sometimes small changes on the ground can add up to big improvements in the criminal justice system.How do you launch a new criminal justice reform? How do you measure impact? Is it possible to spread new practices to resistant audiences? And what's the point of small-bore experimentation anyway? G...

A bracing look at what's gone wrong in American nonprofits--and how it might be fixed. We rely on nonprofits every day to feed the hungry, care for the sick, and perform a host of other essential work, but American nonprofits have been under siege in recent years. Attacked by the left (for being part of the "nonprofit industrial complex") and the right (for advancing a "woke" agenda), nonprofits have also faced a serious threat from within: a rising generation of staffers ...

This ebook includes audio narration.Arr! It's the first day of first grade, and it's all hands on deck for a young pirate and his crew. How much trouble can they get into? What will they do at recess? And, most important, what treasure awaits them at school?

This ebook includes audio narration.Ahoy, mateys!It's time for recess, and the schoolyard is teeming with young pirates who are ready for action. Who will rule the stormy seas of the playground? Recess has never been such an adventure!

It's been said that, after 9/11, the 2008 financial crash and the Covid-19 pandemic, we're a more fearful society than ever before. Yet fear, and the panic it produces, have long been driving forces - perhaps the driving force - of world history: fear of God, of famine, war, disease, poverty, and other people. In Fear: An Alternative History of theWorld, Robert Peckham considers the impact of fear in history, as both a coercive tool of power and as a catal...

Why did the New York Stock Exchange suspend trading without warning on July 8, 2015? Why did certain Toyota vehicles accelerate uncontrollably against the will of their drivers? Why does the programming inside our airplanes occasionally surprise its creators?After a thorough analysis by the top experts, the answers still elude us.You don’t understand the software running your car or your iPhone. But here’s a secret: neither do the geniuses at Apple or the Ph.D.’s at Toyota—no...