Pre-Owned Unfair : The New Science of Criminal Injustice (Hardcover) 9780770437763 (Good)

from GlennBell

I found this book to be educational and interesting. The author is a law professor, who provides excellent logic for legal reform. His discussions of the flaws of the legal system are well thought out and he provides a section of the book for recommendations for change. I strongly recommend this ...

from lpg3d

Everyone involved in or interested in criminal justice needs to read this book. Adam Benforado, a law professor at Drexel University enumerates all the multitude of ways that our criminal justice system is unfair to everyone who is subject to it. Using data from psychologists and other researcher...

from GShuk

Excellent audio detailing the history and failings of the justice system with some well thought out alternatives. The most thought provoking concepts for me was looking at justice based on ones beliefs. If you believe animals have no feelings or soul then burning them alive for fun makes sense. I...

from bemislibrary

The author believes that the current justice system in the United States is flawed and easily manipulated. Rather than support his thesis with notes, Benforado provides an extensive bibliography for the introduction and all chapters. It was a very interesting read that could have been made better...

from MichaelLynnSr

The science of human behavior has made remarkable progress in the last few decades. It has revealed that much of what we thought we knew about how we humans think, remember, decide, feel and act was wildly incorrect. This knowledge is only slowly seeping into our culture and institutions even tho...