Defund Concern: Security With no Policing, Prisons, and Punishmen…

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A groundbreaking new vision for public safety that overturns more than 200 years of fear-based discrimination, othering, and punishment

As the effects of aggressive policing and mass incarceration harm historically marginalized communities and tear families apart, how do we define safety? In a time when the most powerful institutions in the United States are embracing the repressive and racist systems that keep many communities struggling and in fear, we need to reimagine what safety means. Community leader and lawyer Zach Norris lays out a radical way to shift the conversation about public safety away from fear and punishment and toward growth and support systems for our families and communities. In order to truly be safe, we are going to have to dismantle our mentality of Us vs. Them. By bridging the divides and building relationships with one another, we can dedicate ourselves to strategic, smart investments—meaning resources directed toward our stability and well-being, like healthcare and housing, education and living-wage jobs. This is where real safety begins.

Originally published in hardcover as We Keep Us Safe: Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities, Defund Fear is a blueprint of how to hold people accountable while still holding them in community. The result reinstates full humanity and agency for everyone who has been dehumanized and traumatized, so they can participate fully in life, in society, and in the fabric of our democracy.

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Solution Title: Defund Panic: Safety Without Policing, Prisons, and Punishment

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Find out a transformative tactic to basic safety and protection with “Defund Dread.” This groundbreaking e book problems the traditional reliance on policing, prisons, and punishment as methods of addressing criminal offense and violence. In its place, it offers a fresh new perspective on producing safer communities by way of restorative justice, group-dependent interventions, and addressing the root causes of damage.

In “Defund Anxiety,” writer explores the hazardous impacts of the recent criminal justice method and advocates for divesting methods from institutions that perpetuate hurt and investing in neighborhood-led answers. By way of compelling arguments and real-life illustrations, this guide demonstrates how safety can be obtained without having relying on devices that disproportionately focus on marginalized communities.

Whether you are a legal justice professional, community organizer, or anxious citizen, “Defund Worry” presents a assumed-provoking guide on how we can collectively move in the direction of a extra just and equitable culture. Embrace a new eyesight of protection that prioritizes healing, accountability, and group perfectly-currently being.

8 reviews for Defund Concern: Security With no Policing, Prisons, and Punishmen…

  1. Beth

    A Must Read
    This book is a must read everyone who cares about our country. We are not isolated individuals. We’re interconnected and have to understand better what politicians are selling us if we want to get along. We have to look at societal concerns and what has not worked. Why do we have so many prisons? Do they work in rehabilitating criminals? Why do we have so many poor and ghettos, slums in the wealthiest nation in the world. Why do we have hungry people and underserved people? This in the wealthiest country in the world. Zack Norris asks questions like these giving reasons and solutions if we all care enough about our fellow man and making our own lives better. We all work better as an understanding larger community. We can become undivided and not divided like we are all now. Let’s let our Democracy work for all not just the wealthy and corporations. All it takes is more understanding on our part.

  2. Patricia W. Scott

    Resources and relationships
    The strength of the book is in the many personal examples given. The first part reiterates the facts about the current “framework of fear.” The second part, about building a truly safe community, is inspirational . The success of previous attempts give me hope that a better world can be built.

  3. Alli Starr

    Essential Reading for Transforming Our Criminal Justice System in 2020 and Beyond
    Wow! I suspected this would be a good read, but I wasn’t expecting a book that was so poignant and moving – filled with real life stories – AND brimming with solid solutions and strategies for change. Whatever your political leanings, we all know our criminal justice system is broken. Its costly, ineffective, and inhumane – with more than 2 million people held behind bars and egregious recidivism rates – a revolving door for those who have been most disenfranchised, demonized, and traumatized by a lack of resources and opportunity. But, Zach Norris offers hope – with his years of lived experience going from the streets of Oakland to Harvard, and then back to Oakland to work with families and criminal justice policy. He offers a vision where we can move from a framework of fear to a culture of care. It will be a journey to get there, but this books lights a path forward. Despite the national news, as a parent who wants my child to grow up in safe world where everyone counts, I am actually inspired that change is possible.

  4. Nancy Spransy

    Important read
    A very well written account of the problems caused by fear and some hopeful potential remedies. I highly recommend this for people who want to make a difference in our country.

  5. Amazon Customer

    Was a gift and came when expected.
    Our son wanted this for his birthday, so we ordered it and he was pleased to receive it.

  6. Anne D. Paust

    Important info to know
    The problems however are huge and expensive. It’s not realistic to expect that the government (aka the taxpayers) can solve it alone. Individual responsibility from the cradle up is needed to prevent these terrible predicaments from happening. A caring loving antiracist society is not enough. Our capitalist business model which bakes in greed and inequality must be changed.

  7. R. Williams

    Very interesting ideas
    An interesting approach but will depend on changing a lot of officials on how to approach crime.

  8. mamamia1

    Read for book club
    Good information and ideas but a little too wishful thinking, imo.

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