Smart on Crime : A Prosecutor's Tough New Strategy for Safety

For half a century, the approach to fighting crime has been ineffective and rooted in false choices.

When two-thirds of people released from prison are later convicted of a new crime, the system just isn't working.

In this book, Kamala Harris, a career prosecutor in the U.S., shatters the old distinctions and offers a cogent and compelling argument for changes in the roles of prosecutors, judges, prisons, and the community.