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| Title | : | Shattered Lives: Portraits from America's Drug War |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.67 (989 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0963975439 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 118 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-04 |
| Language | : | English |
Thesis w/o proof I ran into this book though the internet and expected a thought provoking read on an issue with which I was not familiar. Frankly, this book is so one sided the credibility of the authors is in question. They clearly had an opinion of the issue and assumed the readers would believe them without documentable support just from pictures of families. They may have a valid point but they so poorly documented it, I struggled to finish the book and immediately threw it away. Arguments are presented as generalizations and the repeated reference to the issue as a "drug war" and current inmates as "POWs" wears thin. The only pot. A must-read for drug warriors This book should be required reading for anyone who thinks that a "tough on drugs" policy is a good idea. In particular, judges, prosecutors, and potential jurors should be *required* to study this book before participating in drug cases.The authors have done an excellent job of portraying the *human* side of this war against our own people - most of whom are otherwise law-abiding, productive citizens. The prisoners in this ill-conceived war are also for the most part loving family members, and the forced separation of children from their parents in the name of the war on drugs should be viewed as a crime against human. Nicolas Eyle said Tugs at the heartstrings !. One of the main difficulties in selling the drug policy reform message to Americans has been the lack of an appealing poster child" who might evoke the public's sympathy - and those its support of our cause. Most images of the drug war we see are those of hooded black teenagers, their underwear sticking out of baggy pants. This is not an image destined to elicit sympathy from middle-class Americans. "Shattered Lives" changes that.This glossy, paper-bound 81/"Tugs at the heartstrings !" according to Nicolas Eyle. One of the main difficulties in selling the drug policy reform message to Americans has been the lack of an appealing poster child" who might evoke the public's sympathy - and those its support of our cause. Most images of the drug war we see are those of hooded black teenagers, their underwear sticking out of baggy pants. This is not an image destined to elicit sympathy from middle-class Americans. "Shattered Lives" changes that.This glossy, paper-bound 81/2" x 11" book features a perfect poster child - a pretty white girl - on the cover, and is packed with photos and bios of individuals and families whose lives have . " x 11" book features a perfect poster child - a pretty white girl - on the cover, and is packed with photos and bios of individuals and families whose lives have
A great gift idea." -- Clifton Thorton, Efficacy, November 1998"Shattered Lives pages are bursting with pictures and sidebars. Sure, there are a few youthful Deadheads and dreadlocked Rastas, but suburban soccer moms, grandma and grandpa types and plenty of blue-collar workers also find themselves behind bars, mainly because of mandatory sentencing laws. "Shattered Lives deserves to be viewed as much as read, and it is the sort of book that needs to be displayed on everybody's coffee table rather than put away on a bookshelf. 13, 1998"An everyman's edition of People magazine. Ideally, this book will get the public response it so well deserves." -- Paul Armentano, The Leaflet,
This approach highlights the dignity, warmth and humanity of its subjects, contrasted to the stark statistics and harsh penalties of the Drug War. The pages are printed on 80# gloss paper, 118 black and white plus 12 color pages. This is the first book to use photos and personal case stories to show the human cost of the US Drug War. It is perfect to open up the eyes of even the hardest-hearted drug warrior, showing how the children and families of the prisoners are also hurt, how circumstantial hearsay evidence is used to construct cases against low-level or even innocent defendants, how family homes and property are seized with no evidence whatsoever, innocent people killed by law enforcement, and policies used for cultural and racial suppression. One of the most powerful books ever written on the unintended con
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