Smart on Crime
| Author | Kamala Harris |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Published | October 7, 2009 |
| Publisher | Chronicle Books |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 205 |
| ISBN | 978-0-8118-6528-9 |
Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer is a book by Kamala Harris, first published by Chronicle Books on October 7, 2009.[1]
Contents
First published as Harris (then the San Francisco district attorney) was beginning her 2010 campaign for California Attorney General, the book outlines her vision of how the criminal justice system should function. She explains in detail why it is not enough to simply be tough on crime, and how prosecutors and lawmakers must also be smart and reform-minded in their approach.[2] She argues such changes would increase public safety, reduce costs, and strengthen communities.[1]
Reception
In view of the police killing of George Floyd and subsequent protests, some critics have observed that Harris did not pay enough attention to race in her book. She instead attributes the problem of disparities in the system to class,[2] and only mentions racial profiling from law enforcement twice.[3] In one passage, she dispels the notion that communities of color are inherently hostile towards the police saying, "There is a widely held notion that poor communities, particularly poor African-American and Latino communities, consider law enforcement the enemy and that they do not want police officers in their neighborhoods. In fact, the opposite is true. Both my experience and scientific surveys reflect this fact again and again. ... I can state categorically that economically poor people want and support law enforcement.”[2]
References
- ^ a b "Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer". Amazon.com. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
- ^ a b c Hensley-Clancy, Molly (August 20, 2018). "The Complicated Politics Of Kamala Harris's First Book". Buzzfeed News. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
- ^ Lopez, German (August 12, 2020). "Kamala Harris's controversial record on criminal justice, explained". Vox. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
External links
- Book on the Internet Archive (free registration required)
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