Introduction by Katherine S. Gaudet
I: Incarceration, Reentry, and Rebuilding
- Living Through a Life Sentence: An Insider’s View of Crime, Punishment, and How to End Mass Incarceration by Bobby Bostic
- Three Former “Criminals” by Diane Gottlieb
- Life Support: Organizing for Justice Inside and Outside of Prison by Jamel Muhammad, as told to Katherine S. Gaudet
- Racism, Abuse, and Restorative Justice: What’s Wrong with Our Criminal Justice System, and How to Change It by Joseph Lascaze
II: Journeys in Law Enforcement
- Not an Easy Job: A Police Officer Works to Better His Community in a Difficult Time by Lawan Cancer, as told to Katherine S. Gaudet
- From Corrections Officer to Mental Health Court: New Approaches to People Who Commit Crimes by Blair Rowlett
- Labeling, Youth Culture, and Trust: Lessons Learned by a School Resource Officer by Patrick Schmucker
- A Police Chief ’s Journey to Harm Reduction by Brendan Cox
III: Ripple Effects
- Children of Criminals: The Hidden Victims of the Justice System by Anna Roberge
- Living Undocumented by Alex Masias; Translated from Spanish by Justin Mixon
- They See Me as a Criminal: The Unrelenting Policing of Black Bodies by Seren Sensei
- From the Hole to the Whole: A Filmmaker Learns to Look for Joy by Jennifer Fischer
IV: Scholarly Perspectives
- What Causes Criminality? Sociological, Biological, and Psychological Theories by McKenzie Wood
- No “Criminal” Here: A Conviction Where There Was No Crime by Jessica S. Henry
- Vera’s Family: The Community Context of Criminalization by Michelle C. Sermon
- Wrongful Convictions of Queer People: Where Bias Meets Faulty Forensic Evidence by Valena Elizabeth Beety
- Disability, Aesthetics, and the Making of a “Criminal” by Jasmine E. Harris