'… Ending Overcriminalization and Mass Incarceration is a good introduction to the issue of mass incarceration … the book challenges readers to focus on the person affected by not just the policies but the civil society that surrounds them.' M. Beth Valentine, Rutgers
Introduction; 1. An overcriminalized America; 2. A closer loser look at prosecutors; 3. Giving judges more discretion; 4. Defending the disadvantaged; 5. Ending the school-to-prison pipeline; 6. The social, moral, and economic costs of overcriminalization; 7. Progress begins at the state level; 8. Help and hope from civil society; Conclusion.