The history of criminal justice in the U.S. is often described as a pendulum, swinging back and forth between strict punishment and lenient rehabilitation. While this view is common wisdom, it is wrong. In Breaking the Pendulum, Philip Goodman, Joshua Page, and Michelle Phelps systematically debunk the pendulum perspective, showing that it distorts how and why criminal justice changes. The pendulum model blinds us to the blending of penal orientations, policies, and practices, as well as the struggle between actors that shapes laws, institutions, and how we think about crime, punishment, and...

The history of criminal justice in the U.S. is often described as a pendulum, swinging back and forth between strict punishment and lenient rehabilitation. While this view is common wisdom, it is wrong. In Breaking the Pendulum, Philip Goodman, Joshua Page, and Michelle Phelps systematically debunk the pendulum perspective, showing that it distorts how and why criminal justice changes. The pendulum model blinds us to the blending of penal orientations, policies, and practices, as well as the struggle between actors that shapes laws, institutions, and how we think about crime, punishment, and...

Back by popular demand, the classic JPS Holiday anthologies remain essential and relevant in our digital age. The Rosh Hashanah Anthology is designed to make the religious impact and commemoration of the Jewish New Year meaningful as both a solemn and a festive day. Its significance, history, and messages are embodied in the great treasures of Jewish classical writings.

Back by popular demand, the classic JPS Holiday anthologies remain essential and relevant in our digital age. Drawing on Jewish creativity from hundreds of sources and describing Yom Kippur observances in various lands and eras, The Yom Kippur Anthology vividly evokes the vitality of this holiday throughout history and its significance for the modern Jew.

Back by popular demand, the classic JPS Holiday anthologies remain essential and relevant in our digital age. The Sukkot and Simhat Torah Anthology offers new insight into the Festival of Ingathering and the Festival of Rejoicing in the Law by elucidating the two festivals' background, historical development, and spiritual truths for Jews and humankind.

Delves into the stories and messages of Hanukkah as they have unfolded in Jewish literature over the past two thousand years: biblical intimations of the festival, post-biblical writings, selections from the Talmud and midrashim, excerpts from medieval books, home liturgies, laws and customs, observances in different nations, stories and poems, art, and recipes.

Back by popular demand, the classic JPS Holiday anthologies remain essential and relevant in our digital age. The Purim Anthology recounts the origins of the first Purim, then examines festival observances in different eras throughout the world, laws and rites, and finally provides plays and poems, stories and songs.

Describes the varied experiences of the Jewish Passover throughout the lands and the ages: the story, the many facets of its celebration in the Jewish home and community, the laws and the prayers, the seder plate and the songs, the art and the dances, the prayers and - of course - the games.

Back by popular demand, the classic JPS Holiday anthologies remain essential and relevant in our digital age. The Shavuot Anthology elucidates Shavuot's teachings, customs, stories, and lore for a modern generation.

Back in print by popular demand, the classic JPS holiday anthologies are unequalled compilations of Bible, Talmud, prayer, poetry, and folklore. The volumes mine Bible, Talmud, midrashim, and a rich variety of other sources, including works by prominent authors.