{"product_id":"coming-to-a-neighborhood-near-you-the-repercussions-of-crime-and-punishment-paperback-softback-9781640126671","title":"Coming to a Neighborhood Near You; The Repercussions of Crime and Punishment (Paperback \/ softback) 9781640126671","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eComing to a Neighborhood Near You\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Repercussions of Crime and Punishment\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJim Reese (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781640126671\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 September 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“Part true crime story, part memoir, part compassionate plea for criminal justice reform, Jim Reese’s latest book is as astonishing as it is essential-the result is an eye-opening, informative, and empathetic argument for change.”-J. Ryan Stradal, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eKitchens of the Great Midwest\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Jim Reese has been touched by violent crime, has worked in various prisons to help inmates become better writers, and has spent a great deal of time thinking about what it means to be a criminal. What is the nature of evil? What is the nature of addiction? Although crime stories are a popular form of entertainment, there isn’t much thoughtful engagement about crime and punishment in America. In \u003ci\u003eComing to a Neighborhood near You\u003c\/i\u003e Reese challenges us to reconsider how we view crime. Well-paced, superbly researched, and full of excellent observations, this is a vital and necessary book-one that will spark new conversations for us all.”-Patrick Hicks, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Commandant of Lubizec\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAcross the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“A poignant and often visceral look into the criminal justice system, violence, and the poetic mind of Jim Reese. . . .  Haunting.”-Marc Cameron, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eBad River\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Jim Reese’s new book is an illuminating social justice memoir focused on crime and the system built to contain it. Via deep reporting and his lived experience, Reese unravels a system shaped by fear, anger, retribution, and the irrational, with prospects for reform dependent on our better angels-empathy and education-and the struggle to confront the worst of our human nature.”-Bill Conroy, investigative journalist and author of \u003ci\u003eDispatches from the House of Death\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Jim Reese’s \u003ci\u003eComing to a Neighborhood near You\u003c\/i\u003e is an insightful and interesting memoir of his personal journey observing our criminal justice system. . . . [It will be] beneficial for those interested in criminal justice reform.”-Richard R. Bennett, emeritus professor of justice, Department of Justice, Law, and Criminology at American University\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn his long search to process his grief over the rape and murder of his teenage friend by a fellow classmate, Jim Reese becomes entangled in prisons-both physically and psychologically. \u003ci\u003eComing to a Neighborhood near You\u003c\/i\u003e is the result: his investigative memoir of crime and punishment in the twenty-first-century United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For fourteen years Reese worked with men and women in prisons to develop, edit, and produce stories from “system-impacted” students, including some who had committed murder. He went on more than 250 hours of ride-alongs with law enforcement officers to see crime from the front end. He sought to understand addiction, trauma, and why people commit unlawful acts, some hauntingly heinous, with results rippling far beyond the primary victims to families, friends, and communities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a forthright reckoning with his own fear, desire for protection, and lingering anxiety, Reese wrestles with what humankind is capable of and what mercy means in the work of moving forward. \u003ci\u003eComing to a Neighborhood near You\u003c\/i\u003e presents true accounts of mass incarceration and an interrogation of how to confront the human rights crisis in America’s criminal justice system.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e Author’s Note\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Shadows We Carry\u003cbr\u003e 2. Redefining Gonzo: Tattoos, Prisons, and My Friend Charles Bowden\u003cbr\u003e 3. Crime as Entertainment\u003cbr\u003e 4. What They Do Not Tell You about Prison, Part 1\u003cbr\u003e 5. Premeditation\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Deputy and Imminent Danger\u003cbr\u003e 7. What They Do Not Tell You about Prison, Part 2\u003cbr\u003e 8. She Talks to Angels\u003cbr\u003e 9. Coda: Coming to a Neighborhood near You\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Potomac Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52744954806552,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/coming-to-a-neighborhood-near-you-the-repercussions-of-crime-and-punishment-paperback-softback-9781640126671","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}