The Prison and the Gallows Quotes

“If one looks back at the history of penal policy and reform, it is striking what an uncritical stance earlier women reformers took toward the state. Periodically, they have played central roles in defining violence as a threat to the social order and uncritically pushing for more enhanced policing powers. Feminist groups…became champions of state intervention to address problems like rape and domestic violence. Nearly every state enacted legislation designed to make it easier to convict and punish people accused of sexual assault or domestic violence.”
― Marie Gottschalk, The Prison and the Gallows: The Politics of Mass Incarceration in America