Author: Matthew Epperson File Type: pdf Smart Decarceration is a forward-thinking, practical volume that provides innovative concepts and concrete strategies for ushering in an era of decarceration -- a proactive and effective undoing of the era of mass incarceration. The text grapples with tough questions and takes up the challenge of transforming Americas approach to criminal justice in the 21st century. This timely work consists of chapters written from multiple perspectives and disciplines including advocates, researchers, academics, practitioners, and persons with incarceration histories who are now leaders in the movement. The primary purpose of this book is to inform both academic and public understanding -- to place the challenge of smart decarceration at the center of the current national discourse, taking into account the realities of the current sociopolitical context -- and to propose beginning action steps. This is achieved by first outlining and addressing questions such as What if incarceration were not an option for most? Whose voices are essential in this era of decarceration? What is the state of evidence for solutions? How do we generate and adopt empirically driven reforms? How do we redefine and rethink justice in the United States? Smart Decarceration offers a way forward in building a field for decarceration through provocative but reasoned challenges to existing approaches to criminal justice reforms, lively focus on potential solutions, and action steps for reform. **

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Author: Ritch C. Savin-Williams File Type: pdf In this manuscript, Savin-Williams explores the phenomenon of young men who identify themselves as mostly straight. What does the small, but growing, number of young men who identify as mostly straight mean for our understanding of sexual orientation, sexual identity, and sexual behavior? What does it say about our understanding of masculinity, our understanding of sex and gender differences (e.g., women are more likely to identify as mostly straight), and the future of sexual identity politics? This manuscript is a culmination of Savin-Williamss research on male sexual fluidity. It explores a host of topics whether we should conceive of sexual orientation as a category or a spectrum or as something else entirely why some men who engage in sexual behavior with both men and women identify as bisexual and others as mostly straight, and still others who do so simply identify as either straight or gay the stability of mostly straight as a sexual identity (i.e., to what degree is mostly straight a temporary identity or a way-station on an individuals journey from straight to gay or bisexual) what biologicalpsychological factors might correlate with being mostly straight how have changes in popularvernacular understanding of sexuality and sexual behavior affected the development of sexuality identity in boys and men. The manuscript draws on a wide body of research, but focuses on in-depth interviews with 40 different individuals from the millennial generation. It focuses on key developmental milestones, including first sexual memories, first crushes, coming out to friends and families, and first adult relationships. It examines how the lives of mostly straight men compare to those of men who identify as straight, gay, or bisexual.--

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