All Our Trials: Prisons, Policing, and the Feminist Fight to End Violence (Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History)
In All Our Trials, Emily L. Thuma traces the feminist fight to end violence through the intertwined histories of prisons, policing, and activism. Framed within American history, the book examines competing approaches to justice and the debates surrounding criminalization, reform, and alternatives to carceral responses.
About This Book
All Our Trials explores the relationship between feminist activism, violence, policing, and prisons in the United States.
Emily L. Thuma examines how debates about criminal justice have shaped feminist approaches to ending violence.
The book places these struggles within the broader history of women, gender, and sexuality in American life.
It offers a historical account of movements and ideas that challenge readers to consider the possibilities and limitations of prison-based responses to violence.
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