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The Misshapen Mind
Two new books argue that the human brain's haphazard evolution has left us at the prey of irrational behaviors and self-defeating instincts.
July 18, 2008 | By Sasha Abramsky | web only

A Worthy Diversion
Pennsylvania has developed a model program to keep offenders with mental illness out of the criminal-justice system.
June 23, 2008 | By Sasha Abramsky

Reforming a Prison Nation
Two students of mass incarceration in America discuss the current political moment and the prospects for rolling back the carceral state.
August 9, 2007 | By Sasha Abramsky and Marie Gottschalk | web only

Fear and Loathing in Middle America
A new book in the Gonzo journalism vein tries to explain to coastal elites what they've never understood about the working-class small towns in the middle of the country.
July 20, 2007 | By Sasha Abramsky | web only

The Democracy of Evil
The psychologist who created the Stanford Prison Experiment says that it's not a few bad apples that spoil the barrel, it's a bad barrel that spoils good apples.
April 25, 2007 | By Sasha Abramsky | web only

Prison State
Ruth Gilmore's new book offers an expansive account of California's prison boom.
February 22, 2007 | By Sasha Abramsky | web only

Bashing Goliath
A new book analyzes the very old phenomenon of European anti-Americanism.
February 2, 2007 | By Sasha Abramsky | web only

Notes From Underground
Sudhir Venkatesh's new book offers an arresting view of ghetto-level economic relations.
January 10, 2007 | By Sasha Abramsky | web only

Torture Heavy
Welcome to a world of sheer ineptness and banal brutality. TAP talks to David Rose, author of Guantanamo: The War on Human Rights.
March 22, 2005 | By Sasha Abramsky | web only

One Nation, Under Siege
Apartheid is becoming a distant memory in South Africa. But is a country this consumed by crime really free?
March 20, 2005 | By Sasha Abramsky

Cruel and Unusable
The juvenile death penalty has been eliminated. That's one more step on a path that's gone further than you may realize.
March 3, 2005 | By Sasha Abramsky | web only

Trials in Error
Cold Case Files' host explains why the death penalty doesn't deliver. TAP Talks to TV host Bill Kurtis, author of The Death Penalty on Trial.
February 23, 2005 | By Sasha Abramsky | web only

Taking Juveniles Off Death Row
This year, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether the juvenile death penalty is constitutional.
June 18, 2004 | By Sasha Abramsky

No Exit
The nation's mentally ill used to be locked in asylums. Now they're stowed in prisons.
January 8, 2004 | By Sasha Abramsky and Jamie Fellner | web only

No Resources, No Results
Kentucky had good intentions in releasing some nonviolent offenders to save money. But the state shortchanged its post-release programs, and an opportunity was lost.
December 1, 2003 | By Sasha Abramsky

Small-Town Blues
Building prisons is good business—just not for citizens.
May 31, 2003 | By Sasha Abramsky

Return of the Madhouse
February 11, 2002 | By Sasha Abramsky

Hard-Time Kids
August 26, 2001 | By Sasha Abramsky

Did Roe v. Wade Abort Crime?
And Why Hardly Anybody Wants to Talk About It
January 1, 2001 | By Sasha Abramsky

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