The awardwinning original The Atlantic restorative justice leader whose work the Washington Post has called sensible and totally revolutionary grapples with the problem of violent crime in the movement for prison abolitionA National Book Foundation Literature for Justice honoree Kirkus Book of 2019 to Fight Racism and Xenophobia of the National Association of Community and Restorative Justice Journalism Award for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice a book Democracy Now calls a overhaul of the way weve been taught to think about crime punishment and justice Danielle Sered the executive director of Common Justice and renowned expert on violence offers pragmatic solutions that take the place of prison meeting the needs of survivors and creating pathways for people who have committed violence to repair harm. Critically Sered argues that reckoning is owed not only on the part of individuals who have caused violence but also by our nation for its overreliance on incarceration to produce safetyat a great cost to communities survivors racial equity and the very fabric of our democracy. over half the people incarcerated in America today have committed violent offenses the focus of reformers has been almost entirely on nonviolent and drug offenses. Called and remarkable by The Atlantic and topnotch entry into the burgeoning incarceration debate by Kirkus Reviews Sered Until We Reckon argues with searing force and clarity that our communities are safer the less we rely on prisons and jails as a solution for wrongdoing. asks us to reconsider the purposes of incarceration and argues persuasively that the needs of survivors of violent crime are better met by asking people who commit violence to accept responsibility for their actions and make amends in ways that are meaningful to those they have hurt of which happens in the context of a criminal trial or a prison sentence.