{"product_id":"copaganda-how-police-and-the-media-manipulate-our-news-9781620978535","title":"Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the prizewinning rising legal star, the deeply researched and definitive book on the way the media and police distract us from what matters \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Alec Karakatsanis is a leading voice in the legal struggle to dismantle mass incarceration. . . . What he says cannot be ignored.\"\u003cbr\u003e--James Forman' Jr.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Copaganda\" is a special kind of propaganda employed by police, prosecutors, and news media. It stokes fear of police-recorded crime and distorts society's responses to it. As the United States incarcerates five times more people per capita than it did in 1970--despite record low crime rates--a sprawling and profitable punishment bureaucracy spends a lot of time and money to manipulate what we think that bureaucracy does and why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCopaganda is all around us. When you hear on the radio that crime is up when it's actually down--that's copaganda. When your local TV station obsessively focuses on shoplifting by poor people while ignoring crimes of wage theft, tax evasion, and environmental pollution that harm far more people--that's copaganda. When you hear on your daily podcast that there is a \"shortage\" of prison guards rather than too many people in prison--that's copaganda. When your newspaper quotes an \"expert\" saying that more money for police, prosecutors, and prisons is the answer to violence despite scientific evidence to the contrary--that's copaganda.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecognized by\u003ci\u003e Teen Vogue \u003c\/i\u003eas \"one of the most prominent voices\" on the criminal legal system and a featured guest on shows like \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Show with Trevor Noah\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Breakfast Club, \u003c\/i\u003e Karakatsanis brings his sharp legal expertise, trenchant political analysis, and humorous personal storytelling to delve into one of the most critical topics in our society today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alec Karakatsanis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.06w x 1.42d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620978535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA former public defender, \u003cb\u003eAlec Karakatsanis\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder of the Civil Rights Corps, an organization designed to advocate for racial justice and bring systemic civil rights cases on behalf of impoverished people. He was named the 2016 Trial Lawyer of the Year by Public Justice and was awarded the Stephen B. Bright Award for contributions to indigent defense in the South by Gideon's Promise. The author of \u003cem\u003eUsual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System\u003c\/em\u003e (The New Press), he lives in Washington, DC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46674110808278,"sku":"9781620978535","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/1660\/5398\/files\/img_ef924543-4d3f-413e-b9be-e0c5941ae9a2.jpg?v=1742808061","url":"https:\/\/bookclubonmain.com\/products\/copaganda-how-police-and-the-media-manipulate-our-news-9781620978535","provider":"Book Club On Main","version":"1.0","type":"link"}