Michael J. DeValve is associate professor of criminal justice at Fayetteville State University.Tammy S. Garland is professor of criminal justice at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga.Elizabeth Q. Wright is associate professor of criminal justice at Middle Tennessee State University.

Having been a big fan of Michael DeValve’s first book, I began reading this one with anticipation and excitement. Like the previous book, this is a breath of fresh air into criminological thought and a beacon of light for those of us who seek a more compassionate, loving, and human(e) approach to justice. DeValve, Garland, and Wright have composed a rich and sometimes delightfully iconoclastic critique of prior theorizing about crime and justice. In the end, they tap into something so essential, yet so neglected in our understanding of crime and criminal justice: the centrality of love in what it means to be human. Empathy, compassion, moral duties and responsibilities, connection, and mercy are all filtered through the notion of love and distilled into a refreshing unified theory of justice and crime where humanity, humaneness, and humanization are front and center.

• IntroductionPart I: Impoverished Thought about Justice and Crime1. The Wrecking-Ball Sovereign Self2. Theories of Balance and ExchangePart II: Accomplished Theories of Justice and Crime3. Identity, Justice, and Crime4. Justice, Crime, and StrivingPart III: Justice that Love Gives5. A Unified Theory of Justice and Crime6. Notes from the Field: Epic Wins in Justice Practice

Michael J. DeValve is associate professor of criminal justice at Fayetteville State University.Tammy S. Garland is professor of criminal justice at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga.Elizabeth Q. Wright is associate professor of criminal justice at Middle Tennessee State University.

Having been a big fan of Michael DeValve’s first book, I began reading this one with anticipation and excitement. Like the previous book, this is a breath of fresh air into criminological thought and a beacon of light for those of us who seek a more compassionate, loving, and human(e) approach to justice. DeValve, Garland, and Wright have composed a rich and sometimes delightfully iconoclastic critique of prior theorizing about crime and justice. In the end, they tap into something so essential, yet so neglected in our understanding of crime and criminal justice: the centrality of love in what it means to be human. Empathy, compassion, moral duties and responsibilities, connection, and mercy are all filtered through the notion of love and distilled into a refreshing unified theory of justice and crime where humanity, humaneness, and humanization are front and center.

• IntroductionPart I: Impoverished Thought about Justice and Crime1. The Wrecking-Ball Sovereign Self2. Theories of Balance and ExchangePart II: Accomplished Theories of Justice and Crime3. Identity, Justice, and Crime4. Justice, Crime, and StrivingPart III: Justice that Love Gives5. A Unified Theory of Justice and Crime6. Notes from the Field: Epic Wins in Justice Practice

Michael J. DeValve is associate professor of criminal justice at Fayetteville State University.Tammy S. Garland is professor of criminal justice at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga.Elizabeth Q. Wright is associate professor of criminal justice at Middle Tennessee State University.

Having been a big fan of Michael DeValve’s first book, I began reading this one with anticipation and excitement. Like the previous book, this is a breath of fresh air into criminological thought and a beacon of light for those of us who seek a more compassionate, loving, and human(e) approach to justice. DeValve, Garland, and Wright have composed a rich and sometimes delightfully iconoclastic critique of prior theorizing about crime and justice. In the end, they tap into something so essential, yet so neglected in our understanding of crime and criminal justice: the centrality of love in what it means to be human. Empathy, compassion, moral duties and responsibilities, connection, and mercy are all filtered through the notion of love and distilled into a refreshing unified theory of justice and crime where humanity, humaneness, and humanization are front and center.

• IntroductionPart I: Impoverished Thought about Justice and Crime1. The Wrecking-Ball Sovereign Self2. Theories of Balance and ExchangePart II: Accomplished Theories of Justice and Crime3. Identity, Justice, and Crime4. Justice, Crime, and StrivingPart III: Justice that Love Gives5. A Unified Theory of Justice and Crime6. Notes from the Field: Epic Wins in Justice Practice