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Book · 2016 · Administration of Criminal justice

From the war on poverty to the war on crime

by Elizabeth Kai Hinton, Elizabeth Hinton · Recommended by 3 people on 2 podcasts

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Elizabeth Hinton's book from the war on poverty to the war on crime which focuses on the 1960s into the early 1970s and is I think a very very interesting way of understanding how illiberal sensibilities kind of infuse their way into what are major modern liberal projects and paved the way for mass mass incarceration, which I learned a.
Stephen Hahn · The Ezra Klein Show · Apr 2025 Listen at 1:07:53

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I think we also and my colleague Elizabeth Hinton dear friend in her first book from the war on poverty to the war on crime one way to read that book is to say that she's telling a kind of tragic story about the loss of a particular ideal.
Brendan Terry The Ezra Klein Show · Feb 2023
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My first book came out in 2016 from the war on poverty to the war on crime which is a history of federal law enforcement policy.
Elizabeth Hinton The Book Review · May 2021

Why people recommend it

From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime by Elizabeth Kai Hinton and Elizabeth Hinton is a comprehensive historical examination of federal law enforcement policy and urban governance in the United States from the 1960s through the early 1970s. Stephen Hahn recommended the text on The Ezra Klein Show as his second reading suggestion, telling listeners that it provides an illuminating perspective on how illiberal sensibilities gradually infiltrated major liberal government projects and ultimately laid the groundwork for modern mass incarceration. Elizabeth Hinton herself appeared on The Book Review to discuss this publication, describing it as an in-depth chronicle of federal law enforcement policy and the systemic shifts that occurred during that tumultuous era. Furthermore, Brendan Terry referenced the book on The Ezra Klein Show in conversation with a colleague, characterizing the work as a tragic narrative concerning the erosion of the maximum feasible participation ideal within American social policy. Through these varied recommendations and academic retrospectives, commentators highlighted the book's vital contribution to understanding the historical roots of contemporary criminal justice challenges, state intervention in marginalized communities, and the unintended consequences of ambitious federal anti-poverty initiatives that morphed into punitive policing strategies.

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Stephen Hahn Elizabeth Hinton's book from the war on poverty to the war on crime which focuses on the 1960s into the ear… 1
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“Elizabeth Hinton's book from the war on poverty to the war on crime which focuses on the 1960s into the early 1970s and is I think a very very interesting way of understanding how illiberal sensibilities kind of infuse their way into what are major modern liberal projects and paved the way for mass mass incarceration, which I learned a”
Brendan Terry I think we also and my colleague Elizabeth Hinton dear friend in her first book from the war on poverty to… 1
Discussed
“I think we also and my colleague Elizabeth Hinton dear friend in her first book from the war on poverty to the war on crime one way to read that book is to say that she's telling a kind of tragic story about the loss of a particular ideal”
Elizabeth Hinton my first book came out in 2016 from the war on poverty to the war on crime which is a history of federal la… 1
Discussed
“my first book came out in 2016 from the war on poverty to the war on crime which is a history of federal law enforcement policy”