Criminal justice at the crossroads transforming crime and punishment william kelly on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers over the past forty years the criminal justice system in the united states has engaged in a very expensive policy failure. Over the past forty years the criminal justice system in the united states has engaged in a very expensive policy failure attempting to punish its way to public safety with dismal results so called tough on crime policies have not only failed to effectively reduce crime recidivism and . In criminal justice at the crossroads transforming crime and punishment university of texas criminologist william kelly argues that this moment is an opportunity for truly transformative change. Criminal justice at the crossroads transforming crime and punishment william r kelly criminal justice at the crossroads is well written you consent to columbia university press usage of cookies and similar technologies in accordance with the . Criminal justice at the crossroads transforming crime and punishment author william r kelly were it not for the recent authoritarian turn in american politics criminal justice at the crossroads might have been described as a playbook for a new bipartisan consensus on criminal justice this book is primarily devoted to showing that