{"product_id":"book-zxrj","title":"Copaganda","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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Alec Karakatsanis is a leading voice in the legal struggle to dismantle mass incarceration…What he says cannot be ignored.\" (James Forman‚ Jr.)\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\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\u003eRecognized by \u003cem\u003eTeen Vogue\u003c\/em\u003e as \"one of the most prominent voices\" on the criminal legal system and a featured guest on shows like \u003cem\u003eThe Daily Show with Trevor Noah\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Breakfast Club\u003c\/em\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\u003cstrong\u003eIncludes a PDF of additional resources\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Audible","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":50572281970992,"sku":"ZEzxrj","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/zxrj-Square-cover.jpg?v=1779341034","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-zxrj","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}