James Forman Jr. writes legal and social analysis about criminal justice, policing and the political decisions that helped expand incarceration in the United States. Locking Up Our Own focuses on Washington, D.C., examining how Black elected officials, judges, police leaders and communities responded to crime and drug markets from the 1970s onwards. Rather than presenting mass incarceration as the result of one ideology or racial group, Forman traces a series of local choices about sentencing, guns, policing and public safety made under difficult conditions. His prose is historical, legal and case-based, with courtroom and policy detail supporting a broader argument about unintended consequences. His work fits criminal-justice history, race and law, policing studies and American public policy. Read more Less
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