Professor Eileen Baldry AO FASSA, Criminologist,
Deputy Vice Chancellor,
University of New South Wales
Reflecting on decades of front-line work and advocacy, Peter Norden comes back to principles with which he began: genuine social justice. After searching the globe, he concludes, with other social justice champions, that justice is not found in our retributive criminal (in)justice systems but in fair distribution of resources to the most marginalized communities in society. Australia will be a far more just society if we listen to and act on Peter Norden’s message.
Adjunct Professor Rhonda Galbally AC
Disability Royal Commissioner
Health Development, social services and disability rights advocate
This dynamic account is an essential read. Peter Norden in this publication addresses the urgent need for prison reform in this country.
Julian McMahon AC SC
Melbourne Barrister
President of the Capital Punishment Justice Project
Peter Norden has drawn a remarkable portrait of an ear of jails, executions, police killings, prisoners lost in their cells, brutality, survival and hope. His engagement at the face-to-face level with so many in the ‘system’, from government ministers to prison guards, from prisoners to their grieving families, informs his search for more reasoned humane solutions.
Emeritus Professor Rick Sarre AM
Criminologist
Former Dean of Law and Criminal Justice
University of South Australia
Chair of the University’s Academic Board
Distinguished Professor Rob White
Criminologist
School of Social Sciences
University of Tasmania
Justice is rarely achieved by doing something to someone, especially when that someone consists of the most marginalized, impoverished, vulnerable and dispossessed members of our society. In this book, Peter Norden offers a positive way out of the present impasse and the injustices of our criminal justice system, one that places investment in communities, that include offenders and victims, at the forefront.
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