Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer
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Overview
The vice president and former San Francisco district attorney presents her vision for smart criminal justice and public safety.
Before she became the vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris was committed to fighting crime as a prosecutor in San Francisco’s Hall of Justice. Originally published in 2009, Smart on Crime shares her insight and offers a new approach designed to end the cycle of repeat offenders.
Harris shatters the old distinctions rooted in false choices and myths. She presents practical solutions for making the criminal justice system truly—not just rhetorically—tough. Smart on Crime spells out the policy shifts required to increase public safety, reduce costs, and strengthen our communities.
Before she became the vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris was committed to fighting crime as a prosecutor in San Francisco’s Hall of Justice. Originally published in 2009, Smart on Crime shares her insight and offers a new approach designed to end the cycle of repeat offenders.
Harris shatters the old distinctions rooted in false choices and myths. She presents practical solutions for making the criminal justice system truly—not just rhetorically—tough. Smart on Crime spells out the policy shifts required to increase public safety, reduce costs, and strengthen our communities.
- Title: Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer
- Authors: J. Hamilton, Kamala Harris
- Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 180
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9780811876193, 9780811865289, 0811865282, 0811876195
- Resource ID: LLS:9780811876193
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-21T10:01:57Z
Kamala D. Harris was a prosecutor in Oakland, California, before being elected as San Francisco's District Attorney in 2003 and reelected in 2007. In 2011, she became Attorney General of California—winning reelection in 2014—before going on to become a U.S. Senator from California in 2016.
Joan O'C. Hamilton is a Menlo Park, California-based writer and former Bay Area bureau chief for Business Week magazine.
Joan O'C. Hamilton is a Menlo Park, California-based writer and former Bay Area bureau chief for Business Week magazine.