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Kevin Brian Smith

@nivek_htims

The name is backwards - too many Kevin Smiths. Pol psych and pub policy. Writing a book on mass incarceration. kevinbsmith.com.

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"Jailer's Reckoning" author Kevin Smith discusses mass incarceration and his new book with David Swanson on Talk World Radio. Listen here: bit.ly/40Lt6co

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"We lock up people at 4 or 5 times the rate of Canada...We are just clearly an outlier when it comes to incarceration." Listen to University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Kevin Brian Smith discussing his book, THE JAILER'S RECKONING, on KLWN's Lewis at Large: bit.ly/3B4aqdC Rowman & Littlefield UNL Poli Sci

"We lock up people at 4 or 5 times the rate of Canada...We are just clearly an outlier when it comes to incarceration." Listen to <a href="/UNLincoln/">University of Nebraska-Lincoln</a>'s <a href="/nivek_htims/">Kevin Brian Smith</a> discussing his book, THE JAILER'S RECKONING, on <a href="/1320KLWN/">KLWN</a>'s Lewis at Large: bit.ly/3B4aqdC <a href="/RLPublisher/">Rowman & Littlefield</a> <a href="/UNLPoliSci/">UNL Poli Sci</a>
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Learn why the U.S. leads the world in incarceration. Tune into "The Curious Man's Podcast" as "The Jailer's Reckoning" author Kevin Smith breaks it down. 🎙️ Listen now; ow.ly/gGcJ50Un91w

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"What role does an individual who has been convicted and incarcerated play as a citizen?" Kevin Brian Smith on Rick Flynn Presents discussing prisoners, ex-prisoners, and his book, THE JAILER'S RECKONING: How Mass Incarceration is Damaging America. bit.ly/3VGHKyr Rowman & Littlefield

"What role does an individual who has been convicted and incarcerated play as a citizen?" <a href="/nivek_htims/">Kevin Brian Smith</a> on Rick Flynn Presents discussing prisoners, ex-prisoners, and his book, THE JAILER'S RECKONING: How Mass Incarceration is Damaging America. bit.ly/3VGHKyr <a href="/RLPublisher/">Rowman & Littlefield</a>
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"One of the big myths of why we lock up so many people is the War on Drugs...Only about 1 in 20 are in state prison because of a conviction of drug possession." Kevin Brian Smith discussing his book, THE JAILER'S RECKONING, on 90.5 WICN's The Public Eye: bit.ly/3BEZ93K

"One of the big myths of why we lock up so many people is the War on Drugs...Only about 1 in 20 are in state prison because of a conviction of drug possession." <a href="/nivek_htims/">Kevin Brian Smith</a> discussing his book, THE JAILER'S RECKONING, on <a href="/WICN905/">90.5 WICN</a>'s The Public Eye: bit.ly/3BEZ93K
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Here I am on Gary Shapiro's 🦑KSQD Radio🦑 show, From the Bookshelf, discussing Kevin Brian Smith' THE JAILER'S RECKONING: How Mass Incarceration Is Damaging America. Have a listen (at the 47:50 mark): bit.ly/4a7ozE0 Rowman & Littlefield

Here I am on <a href="/MrGaryShapiro/">Gary Shapiro</a>'s <a href="/KSQDFM/">🦑KSQD Radio🦑</a> show, From the Bookshelf, discussing <a href="/nivek_htims/">Kevin Brian Smith</a>' THE JAILER'S RECKONING: How Mass Incarceration Is Damaging America. Have a listen (at the 47:50 mark): bit.ly/4a7ozE0 <a href="/RLPublisher/">Rowman & Littlefield</a>
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"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty." Or maybe not?

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“Smith adds the uncomfortable realization that in a democracy where the majority feels threatened by a minority, imprisonment becomes the chosen weapon of control.” Shepherd Express reviews Kevin Brian Smith' THE JAILER'S RECKONING: bit.ly/4by1V8i Rowman & Littlefield David Luhrssen

“Smith adds the uncomfortable realization that in a democracy where the majority feels threatened by a minority, imprisonment becomes the chosen weapon of control.” <a href="/shepherdexpress/">Shepherd Express</a> reviews <a href="/nivek_htims/">Kevin Brian Smith</a>' THE JAILER'S RECKONING: bit.ly/4by1V8i <a href="/RLPublisher/">Rowman & Littlefield</a> <a href="/DavidLuhrssen/">David Luhrssen</a>
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There are individual-group conflicts in all contexts. But academia is the one I personally experience in which people routinely justify doing the wrong thing because the right thing is hard or personally costly. We do the right thing because it is right, not because it is easy!

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Brave students are now openly criticizing the social justice tilt in Duke’s curriculum. In “Duke Is Abandoning American History,” Sherman Criner, a senior, laments that “between 2011 and 2022, the number of primary history majors … plummeted from 90 to just 22.” (link follows).

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"Most of us, when you put us in an environment with a stifling political orthodoxy, just learn to cope." nytimes.com/2025/08/21/opi…

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“We are doing our best to get Democrats to talk like normal people and stop talking like they’re leading a seminar at Antioch." politico.com/news/2025/08/2…