Transformative Justice
Books that provide solutions to navigating and resolving harm without / in opposition to the presence of carcerality (i.e. the interconnected systems of police, prisons, criminalization, punishment, surveillance, etc). In other words, it is a form of abolition and decolonization in practice re: accountability.
As an introduction, here is a primer to transformative justice: https://transformharm.org/tj_resource/transformative-justice-a-brief-description/
Feedback and recommendations welcome!
created by literatedyke
last updated May, 2026
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Disclaimer: this list and these books are not meant to be a definitive "guide" to transformative justice as a practice and lens; it's moreso an introduction, exploration, and collection of books written on this topic.
I wanted to be clear about this because from my own experience in doing political education work, these topics and practices are very expansive and often circumstantial/not one-size-fits-all.
If it would be helpful for me to add non-book resources on transformative justice here in the comment section too, that's something I can work on!
