Gradual: The Case for Incremental Change in a Radical Age

Written in a spirit of forward-looking, pragmatic optimism, Gradual is a call to arms for the millions of Americans who are turned off by the overheated rhetoric, gloomy outlook, and unrealistic aspirations that characterize so much of political discourse in the social media era. Based on the authors' real-world experience reforming the criminal justice system, Gradual makes the case that, even in an age of radical rhetoric, the best way to help the United States live up to its highest ideals is a commitment to continuous, incremental change.

Greg Berman is the Distinguished Fellow of Practice at the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. He also serves as coeditor of Vital City and writes a regular column about nonprofit leadership for City & State. Berman previously served as the executive director of the Center for Court Innovation. He is the author of four previous books, including Trial & Error in Criminal Justice Reform: Learning from Failure, with Aubrey Fox.

Aubrey Fox is the Executive Director of the New York City Criminal Justice Agency, the City's main pretrial services agency working under contract with the New York City Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice. In this role, he oversees the major operations and future development of CJA, which carries the mission of reducing the use of pretrial detention. Previously, Fox has held a number of senior-level positions at the Center for Court Innovation, including launching the Center's U.K. office, the Centre for Justice Innovation, in London. He graduated with a master's degree in Public Policy from the University of California at Berkeley, served as a VISTA Volunteer in San Antonio, Texas, was a Warren Weaver Fellow at The Rockefeller Foundation and a member of Coro's Leadership New York program.