The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the American Family: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the American Family runs 8.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Janina Edwards (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.7 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Janina Edwards
Janina Edwards narrates 359 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,955 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,899 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
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- The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row (Oprah's Book Club Summer 2018 Selection)
- Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the American Family is an audiobook by Sylvia A. Harvey: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Janina Edwards, released April 7, 2020, on the Social Science and Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Janina Edwards
- Released
- April 7, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- ISBN
- 9781549101540
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the American Family as an audiobook?
The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the American Family runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.
Is The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the American Family free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the American Family?
The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the American Family is narrated by Janina Edwards.