Title The end of policing / Alex S. Vitale

Published London ; New York : Verso, 2018 ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (237 pages) Contents The limits of police reform -- The police are not here to protect you -- The school-to-prison pipeline -- "We called for help, and they killed my son" -- Criminalizing homelessness -- The failures of policing sex work -- The war on drugs -- Gang suppression -- Border policing -- Political policing -- Conclusion Summary "How the police endanger us and why we need to find an alternative Recent years have seen an explosion of protest and concern about police brutality and repression--especially after long-held grievances in Ferguson, Missouri, erupted in months of violent protest following the police killing of Brown. Much of the conversation has focused on calls for enhancing police accountability, increasing police diversity, improving police training, and emphasizing community policing. Unfortunately, none of these is likely to produce results, because they fail to get at the core of the problem. The problem is policing itself--the dramatic expansion of the police role over the last forty years. This book attempts to jog public discussion of policing by revealing the tainted origins of modern policing as a tool of social control and demonstrating how the expanded role of the police is inconsistent with community empowerment, social justice--even public safety. Drawing on first-hand research from across the globe, Alex Vitale shows how the implementation of alternatives to policing, like drug legalization, regulation, and harm reduction instead of the policing of drugs, has led to reductions in crime, spending, and injustice"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Police -- United States. Police misconduct -- United States Police brutality -- United States -- 21st century African Americans -- Violence against. African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975- Discrimination in criminal justice administration. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Law Enforcement. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. African Americans -- Violence against. Race relations. Police brutality. Discrimination in criminal justice administration. African Americans -- Social conditions. Police. Police misconduct. SUBJECT United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494 Subject United States. Form Electronic book ISBN 1784782912 9781784782917 1784782904 9781784782900

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