{"product_id":"the-end-of-policing-isbn-9781784782924","title":"The End of Policing","description":"\u003cb\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe problem is not overpolicing, it is policing itself. Why we need to defund the police and how we get there.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecent weeks have seen an explosion of protest against police brutality and repression. Among activists, journalists and politicians, the conversation about how to respond and improve policing has focused on accountability, diversity, training, and community relations. Unfortunately, these reforms will not produce results, either alone or in combination. The core of the problem must be addressed: the nature of modern policing itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book attempts to spark public discussion by revealing the tainted origins of modern policing as a tool of social control. It shows how the expansion of police authority is inconsistent with community empowerment, social justice— even public safety. Drawing on groundbreaking research from across the world, and covering virtually every area in the increasingly broad range of police work, Alex Vitale demonstrates how law enforcement has come to exacerbate the very problems it is supposed to solve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn contrast, there are places where the robust implementation of policing alternatives—such as legalization, restorative justice, and harm reduction—has led to a decrease in crime, spending, and injustice. The best solution to bad policing may be an end to policing.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe End of Policing\u003c\/i\u003e’s  great strength lies in demonstrating that if the shape of American  policing is historical, it is also contingent. We could have made  different choices regarding how we set about securing the public against  the array of threats that confront it, and — refreshingly, at this  moment of general despair — Vitale believes we still can.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Adam Greenfield, \u003ci\u003eLA Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Unfortunately, neither increased diversity in police forces nor body cameras nor better training make any seeming difference. We need to restructure our society and put resources into communities themselves, an argument Alex Vitale makes very persuasively.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Rachel Kushner, \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe End of Policing\u003c\/i\u003e combines the best in academic research with  rhetorical urgency to explain why the ordinary array of police reforms  will be ineffective in reducing abusive policing. Alex Vitale shows that  we must move beyond conceptualizing public safety as interdiction,  exclusion, and arrest if we hope to achieve racial and economic justice.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Ruth Wilson Gilmore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Offers a compelling digest of the dynamics of crime and law enforcement,  and a polemic against the militarization of everything. Vitale calls  for a dismantling of our very notion of the police: a sprawling,  untethered bureaucracy permitted to use lethal force and unaccountable  to the people.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—E. Tammy Kim, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Challenging standard accounts of how to reform policing, Alex Vitale  argues that true safety demands directing resources away from police and  prisons and towards economic development, education, and drug  treatment. Urgent, provocative, and timely, \u003ci\u003eThe End of Policing\u003c\/i\u003e will make you question most of what you have been taught to believe about crime and how to solve it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—James Forman, author of Locking Up Our Own\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe End of Policing\u003c\/i\u003e is that holiday argument book, the relatively  brief stack of facts you can hand to a relative who still talks about  those nice guys who helped out with the flat tire and doesn’t see why  any lives have to matter more than they already do. A thorough rinsing  of the American criminal justice system.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Sasha Frere-Jones, \u003ci\u003e4 Columns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For readers seeking an overview of the problems with American policing ... bracing and thorough.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Sam Adler-Bell, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex S. Vitale\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology and Coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College and a Visiting Professor at London Southbank University. He has spent the last thirty years writing about policing and consults both police departments and human rights organizations internationally. His essays have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJacobin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also appeared on CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, NPR, PBS, \u003ci\u003eDemocracy Now!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVice News\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eDaily Show with Trevor Noah\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302376558821,"sku":"NP9781784782924","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781784782924.jpg?v=1767739184","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-end-of-policing-isbn-9781784782924","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}