TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vitale,Alex S.
TI  - The end of policing
SN  - 9781784782924 (paperback)
AV  - HV 8139 V836e 2018
U1  - 363.20973 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Verso
KW  - Police
KW  - United States
KW  - Policía
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Police misconduct
KW  - Brutalidad policial
KW  - Administración de justicia penal
KW  - Discriminación
KW  - Segregación racial
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "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"--; "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"--
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