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008			170707s2017 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2017020713
020			_a9781784782894 (hardback)
020			_z9781784782917 (US ebk)
020			_z9781784782900 (UK ebk)
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040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dDLC
050	0	0	_aHV8139 _b.V58 2017
082	0	0	_a363.20973 _223
084			_aPOL014000 _aSOC031000 _aPOL028000 _2bisacsh
100	1		_aVitale, Alex S.,
245	1	4	_aThe end of policing / _cAlex S.Vitale.
264		1	_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bVerso, _c2017.
300			_a266 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aPolice _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPolice misconduct _zUnited States.
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Law Enforcement. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General. _2bisacsh
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