The End of Policing

from arewenotben

Essential reading for this current moment. Although I've seen most of these arguments elsewhere in various forms (e.g. it's far cheaper to house and support a homeless person than to consistently jail them), seeing the facts pile up against how modern policing is done becomes quite staggering. A ...

from ASKelmore

Best for: People who know that there's a deeper problem with the police than most of our society will acknowledge, but don't have all the evidence at their fingertips. In a nutshell: Sociology professor Vitale offers a logical and thorough examination of the many different areas where police are ...

from schufman

This book tugs at my heart because too many people I know can't imagine a world without police. They still equate police to safety despite all the evidence and experience to the contrary. Policing ruins schools. Policing criminalizes addiction and poverty. Policing hurts people with mental illnes...

from lavaturtle

This is a compelling and well-written book about the major problems in (primarily American) policing today, how they got that way, and what might be done to fix them. Some of what was covered was stuff I'd already heard about from following relevant news, but Vitale does a great job of tying it a...

from schufman

This book tugs at my heart because too many people I know can't imagine a world without police. They still equate police to safety despite all the evidence and experience to the contrary. Policing ruins schools. Policing criminalizes addiction and poverty. Policing hurts people with mental illnes...