{"product_id":"the-end-of-policing-9781839763786","title":"The End of Policing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe best-selling bible of the movement to defund the police in an updated edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe massive uprising that followed the police killing of George Floyd in the summer of 2020-- by some estimates the largest protests in US history--thrust the argument to defund the police to the forefront of international politics. That case had been put persuasively a few years earlier in \u003ci\u003eThe End of Policing\u003c\/i\u003e by Alex Vitale, now a leading figure in the urgent public discussion over policing and racial justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe central problem, Vitale demonstrates, is the dramatic expansion of the police role over the last forty years. Drawing on firsthand research from across the globe, he shows how the implementation of alternatives to policing--such as drug legalization, regulation, and harm reduction instead of the policing of drugs--has led to reductions in crime, spending, and injustice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis updated edition includes a new introduction that takes stock of the renewed movement to challenge police impunity and shows how we move forward, evaluating protest, policy, and the political situation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alex S. Vitale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781839763786\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex S. Vitale\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College. Before joining academia he was on the staff of the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Disorder: How the Quality of Life Campaign Transformed New York Politics\u003c\/i\u003e. He consults with both police departments and human rights organizations internationally, is Senior Policy Advisor to the Police Reform Organizing Project in New York City, and is on the New York State Advisory Committee of the US Commission on Civil Rights. He has written recent pieces in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News, The Nation, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39828388348019,"sku":"9781839763786","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_dd96d89a-8320-4cba-8c56-2fd073d69f0c.jpg?v=1644602487","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-end-of-policing-9781839763786","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}