Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale

14 reviews

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Hate crime, Classism, Deportation, Drug use, and Mass/school shootings

alyssa_s10's review

informative medium-paced

4.25

This book was not really about police abolition, it was mostly about police reform. It has a number of good ideas, like the decriminalization of drugs and sex work. 
There are a couple of quotes I like from the book such as "Police are the thin blue line between the have and the have not." as well as "The only law deserving of our respect is an unprejudiced law. One that protects everyone everywhere."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, and Gun violence

Moderate: Drug use, Violence, and Death

Minor: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Addiction

mandkips's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Gun violence, and Racism

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Addiction

helena_chris's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

2.25

While the idea of the book is amazing, it's highly unlikely that those who should read it will read it. The writing itself is very tedious and assumes the reader needs to be explained every single detail. I had really high hopes for this book and fully support the message it's trying to convey... Its just not conveyed very well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, and Gun violence

kshertz's review

informative sad medium-paced

3.75

It’s a certain kind of book! I have been focusing my learning on abolition and a lot of what was in here I’ve learned but there was a lot of facts and statistics I was unaware of as well as some powerful stories I will take with me. I thought it was well thought out and well done

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

rachbake's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, Drug abuse, and Gun violence

bry97's review against another edition

dark informative tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Police brutality

cianarae's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Gun violence, Drug use, and Violence

skudiklier's review

challenging informative slow-paced

4.75

I've been reading this book for almost an entire year at this point; this is for several reasons, and shouldn't just be taken as "wow this book is slow/dense." It is a very comprehensive look at the areas in which policing fails, the reasons for these failures, the way these failures are systemic, and ways we can help replace policing with other solutions. It is also very dense in the sense that it's a lot of facts, statistics, and figures, with very little to break it up. For me that's harder to get through, so I read it very slowly over the course of a year. But I would highly recommend this book, especially to those who think the police should not be abolished. I have a hard time imagining how someone could read this book and come away still thinking the police are a force for good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Trafficking, Violence, Xenophobia, and Transphobia

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

readalongwithnat's review

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

This is a really eye-opening book that discusses a ton of different topics related to policing, including some I didn’t anticipate, but appreciated learning more about. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Racism, and Slavery