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natanbcpc's review
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.25
A very good introduction to police abolition. Each chapter focuses on a specific issue and analyses why our current approach is bad, positives and shortcomings of proposed reforms and police-free alternatives to deal with the issue.
The book is very American-centered, although it references other countries every now and then, but a lot of stuff still applies elsewhere.
The book is very American-centered, although it references other countries every now and then, but a lot of stuff still applies elsewhere.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Police brutality, Violence, and Racism
Minor: Drug use, Homophobia, and Transphobia
talonsontypewriters's review
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Gun violence, Death, Racism, Ableism, Drug use, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Misogyny, Homophobia, Transphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Addiction, Islamophobia, Child death, Trafficking, and Mental illness
Minor: Pedophilia, Animal death, and Torture
Police violence (especially against people of color, mentally ill people, homeless people, sex workers, and children) and abuse of power, on both a systemic and individual level, is covered in fairly explicit detail, with many specific cases described. Dated terminology ("transgendered") is used in passing.
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