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The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale

3 reviews

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

perusing_panels's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

This book is a great introduction to the rationale behind defunding and dismantling the police, with concise well organised chapters focusing on different areas of policing and the ways in which they fail to keep everyone (particularly poor and marginalised people) safe.

The book discusses issues with systemic racism, classism, ableism, and other biases rooted in the misguided ideologies behind current policing systems and methods. It also explains why reforms aren’t enough, the system needs to be dismantled and redefined focusing on community lead alternatives that ensure equal protection and aid for everyone, not just the privileged and wealthy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Sexual assault, Gun violence, and Murder

talonsontypewriters's review

informative inspiring medium-paced

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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.