A review by emergencily
The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale

4.25

  • it discusses and explains a variety of issues such as police brutality, the war on drugs, the school to prison pipeline, the criminalization of sex work etc.
  • it breaks down the history of the police and its current role in various social issues today, explains our current responses and systems for dealing with these issues, explains why they're ineffective and actively harmful, explains why modern reforms have been equally ineffective, and then names alternatives to policing & carceral responses, and gives evidence for how and why they work better