TY - BOOK AU - Vitale,Alex S. TI - The end of policing SN - 1839763787 (paperback) AV - HV 8139 V836e 2021 U1 - 363.20973 PY - 2021/// CY - New York PB - Verso KW - Police KW - United States KW - Policía KW - Estados Unidos KW - Police misconduct KW - Mala conducta de la policía KW - Police brutality KW - 21st century KW - Brutalidad policial KW - Siglo XXI KW - African Americans KW - Violence against KW - Social conditions KW - 1975- KW - Discrimination in criminal justice administration KW - Administración de justicia penal KW - Discriminación KW - Segregación racial KW - fast KW - Police-community relations KW - Race relations N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-287) and index N2 - Vitale attempts to jog public discussion of policing by revealing the tainted origins of modern policing as a tool of social control and demonstrating how the expanded role of the police is inconsistent with community empowerment, social justice--even public safety. Drawing on first-hand research from across the globe, the author shows how the implementation of alternatives to policing, like drug legalization, regulation, and harm reduction instead of the policing of drugs, has led to reductions in crime, spending, and injustice ER -