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Name: The End of Policing
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: Alex S. Vitale

Alex S. Vitale argues that the growing power of police over the past forty years has turned policing into a tool of social control, undermining community empowerment and social justice. Drawing on international research, he shows how reforms like drug legalization and harm‑reduction policies can replace policing, cut crime, lower public spending, and fight injustice.

First publish date: 2017

Genre: Politics & Government/Public Policy

Authors: Alex S. Vitale

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