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This book examines the defund the police' movement from historical and contemporary perspectives. Against the backdrop of abolition and the failure of police reform, it uses international case studies to reimagine community safety beyond policing and imprisonment.

Table of Contents
1. Time for change 2. A brief history of policing 3. Don’t police solve crime? 4. The protest movement never stopped: from Black Power to zero tolerance 5. Police violence is the pandemic 6. The protection racket 7. Disabling policing, protecting community health 8. The failure of reform 9. What is to be done?

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    Publisher: Bristol University Press
    Publication Date: 31/03/2023
    ISBN13: 9781447361671, 978-1447361671
    ISBN10: 1447361679
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    This book examines the defund the police' movement from historical and contemporary perspectives. Against the backdrop of abolition and the failure of police reform, it uses international case studies to reimagine community safety beyond policing and imprisonment.

    Table of Contents
    1. Time for change 2. A brief history of policing 3. Don’t police solve crime? 4. The protest movement never stopped: from Black Power to zero tolerance 5. Police violence is the pandemic 6. The protection racket 7. Disabling policing, protecting community health 8. The failure of reform 9. What is to be done?

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