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Defund the police : an international insurrection / Chris Cunneen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cunneen, Chris, 1953- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police abolition movement.
- Protest movements.
- Police brutality.
- Critical criminology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 264 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Policy Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Time for change
- A brief history of policing
- Don't police solve crime?
- The protest movement never stopped: from Black Power to zero tolerance
- Police violence is a pandemic
- The protection racket
- Disabling, policing, protecting community health
- The failure of reform
- What is to be done?
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Jan 2024).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781447361701
- 1447361709
- 9781447361688
- 1447361687
- 9781447361695
- 1447361695
- OCLC:
- 1375201864
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