Kyle Harrison
to-read
The End of Policing
- Author
- Alex S. Vitale
- Published
- 2017
- Pages
- 272
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Vitale’s argument that police reform keeps failing because the underlying job — using force to manage poverty, addiction, homelessness and mental illness — is the wrong job.
Where I saw it: Recommended in a BookTok video by nathan shuherk (@schizophrenicreads) — a reading list on US empire, policing and disaster capitalism — saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Video: https://www.tiktok.com/@schizophrenicreads/video/7460632962523008287
Connections
- Poverty — what Vitale says policing is actually being asked to manage.