Michael Hirsch reviews Alex Vitale's book, ‘The End of Policing’ by Alex Vitale; Verso Books, 2017.
Brooklyn College sociologist Alex S. Vitale poses that question vividly in his The End of Policing: Are the police guarantors of social peace or its disruptors? Is the force’s mandate to serve the public equally and fairly, or to act as social-control agents, protecting property and its few owners at the expense of the many?
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