Defund the Police: An International Insurrection

by Amanda Porter and Chris Cunneen

The police are viewed as guardians of public safety and enforcers of the law. How accurate is this? Given endemic police violence which is often aimed at racialised and minoritised groups and the failure of many attempts at reform, attention has turned to community-generated models of support. These include defunding the police and instead funding alternatives to criminalisation and incarceration.

This book is the first comprehensive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447361660
• ISBN13: 9781447361664
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"