About the author

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. List of abbreviations vi
4. About the author viii
5. Acknowledgements ix
6. Time for change 1
7. A brief history of policing 21
8. Don’t police solve crime? 42
9. The protest movement never stopped: from Black Power to zero tolerance 63
10. Police violence is the pandemic 87
11. The protection racket 111
12. Disabling policing, protecting community health 130
13. The failure of reform 147
14. What is to be done? 168
15. Notes 191
16. References 216
17. Index 252