The new public safety: police reform and the lurking threat to civil liberties

"This book celebrates current reform efforts to remove police from places where they do not belong while raising the alarm about reflexively installing powerful nonpolice personnel without proper restraints and protections for the vulnerable among us. Public safety is better served when experts...

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Autor principal: Fields, Shawn E. 1981- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California University of California Press 2025
En:Año: 2025
Acceso en línea: Índice
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UB: KB 21 A 4547
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Palabras clave:
public safety > United States
Police abolition movement > United States
Police > United States
Law Enforcement > United States
Civil Rights > United States
Social Problems > United States
USA > Polizei > Reform > Sicherheit und Ordnung > Soziale Probleme
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9780520396012
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Sumario:"This book celebrates current reform efforts to remove police from places where they do not belong while raising the alarm about reflexively installing powerful nonpolice personnel without proper restraints and protections for the vulnerable among us. Public safety is better served when experts in medicine, mental health, houselessness, and behavior intervention address these noncriminal issues, leaving police the bandwidth to focus on serious violent crime. A growing number of cities and counties agree. Funding for these "alternate responders" has skyrocketed since 2020, and thousands of nonpolice crisis intervention units deploy each day across America. "Help not handcuffs" has become the new rallying cry"--
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index
Descripción Física:ix, 225 Seiten, 23 cm
ISBN:978-0-520-39599-2
978-0-520-39600-5