Rethinking Policing and Justice
Exploring Alternatives to Law Enforcement
- 111 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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About this book
It has become somewhat axiomatic to refer to the police as the 'gatekeepers' of the criminal justice system and thus as a mechanism for the provision of justice. And yet, when we conceptualize the police in this way, what is often taken for granted is the exact nature of that role and its larger social meaning. Indeed, we know that police deliver justice more efficiently to some and injustice to others. Rethinking Policing and Justice critically examines the role of policing (both state and non-state forms) in the provision of justice (and injustice). In essence, it presents work that highlights how different communities and groups have sought alternatives to policing, sometimes taking over the functions of policing. It also shows a variety of theoretical, methodology, and other approaches for the critical evaluation of law enforcement, highlighing different insights into alternative modes of policing, as we seek to understand and redraft the relationship between policing and justice.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Justice Review.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright page
- Table of Contents
- 1. Alternatives to policing
- 2. Responding to officersā gendered experiences through community policing and improving police accountability to citizens
- 3. Policing ābelow the stateā in Germany: neocommunitarian soberness and punitive paternalism
- 4. The space between the steps: reckoning in an era of reconciliation
- 5. The Shanti Sena āpeace centerā and the non-policing of an anarchist temporary autonomous zone: Rainbow Family peacekeeping strategies
- 6. Civilian oversight as a public good: democratic policing, civilian oversight, and the social
- 7. Where abolition meets action: women organizing against gender violence
- 8. Corking as community policing
- Index