Alex S. Vitale writes critical social-policy books about policing, criminalisation and alternatives to using police for a wide range of social problems. The End of Policing argues that reforms focused only on training, diversity or procedural improvements do not address the expansion of police responsibilities into areas such as homelessness, mental-health crises, schools, sex work and drug policy. Vitale instead surveys non-police approaches and asks which problems are better addressed through housing, health, labour or community services. His prose is direct, polemical and organised by issue area, drawing on case studies and policy research rather than personal memoir. His work fits policing studies, criminal-justice reform and abolitionist or decarceral policy debates, particularly for readers comparing competing models of public safety. Read more Less
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