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Stop Trying to Fix Policing Tony Gaskew

Stop Trying to Fix Policing By Tony Gaskew

Stop Trying to Fix Policing by Tony Gaskew

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Stop Trying to Fix Policing: Lessons Learned from the Front Lines of Black Liberation, guides readers through the phenomena of police abolition, using the cultural lens of the Black radical tradition.

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Stop Trying to Fix Policing: Lessons Learned from the Front Lines of Black Liberation by Tony Gaskew

In Stop Trying to Fix Policing: Lessons Learned from the Front Lines of Black

Liberation, Tony Gaskew guides readers through the phenomena of police abolition,

using the cultural lens of the Black radical tradition. The author weaves an electrifying

combination of critical race theory, spiritual inheritance, decolonization,

self-determination, and armed resistance, into a critical autoethnographic journey that

illuminates the rituals of revolution required for dismantling the institution of American

policing. Stop Trying to Fix Policing is an essential work for anyone who wants to go

beyond the rhetoric of police reform, to the next step: contributing to the formation of a

world without policing.

Stop Trying to Fix Policing Reviews

Some might claim that this short book is just a polemic, not to be taken as seriously as standard criminological research conducted according to conventions of objectivity and detachment. However, the author would rightly maintain that such rhetoric disguises a deferential commitment to a brutal status quo. In fact, Gaskew pursues a key principle of good sociological practice here, namely, that it is more important to focus on outcomes rather than official discourses. Gaskew applies this method to policing, identifying key myths, such as that policing is dangerous for police, that it is an effective mechanism for public safety, that police are at risk of disciplinary action, and, most critically, that police reform is possible. In fact, policing is rooted in legacies of white supremacy and violence. Grounding his argument in critical race theory, Gaskew makes a reasonable case for abolition. Recommended.

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About Tony Gaskew

Tony Gaskew is professor of criminal justice, affiliate faculty of Africana studies, director of the criminal justice program, and founding director of the prison education program at the University of Pittsburgh, Bradford.

Table of Contents

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: Learning to Speak the Language of Police Abolition

Chapter 2: Unfriending Policing

Chapter 3: Decolonizing the State Narrative

Chapter 4: Community Self-Determination

Chapter 5: Black Armed Resistance

References

Index

About the Author

Additional information

NLS9781498589529
9781498589529
1498589529
Stop Trying to Fix Policing: Lessons Learned from the Front Lines of Black Liberation by Tony Gaskew
Tony Gaskew
Critical Perspectives on Race, Crime, and Justice
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Paperback
Lexington Books
2022-05-15
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