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Podcast: New Books in African American Studies
Episode: Philip V. McHarris, "Beyond Policing" (Legacy Lit, 2024)
Description: What would happen if policing disappeared? Would we be safe? This book imagines a world without police.It's evident that policing is a problem. But what is the best way forward? In Beyond Policing, distinguished scholar and writer Philip V. McHarris reimagines the world without police to find answers and reveal how we can make police departments obsolete.Beyond Policing tackles thorny issues with evidence, including data and personal stories, to uncover the weight of policing on people and communities and the patterns that prove police reform only leads to more policing.McHarris ch...