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Author Purnell, Derecka, author.

Title Becoming abolitionists : police, protests, and the pursuit of freedom / by Derecka Purnell.

Publication Info. New York : Astra House, [2021]

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  363.2 PURNELL    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  363.2 PUR    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.2309 PURNELL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.2 PUR    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  363.23 PURNELL    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  363.2097 PURNELL    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Wilson Branch - Adult Department  363.23 PU    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 311 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction: how I became a police abolitionist -- What justice? -- First we were free -- Resistance and reform -- Love and abolition -- Justice for the living -- Sex, love, and violence -- Dehumanization, disability, and resistance -- "We only want the Earth" -- Conclusion.
Summary "Purnell details how multi-racial social movements rooted in rebellion, risk-taking, and revolutionary love pushed her and a generation of activists toward abolition. The book travels across geography and time, and offers lessons that activists have learned from Ferguson to South Africa, from Reconstruction to contemporary protests against police shootings. Here, Purnell argues that police can not be reformed and invites readers to envision new systems that work to address the root causes of violence. Becoming Abolitionists shows that abolition is not solely about getting rid of police, but a commitment to create and support different answers to the problem of harm in society, and, most excitingly, an opportunity to reduce and eliminate harm in the first place"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-311).
Subject Police administration -- United States.
Police brutality -- United States.
Discrimination in law enforcement -- United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
Black lives matter movement.
Racism -- United States.
United States -- Race relations.
Social justice -- United States.
Black lives matter movement. (OCoLC)fst01940193
Discrimination in criminal justice administration. (OCoLC)fst00895034
Discrimination in law enforcement. (OCoLC)fst00895102
Police administration. (OCoLC)fst01068547
Police brutality. (OCoLC)fst01068571
Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
Racism. (OCoLC)fst01086616
Social justice. (OCoLC)fst01122603
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
ISBN 9781662600517 (hardcover)
1662600518 (hardcover)
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