Abolition Socialism: The Politics of Developing Non-Carceral Public Safety Strategies

Alex Vitale is a Professor of Sociology and Coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Centre. He has spent the last 30 years writing about policing and consults community-based movements, human and civil rights organisations, and governments internationally. Prof. Vitale is the author of City of Disorder: How the Quality of Life Campaign Transformed New York Politics and The End of Policing. His academic writings on policing have appeared in Policing and Society, The American Journal of Sociology, Social Research, Criminology and Public Policy, Police Practice and Research, Mobilisation, and Contemporary Sociology.

This event is co-organised with the Police and Policing Research Discussion Group