Alex Vitale

Alex Vitale is Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College and author of The End of Policing (2017).

The Problem Isn’t Just Police—It’s Politics

Sociologist Alex Vitale explains how the U.S. policing crisis begins with politics—the decision to embrace neoliberal austerity and to turn the social problems it creates over to police.

  • Alex Vitale
  • Scott Casleton
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