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The New Public Safety: Police Reform and the Lurking Threat to Civil Liberties

The New Public Safety: Police Reform and the Lurking Threat to Civil Liberties

Fields, Shawn E.

Hardcover

CriminologyGeneral LawSocial Movements

ISBN10: 0520395999
ISBN13: 9780520395992
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: Aug 26 2025
Pages: 238
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Efforts to reduce reliance on police have gained momentum since 2020, driven by a growing recognition that public safety is better served when addressed by experts in medicine, mental health, houselessness, and behavior intervention. But this rush to reimagine public safety carries a serious risk: a long history of abuse exists within social welfare systems, and the laws protecting us from police who perpetrate these types of abuses largely do not apply to EMTs, social workers, and other nonpolice responders. While commending efforts to remove police from places they do not belong, The New Public Safety: Police Reform and the Lurking Threat to Civil Liberties raises the alarm on the dangers these reforms can pose if undertaken without proper restraints and protections and offers practical, achievable solutions to address these threats.

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