Defund

Black Lives, Policing, and Safety for All

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Pub Date Apr 15 2025 | Archive Date Apr 14 2025
HarperCollins Canada | HarperCollins Publishers

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A fiercely argued, deeply informed examination of why defunding the police is the only way to support a model of security and protection that increases public safety overall

Time and again we see police respond to minor calls with escalation, wrongful arrests, even murder. Reform programs are often poorly implemented and their impacts short-lived. Calls to “defund” the police have rung out across the nation, yet the actual meaning of the phrase remains unclear. In Defund, longtime activist and the founder of Black Lives Matter Canada, Sandy Hudson, elucidates what defunding the police actually means and why it matters, by exploring today’s criminal landscape and the patterns and structures that result in safer, well-resourced communities. 

Hudson explores the origins of commonly held ideas about police and safety to show how police-related social policies are based more on a sensationalized idea of safety than on outcomes and data. She demonstrates the destructive effects of policing on scores of people, arguing that investment in community resources and infrastructure rather than law enforcement is the key to making us safer. Clear-eyed and hopeful yet incisive and pragmatic, Defund paves a clear path forward and demonstrates that a future without police is not only entirely possible, but necessary.

A fiercely argued, deeply informed examination of why defunding the police is the only way to support a model of security and protection that increases public safety overall

Time and again we see...


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EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9781443469241
PRICE CA$34.99 (CAD)
PAGES 288

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