Book Review: A.S. Vitale, The End of Policing.

In his book, The End of Policing, Alex S. Vitale, professor of sociology and coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project of Brooklyn College, immerses the reader into the world of critical policing studies with his comprehensive distillation of the current issues related to policing in America. Broadly, this is a book about economic, social, and political injustices and how this trifecta manifests itself in the various aspects of policing. The book begins its initial argument by proposing that the most commonly enacted methods of reform (more training, body-worn cameras, and community policing programs) have not and will not “reduce the burden or increase the justness of policing” (222).