No More Police: A Case for Abolition -- Mariame Kaba, Paperback

A persuasive primer on police abolition from two veteran organizers

"One of the world's most prominent advocates, organizers and political educators of the [abolitionist] framework." --NBCNews.com on Mariame Kaba

In this powerful call to action, New York Times bestselling author Mariame Kaba and attorney and organizer Andrea J. Ritchie detail why policing doesn't stop violence, instead perpetuating widespread harm; outline the many failures of contemporary police reforms; and explore demands to defund police, divest from policing, and invest in community resources to create greater safety through a Black feminist lens.

Centering survivors of state, interpersonal, and community-based violence, and highlighting uprisings, campaigns, and community-based projects, No More Police makes a compelling case for a world where the tools required to prevent, interrupt, and transform violence in all its forms are abundant. Part handbook, part road map, No More Police calls on us to turn away from systems that perpetrate violence in the name of ending it toward a world where violence is the exception, and safe, well-resourced and thriving communities are the rule.

Author: Mariame Kaba, Andrea Ritchie
Publisher: New Press
Published: 08/30/2022
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781620977323

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/01/2022 pg. 160
Booklist 06/01/2022 pg. 6
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2022

About the Author

Mariame Kaba is known as one of the leading prison and police abolitionists of our time. She is the founder and director of Project NIA and the co-founder of Interrupting Criminalization, with Andrea Ritchie. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling We Do This Til We Free Us and lives in New York City.

Andrea Ritchie co-founded the Interrupting Criminalization initiative with Mariame Kaba and the COVID19 Policing Project with Derecka Purnell. She has been a Senior Soros Justice fellow, was a co-editor of Color of Violence, the author of Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color. She lives in Brooklyn.