Arrest and Incarcerate
Arrest and Incarcerate has given us:
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1) Hot Spot policing
2) Broken Windows
3) Surveillance
4) Mass Incarceration.
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Hot spot policing floods “certain” neighborhoods with police. When hot spots are chosen based on past arrests (“high crime areas”) they often perpetrate past racist practices.
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Broken Windows cracks down on minor offenses.
Surveillance treats civilians as “subjects” of a police state waiting to be catalogued instead of participants in a democracy.
Mass incarceration has destroyed lives, the inherent strengths of communities all of which erodes public safety.
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Learn More Here: Community Investment, Not Punishment, Is Key to Reducing Violence.
Transforming Arrest and Incarcerate Into "Re-Investing In Public Safety"
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“We need an effective system of crime prevention and control in our communities, but that is not what the current system is."
- Michelle Alexander,
The New Jim Crow
Re-Investing in Public Safety PowerPoint here.
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