Status Updates From Abolition. Feminism. Now /a...

“[even if SOME deterrence occurs], as an overall strategy for ending violence, criminalisation has not worked…impact of mandatory arrests laws for domestic violence have led to decreases in the number of battered women who kill their partners in self-defence, but they have not led to a decrease in the number of batterers who kill their partners. Thus, the law protects batterers more than it protects survivors.”

“research illustrating that the majority of calls to police are not about “crime” but about a need to support or services.”

Things police do that are unrelated “crime” could be done by other bodies e.g. social workers, bin collectors, counsellors etc. This is the “core of a practical, stepwise process of police abolition: begin to give nonviolent agencies…the tasks currently allocated to [police]”.

“The Coins, Cops, and Communities Toolkit produced by this campaign made visible the deep asymmetries and ethical dimensions of a city budget. For example, Chicago’s annual budget for substance abuse ($2,581,272) amounts to what Chicago spends on half a day of policing.”