https://policingandjustice.org/home daily 1.0 2025-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de981188ae1bf14a94410f5/1575936597591-LQGPDEFUHVARF8J199SP/PSJP%2BLOGO.jpg Home - Who We Are The Policing and Social Justice Project is a collaboration of faculty, students, and community based organizations that uses research and advocacy to produce safer and more just communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de981188ae1bf14a94410f5/1b10e337-c80e-4e45-9485-e6b7fe3bc1b2/Sex+Work+poster.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de981188ae1bf14a94410f5/1575646625652-L6TYDQ8XNNDB1PJ4LPDK/ct-1533767470-u4pg4hna6b-snap-image.jpeg Home - Gang Policing and Gang Databases An NYPD database labels over 18,000 people in New York City as active gang members, including hundreds of children. 99 percent of the people in the database are people of color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de981188ae1bf14a94410f5/1576099314213-OEXKP9TLO1VV3AQDG47H/Screen+Shot+2019-12-11+at+4.21.34+PM.png Home - What we do Read more about our work, including the fight to dismantle the NYPD gang database. https://policingandjustice.org/about daily 0.75 2025-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de981188ae1bf14a94410f5/cfc7994d-1d4a-4970-a139-d90d3928188a/head+3+horiz.jpg Who We are - Alex S. Vitale | Coordinator Alex S. Vitale - Coordinator Alex S. Vitale is Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center. He has been studying police practices for over 30 years. Prof. Vitale is the author of City of Disorder: How the Quality of Life Campaign Transformed New York Politics and The End of Policing. His academic writings on policing have appeared in Policing and Society, Police Practice and Research, The American Journal of Sociology, Criminology and Public Policy, Social Research, Mobilization, and Contemporary Sociology. He is also a frequent essayist, whose writings have been published in The NY Times, Washington Post, The Guardian, The Nation, Vice News, Fortune, and USA Today. He has also appeared on CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, NPR, PBS, Democracy Now, and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de981188ae1bf14a94410f5/ba6e2b67-a68c-47ab-a503-92de3443ed7a/avatar-a764973808ef-512.png Who We are - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de981188ae1bf14a94410f5/4d0a54ae-4069-447d-b4e3-ae1999987ded/Anna%2BSipek%2Bheadshot.jpg Who We are - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de981188ae1bf14a94410f5/ee10752a-3ae6-4017-93cd-14e86307d27a/thumbnail_Aaron+Cohen+Headshot.jpg Who We are - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de981188ae1bf14a94410f5/47778ddf-29aa-41b0-a280-fe045cd36146/Magali.jpg Who We are - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de981188ae1bf14a94410f5/905b2879-d080-4d36-a90d-b26ce6658565/429121879_384392720964348_2845711533684614574_n.jpg Who We are - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de981188ae1bf14a94410f5/4c4fd7a7-6173-4000-b6c6-785ffa40c8bb/Ella+Hauck.jpg Who We are - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de981188ae1bf14a94410f5/fdb6fbb4-80b0-478e-a19b-401578d53221/fys23-florian.jpg Who We are - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de981188ae1bf14a94410f5/ac7dafdf-8f19-404a-acba-3e80b4c71363/1000019335.jpg Who We are - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://policingandjustice.org/gan-databases daily 0.75 2019-12-06 https://policingandjustice.org/community-building-platforms daily 0.75 2019-12-06 https://policingandjustice.org/alternatives-to-police-prisons daily 0.75 2019-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de981188ae1bf14a94410f5/1575916799045-8BIRUAICG9NZZ1TPFV1K/image-asset.jpeg Alternatives to Police & Prisons - Drug Policy Reform Programs The Ithaca Plan Organizations The Drug Policy Alliance VOCAL-NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de981188ae1bf14a94410f5/1575655922488-0IFCCTBQAHIK1BY07R2Y/image-asset.jpeg Alternatives to Police & Prisons - Homelessness Reports/Programs Housing Not Handcuffs: Ending the Criminalization of homelessness in US Cities. National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty. Searching Out Solutions: Constructive Alternatives to the Criminalization of Homelessness. US Interagency Council on Homelessness Serving and Protecting? Survey Results on Homeless New Yorkers' Experience with Law Enforcement, National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty. Supportive Housing as a Cost-Effective Way to Reduce Homeless Shelter Capacity, Coalition For the Homeless, NYC Unlocking the Door: An Implementation Evaluation of Supportive Housing for Active Substance Users in New York City, CASA, NYC What is Housing First?, Housing and Urban Development, DCYouth Violence Organizations Coalition for the Homeless, NYC Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA-CAN) National Alliance to End Homelessness National Coalition for the Homeless National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty Picture the Homeless, NYC Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5de981188ae1bf14a94410f5/1575655844957-0R052I19RJMCMWQWC8B2/image-asset.jpeg Alternatives to Police & Prisons - Schools Across the country organizations are working to create safer and more successful schools without criminalizing students. The resources for school police usually come out of school budgets and do little to improve education. We need to divest from school policing, "zero tolerance" disciplinary systems and the "school to prison pipeline" and invest in restorative justice, counseling services, and basic educational quality. School Investment Programs Counselors not Cops: Ending the Regular Presence of Law Enforcement in Schools, Dignity in Schools. We Came to Learn: A Call for Police Free Schools, The Advancement Project. 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July 13, 2022. “Why Arming Teachers and Militarizing Schools are ‘Terrible’ Ideas” The Crime Report. May 27, 2022. “Defund the Police, el movimiento que pide menos policía y más gasto social en EE UU.” El Pais. June 25, 2021. “Walter Wallace Jr.’s tragic death a reminder police should not lead mental health response.” The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 27, 2020. “5 Myths About Policing” The Washington Post. June 25, 2020. “The Answer to Police Violence is not 'Reform'. It's Defunding. Here's why.” The Guardian. May 31, 2020. “The NYPD Needs to Change a Lot More Than Its Commissioner.” The Nation. November 7, 2019. “What Kamala Harris’s Take on Policing Gets Wrong.” The Appeal. 2019. “The Criminalization of Youth.” Jacobin. August 22, 2018. "The New ‘Superpredator’ Myth." New York Times. March 23, 2018. "Police not adequately trained on mental health: Column." USA Today. November 18, 2016 "Eleanor Bumpurs, Deborah Danner, and Finally Fixing Our Emergency Response." Gotham Gazette. 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