Policing, Justice, and the Radical Imagination

This special issue helps us imagine a world without police by examining historical cases in which people resolved social problems and maintained social peace through means other than relying on formal institutions of law enforcement. Contributors consider what new relationships and ways of dealing with violence and harm might emerge when we focus our gaze on those specific historical moments when people chose to carve out communal relations that operated beyond the policing function of the state.

Contributors: Rodrigo Anzures-Oyorzabal, Toby Beauchamp, Janaé Bonsu, Rosi Carrasco, Tania Unzueta Carrasco, Amy Chazkel, Andy Clarno, Lydia Dana, Luke A. Fidler, Monica Kim, Tom Lambert, A. J. Yumi Lee, Michael De Anda Muñiz, A. Naomi Paik, Sangeetha Ravichandran, Gagan Preet Singh, Haley Volpintesta, Rey Wences, Alex Winder