"An informed, provocative, astute consideration of salvific alternatives to contemporary policing and imprisonment." 
- Starred Review, Kirkus

"With deep insight and moral clarity, Purnell invites us not only to imagine a world without police, but to muster the courage to fight for the more just world we know is possible. Becoming Abolitionists is essential reading for our times." 
- Michelle Alexander, bestselling author of The New Jim Crow
"At once specific and sweeping, practical and visionary, Becoming Abolitionists is a triumph of political imagination and a tremendous gift to all movements struggling towards liberation. Do not miss its brilliance!"
- Naomi Klein, bestselling author of The Shock Doctrine
For more than a century, activists in the United States have tried to reform the police. From community policing initiatives to...