Resources on Police Abolition
When people hear about responding to and preventing sexual violence without police, they sometimes wonder why this is necessary, or how it can happen. We have assembled links below to articles and further reading on the topic - the opinions of these authors are their own and do not necessarily reflect the position of Sexual Assault Voices of Edmonton. Rather, they represent a number of different viewpoints on the issue.
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On how policing fails sexual violence survivors:
A Fresh Framework: The Feminism of the Abolition Movement - Rayne Fisher-Quann, Bitch Magazine
Feminism Requires Abolition: Police Aren’t an Adequate Response to Sexual Violence - Maeve Barry, Ms. Magazine
Those Who Take Us Away: Abusive Policing and Failures in Protection of Indigenous Women and Girls in Northern British Columbia, Canada - Human Rights Watch
Unfounded: Why Police Dismiss 1 in 5 Sexual Assault Claims as Baseless - Robyn Doolittle, Globe and Mail
On a community-based response:
Addressing Harm, Accountability, and Healing - Critical Resistance
Creative Interventions Toolkit: A Practical Guide to Stop Interpersonal Violence - Creative Interventions
Defunding the Police: What will it mean for survivors of sexual violence? - Heather Lawson, Behind the Numbers
Philly's Pissed collection of zines on survivor support work
Stop Law Enforcement Violence Toolkit - INCITE!
A Fresh Framework: The Feminism of the Abolition Movement - Rayne Fisher-Quann, Bitch Magazine
Feminism Requires Abolition: Police Aren’t an Adequate Response to Sexual Violence - Maeve Barry, Ms. Magazine
Those Who Take Us Away: Abusive Policing and Failures in Protection of Indigenous Women and Girls in Northern British Columbia, Canada - Human Rights Watch
Unfounded: Why Police Dismiss 1 in 5 Sexual Assault Claims as Baseless - Robyn Doolittle, Globe and Mail
On a community-based response:
Addressing Harm, Accountability, and Healing - Critical Resistance
Creative Interventions Toolkit: A Practical Guide to Stop Interpersonal Violence - Creative Interventions
Defunding the Police: What will it mean for survivors of sexual violence? - Heather Lawson, Behind the Numbers
Philly's Pissed collection of zines on survivor support work
Stop Law Enforcement Violence Toolkit - INCITE!
