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Effects of Access to Mental Health Services Following Release from Custody; The Socio-Political Landscape of the Defund the Police Campaign421 views
Author
Cool, Colin, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia
Advisors
Smith, Michael, EN-Eng Sys and Environment, University of Virginia
White, Preston, EN-Eng Sys and Environment, University of Virginia
Abstract
Defenders of status-quo policing, proponents of reform, and advocates of abolishing police are divided by divergent conceptions of justice. To defenders of police departments as they now are, justice is the preservation of the status quo. To reformers, police can be agents of justice if sufficient accountability mechanisms are implemented. To the advocates of police abolition, however, the status quo is injustice, and police, as an armed force charged with defending and perpetuating the status quo, are an unreformable obstacle on the road to justice that must be cleared if a just society is to be achieved.
Degree
BS (Bachelor of Science)
Keywords
Police; Abolition; Reform; Mental Health; Jail
Sponsors
Albemarle Regional County Jail
Notes
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering
Technical Advisors: Michael Smith, Preston White
STS Advisor: Peter Norton
Technical Team Members: Madeline McNult, Patrick Leonard, Grace Boland, Nathaniel Donkoh-Moore
Language
English
Rights
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Cool, Colin. Effects of Access to Mental Health Services Following Release from Custody; The Socio-Political Landscape of the Defund the Police Campaign. University of Virginia, School of Engineering and Applied Science, BS (Bachelor of Science), 2021-05-10, https://doi.org/10.18130/cdvw-eq04.
