Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
What is the role of the police in America?
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To be re-envisioned

This position holds that the role of the police in America should be re-envisioned. It argues that, rather than serving as disciplinary and punitive forces, the police could act as rehabilitators—reimagined around restorative aims rather than punishment and control.

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  1. Police could be reimagined as enforcers of “transit prisons.”
    Rather than lock people away from society, police could let them live in a society with appropriate limits in a broadening of the institution of probation.