Anti-oppressive social work practice and the carceral state /

"The United States has experienced a period of prolonged and unprecedented carceral state control and growth over the last forty years. This immense growth reflects changes in sentencing policies, including mandatory and determinate terms for a broader range of offenses and an emphasis on punis...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: O'Brien, Patricia, 1945- (Editor), Willison, Judith S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Foundations for anti-oppressive social work practice and the carceral stage
  • How we got here and where we want to go
  • The sociopolitical context of social work practice and the carceral state
  • An anti-oppressive framework for social work practice in the carceral state
  • The criminalization of people with mental illness
  • Part II: Anti-oppressive social work practice in carceral settings
  • An anti-oppressive social work approach to public safety and judicial responses
  • Transparency and transformation in carceral detention
  • Challenges and possibilities of anti-oppressive social work practice in prison with men
  • Challenges and possibilities of anti-oppressive social work practice in prison with women
  • Part III: Levels of intervention
  • How families resist the carceral state and move toward healing
  • Reinvesting in people and communities
  • Knowledge building for revisioning accountability and restoration
  • Transformative justice: dismantling the carceral state
  • Conclusion and a call to action.