Patricia O'Brien, Judith S Willison

Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice and the Carceral State

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice and the Carceral State plots a transformative path by using an anti-oppressive and transformative approach to critically examine strategies to shift punishment-centered practices to build collaborative partnerships and possibilities toward decarceration and individual and community power.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9780190076757
• ISBN-10: 0190076755
• Artikelnr.: 65171274

Autorenporträt

Patricia O'Brien, PhD, MSW, is Associate Professor (retired) at the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Nationally known for her advocacy and research on women in and out of prison, she published one of the first studies examining how women succeed in the community after release from incarceration. Judith S. Willison, PhD, MSW, LICSW, is Associate Professor in the Bridgewater State University School of Social Work. Her scholarship focuses on understanding the place of criminalized behavior within existing systems of social inequity and institutionalized white supremacy to support activist interventions.

Inhaltsangabe

* PART 1: FOUNDATIONS FOR ANTI-OPPRESSIVE SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE IN THE
CARCERAL STATE
* CHAPTER 1: How We Got Here and Where We Want to Go
* How We Got Here: Carceral State Summary
* Where We Want to Go: Social Work in the Carceral State
* Overview of the Criminal Legal System
* A Brief History
* Functions and Components of the Criminal Legal System
* Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice (AOP)
* Book Structure and Chapters
* Expanding Our Vision
* Online Resources
* References
* CHAPTER 2: The Sociopolitical Context of Social Work Practice and the
Carceral State
* Anti-Oppressive Social Work: Why Sociopolitical Context Matters
* Understanding the Sociopolitical Evolution and Expansion of the
Carceral State
* Defining the Carceral State
* Evolution and Expansion of the Carceral State
* Introduction to Institutional Mechanisms of the Carceral State
* Transforming the Carceral System: Implications of a Sociopolitical
Analysis for Anti-Oppressive Social Work
* Conclusion
* Expanding Our Vision
* Online Resources
* References
* CHAPTER 3: An Anti-Oppressive Framework for Social Work Practice in
the Carceral State
* Empowerment and Strengths Perspectives
* Anti-Oppressive Practice in the Carceral State
* Engagement Phase
* Teaching and Learning Assessment Phase
* Action and Accompaniment Intervention Phase
* Evaluation Phase
* Evidence-Informed Practice in the Criminal Legal System
* Trauma-Informed Care
* Public Health Approach
* Conclusion
* Expanding Our Vision
* Online Resources
* References
* CHAPTER 4: The Criminalization of People with Mental Illness
* The Evolution of the Criminalization of Mental Illness
* Mechanisms of the Criminalization of Mental IllnessAnti-Oppressive
Social Work and Public Health Interventions
* Conclusion
* Expanding Our Vision
* Online Resources
* References
* PART 2: ANTI-OPPRESSIVE SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE IN CARCERAL SETTINGS
* CHAPTER 5: An Anti-Oppressive Social Work Approach to Public Safety
and Judicial Responses
* Anti-Oppressive Social Work and Policing
* he Changed Nature of Contemporary Police Forces
* Policing and Community-Based Behavioral Crises
* An Anti-Oppressive Analysis of Police-Social Work Collaborations
* A Community-Based Approach to Public Safety
* Anti-Oppressive Social Work and Problem-Solving Courts
* Drug Courts
* Mental Health Courts (MHCs)
* An Anti-Oppressive Analysis of Problem-Solving Courts
* Community-Based Restorative Responses
* Conclusion
* Expanding Our Vision
* Online Resources
* References
* CHAPTER 6: Transparency and Transformation in Carceral Detention
* Healthcare During Detention
* Suicide in Jail
* Immigrant Detention
* Anti-Oppressive Social Work in Jails and Detention Centers
* Conclusion
* Expanding Our Vision
* References
* CHAPTER 7: Challenges and Possibilities of Anti-Oppressive Social
Work Practice in Prison with Men
* The Mass Incarceration of Man
* The Build-up of Incarcerated Men: A History of Gendered Racism
* Mechanisms of Men's Criminalization
* Men's Convictions
* Violent Crime
* Men Sentenced to the Death Penalty for Capital Offenses
* Life Sentences
* Prison Conditions
* Solitary Confinement and Supermax Prisons
* Prison Suicide and Self-Injurious Behavior
* Health Conditions
* Practice Interventions with Men in Prison
* Conclusion
* Expanding Our Vision
* Online Resources
* References
* CHAPTER 8: Challenges and Possibilities of Anti-Oppressive Social
Work Practice in Prison with Women Prison as a Gendered Organization
* The Buildup of Women's Incarceration: Reform
* The Buildup of Women's Incarceration: Punishment
* Characteristics of Women in Prison
* Women's Convictions
* Drug Crimes
* Sexual Crimes
* Women Sentenced to the Death Penalty for Capital Crimes
* Pathways to Criminalization
* Prison Conditions
* Solitary Confinement
* Pregnancy/Birth/Loss
* Sexual Assault in Prison
* Health Conditions
* Social Work Practice with Women in Prison
* Promising Interventions
* From Prison to the Community: Advocacy and Concluding Thoughts
* Expanding Our Vision
* Online Resources
* References
* PART 3: LEVELS OF INTERVENTION
* CHAPTER 9: How Families Resist the Carceral State and MoveToward
Healing
* Parental Incarceration
* Caregiving
* Compounded Pain: The Child Welfare System
* Visitation During Incarceration
* Community Rebuilding
* Conclusion
* Expanding Our Vision
* Online Resources
* References