Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice and the Carceral State

by Patricia O'Brien and Judith S. Willison

With violent policing, inhumane detention and imprisonment, community surveillance and loss of civil rights, the criminal legal system is unjust; and it is crucial for social workers to understand and take steps toward change. Under the guise of helping adults in multiple correctional contexts, social workers have historically engaged in efforts that privilege the carceral system and reproduce its harmful apparatus that extends to families and communities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190076755
• ISBN13: 9780190076757
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"