Full Description
The helping professions and social scientists traditionally seek concepts and paradigms that can be used in shaping research and services focused on marginalized populations in the United States. Various perspectives have garnered attention across disciplines with intersectionality as a recent, salient example. However, state-sanctioned violence--built upon the foundation established by Intersectionality--introduces a purposeful socio-political agenda that is carried out by various levels of government to subjugate a group due to its beliefs, physical characteristics, and/or social circumstances. This book provides a conceptual foundation on state-sanctioned violence; critiques how this perspective holds relevance for social work research, education, and practice; examines specific examples of how and where state-sanctioned violence is manifested; and projects potential developments into the near future.
Contents
Preface
Section 1. Conceptual and Philosophical Foundation
Chapter 1. Setting the Groundwork
Chapter 2. State-Sanctioned Violence: Definition, Parameters, and Conceptual Foundation
Chapter 3. State-Sponsored Violence: Intersectional and Intracategorical Perspective
Section 2. Urban Manifestations of State-Sanctioned Violence
Chapter 4. Unauthorized Immigration
Chapter 5. Education and State-Sanctioned Violence
Chapter 6. Health: Slow and Invisible State Violence
Chapter 7. Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
Chapter 8. Military Industrial Empire
Section 3. Social Work Practice
Chapter 9. Social Work Research, Education, and Practice
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