ABSTRACT This article addresses social work’s place in the movement to “defund the police.” We argue that social work’s collaboration with police and use of policing constitutes carceral social work. In defining carceral social work, we specify the ways in which coercive and punitive practices are used to manage Black, Indigenous, other people of color, and poor communities across four social work arenas – gender-based violence, child welfare, schools, and health and mental health. To inform anti-carceral social work, we provide examples of interventions in these arenas that dismantle police collaborations and point to life-affirming, community-centered, and mutual aid alternatives.

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取消对警察的资助：迈向反监禁社会工作

摘要 本文论述了社会工作在“撤资警察”运动中的地位。我们认为社会工作与警察的合作和警务的使用构成了监狱社会工作。在定义监狱社会工作时，我们详细说明了在四个社会工作领域——基于性别的暴力、儿童福利、学校和健康——使用强制性和惩罚性做法来管理黑人、土著、其他有色人种和贫困社区的方式和心理健康。为了为反监禁社会工作提供信息，我们提供了在这些领域进行干预的示例，这些干预措施破坏了警察合作，并指出了积极生活、以社区为中心和互助的替代方案。