Social Work

Safety, Guns, and Social Work: Stop Militarizing Schools and Start Supporting Students

by Ceema Samimi, MSSW, MPA

New Book Provides Strategies for Smart Decarceration

By Michael C. Gross, Institute for Advancing Justice Research and Innovation & Smart Decarceration Initiative, George Warren Brown School of Social Work

The Impact of Mass Incarceration on People of Color, Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow, and Insights from MSW Criminal Justice Students

End the Demand! For Ideologically Based Human Trafficking Responses

by Kathleen M. Preble, MSW, PhD

We’ve all heard them. Stories about an exceptionally young female (usually White) who has been sexually trafficked by an older, sociopathic male (usually a…

Legalized Slavery Still Exists and Social Workers Need to Do Something About It

By Ceema Samimi, MSSW, MPA

What Social Work Uniquely Provides to Criminal Justice

At Risk to Fall Through the Cracks: Who Are Crossover Youth?

I was at a conference recently where a 16-year-old, African American young man spoke to an audience of practitioners, researchers, policy makers, and other child advocates. Joseph (not his real name), spoke about how, as a young boy, he experienced abuse from a…

Why Everyone Needs Smarter Justice Solutions — Even You.