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Mapping the Landscape of Trauma-Informed Care in Social Work: A Critical Scoping Review by Leotti, Sandra M, Wahab, Stéphanie

“…Trauma-informed care (TIC) has gained significant traction in social work over the last decade, becoming a key organizing principle despite a dearth of…”
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Social Work With Criminalized Women: Governance or Resistance in the Carceral State? by Leotti, Sandra M.

“…Drawing on findings from a Foucauldian-inspired critical discourse analysis, this article examines the hegemonic ways in which social work engages with…”
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The Keepers and the Kept: Social Work and Criminalized Women, an Historical Review by Leotti, Sandra M.

“…Current trends in women's criminalization reflect historical patterns of racism, gender conformity, and enforcing normality. This paper traces key shifts in…”
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The imaginative failure of normal: Considerations for a post-pandemic future by Leotti, Sandra M

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has struck a forceful blow to an already faltering economic and political system. Decades of neoliberal capitalism have left us with…”
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Pandemic possibilities: confronting neoliberalism in social work education by Cherry, Kevin, Leotti, Sandra M., Panichelli, Meg, Wahab, Stéphanie

“…Over the last decade we have witnessed increasingly critical appraisals of neoliberalism among social work researchers, educators, and practitioners across the…”
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Criminal Legal Systems and the Disability Community: An Overview by Leotti, Sandra M., Slayter, Elspeth

“…While the scale and scope of the criminal legal system is often discussed with attention to racial disproportionalities, the fact that disabled people are…”
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Child Welfare and Social Work Education: From a Pedagogy of Oppression to a Pedagogy of Resistance by Leotti, Sandra M., Sugrue, Erin P., Itzkowitz, Miriam, Williams, Kelly

“…Social work has long been involved in child welfare practice. Though lauded as well- intended and admirable work, the profession’s involvement in the child…”
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Unpacking the worlds in our words: Critical discourse analysis and social work inquiry by Leotti, Sandra M, Sugrue, Erin P, Winges-Yanez, Nichole (Nick)

“…Critical discourse analysis is a rapidly growing, interdisciplinary field of inquiry that combines linguistic analysis and social theory to address the way…”
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‘Compassionate’ Control: Social Work and the Rise of Carceral Feminism in Progressive Era Police Reform by Murray, Bethany Jo, Erwin, Jennifer, Leotti, Sandra, Allen, Elizabeth, Bakko, Matthew, Jacobs, Leah A., Hostetter, C. Riley, Tomczak, Stephen Monroe, Fixler, Alexandra

“…The contemporary Defund the Police movement has renewed interest in social work’s role in public safety, leading some to call for increased police–social work…”
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The Nexus of Resistance and Neoliberalism in Social Work and Social Welfare: A Scoping Review by Cherry, Kevin, Leotti, Sandra

“…This study intervenes in a growing scholarly dialogue about neoliberalism in social work and social welfare by addressing the undertheorized concept of…”
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Creating Accessible Survey Instruments for Use with Autistic Adults and People with Intellectual Disability: Lessons Learned and Recommendations by Nicolaidis, Christina, Raymaker, Dora M, McDonald, Katherine E, Lund, Emily M, Leotti, Sandra, Kapp, Steven K, Katz, Marsha, Beers, Leanne M, Kripke, Clarissa, Maslak, Joelle, Hunter, Morrigan, Zhen, Kelly Y

“…Despite growing appreciation of the need for research on autism in adulthood, few survey instruments have been validated for use with autistic adults. We…”
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Creating Academic-Community Partnerships to Jointly Enhance Advocacy and Research on Violence and Disability: Two Case Examples by Lund, Emily M., Hughes, Rosemary B., McDonald, Katherine E., Leotti, Sandra, Katz, Marsha R., Beers, Leanne M., Nicolaidis, Christina

“…Objective: This article describes the use of community-based participatory research (CBPR) to foster bidirectional and equitable academic-community…”
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The Role of Gender in Violence Experienced by Adults With Developmental Disabilities by Platt, Laura, Powers, Laurie, Leotti, Sandra, Hughes, Rosemary B., Robinson-Whelen, Susan, Osburn, Sherri, Ashkenazy, Elesia, Beers, Leanne, Lund, Emily M., Nicolaidis, Christina, Hughes, Rosemary B., Powers, Laurie E., Nicolaidis, Christina, Katz, Marsha, Oschwald, Mary, Larson, Darren, Plourde, Eddie, Raymaker, Dora, Howard, Lisa, Ashkenazy, Elesia, Beers, Leanne, Boatman, Mark, Gardner, Gail Bernice, Gray, Nicole, Grantham, Leah, Larocque, James, Millin, Mary, Osburn, Sherri, Salomon, Janice, Star, Albert, Tedlow, Andrew, Wallington, Annie, Curry, Mary Ann, Robinson-Whelen, Susan, Allen, Patti, Goe, Rebecca, Leotti, Sandy, Lund, Emily M.

“…Violence against people with developmental disabilities is a highly prevalent yet understudied phenomenon. In particular, there is a paucity of literature…”
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Interrogating the Construction and Representations of Criminalized Women in the Academic Social Work Literature: A Critical Discourse Analysis by Leotti, Sandra Marie

“…In the United States today, there are 2.3 million people behind bars in jails and prisons. Mass incarceration has swept up the United States to such a degree…”
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Community-Based Participatory Research to Adapt Health Measures for Use by People With Developmental Disabilities by Nicolaidis, Christina, Raymaker, Dora, Katz, Marsha, Oschwald, Mary, Goe, Rebecca, Leotti, Sandra, Grantham, Leah, Plourde, Eddie, Salomon, Janice, Hughes, Rosemary B, Powers, Laurie E

“…People with developmental disabilities (DD) are often not included as participants in research owing to a variety of ethical and practical challenges. One…”
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Book Review: Torn apart: How the child welfare system destroys black families and how abolition can build a safer world by Leotti, Sandra M.

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Book Review: Prison by any other name: The harmful consequences of popular reforms by Leotti, Sandra M.

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