@article{ref1,
title="Disrupting the carceral narrative of gender-based and sexual violence",
journal="Critical and radical social work",
year="2023",
author="Brockbank, Maddie",
volume="11",
number="3",
pages="407-423",
abstract="This discussion seeks to critically explore the white, colonial narrative of gender-based and sexual violence that has justified and facilitated increased carceral power in responding to the social issue. In particular, I aim to emphasise the ways in which carcerality obscures the complex histories and dynamics of gender-based and sexual violence in order to individualise and privatise the problem. To demonstrate these dynamics, I will analyse: (1) the characterisation of perpetrators of gender-based and sexual violence as violent 'Others'; (2) the centring of white women's narratives in justifying increases to carceral power and implementing criminalising policies; (3) the extension of the carceral gaze through social work service provision; and (4) the fallacies of postfeminism facilitated by carceral logics. This discussion will conclude with exploring the possibilities of abolitionist social work and anti-carceral feminism in challenging the white narrative and creating space for partial histories to emerge.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2049-8608",
doi="10.1332/204986021X16700108899928",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/204986021X16700108899928"
}