TY - JOUR PY - 2023// TI - Domestic violence as a wicked social problem: policy cascades and misdirected solutions JO - Critical and radical social work A1 - Kimball, Ericka A1 - Ilea, Passion A1 - Cheung, Steph Ng Ping SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 - In this article, we introduce the concept of a policy cascade, which describes the process of creating policies to address the consequences of other policies. Using the concept of wicked problems introduced by Rittel and Webber in 1973, we trace state and federal policies to address domestic violence to show how they form a policy cascade and decenter survivors. By treating social issues as wicked problems, upstream approaches that bypass compounding effects of policy may help recenter survivor needs.

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LA - en SN - 2049-8608 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/20498608Y2023D000000003 ID - ref1 ER -