Published In
Critical and Radical Social Work
Document Type
Pre-Print
Publication Date
9-11-2023
Subjects
Social work, Intimate partner violence
Abstract
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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© 2023 the Author
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DOI
10.1332/20498608Y2023D000000003
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/40933
Citation Details
Published as: Kimball, E., Ilea, P., & Ng Ping Cheung, S. (2023). Domestic violence as a wicked social problem: policy cascades and misdirected solutions. Critical and Radical Social Work, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1332/20498608y2023d000000003
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This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published as: Domestic violence as a wicked social problem: policy cascades and misdirected solutions. Critical and Radical Social Work, 1–13.