Identifying abolitionist alignments in community psychology: A path toward transformation

IF 3.4 2区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2023-05-03 DOI:10.1002/ajcp.12678
Andrea L. DaViera, Caroline Bailey, Davielle Lakind, Natalie Kivell, Fitsum Areguy, Kymberly Byrd
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Psychology is grounded in the ethical principles of beneficence and nonmaleficence, that is, “do no harm.” Yet many have argued that psychology as a field is attached to carceral systems and ideologies that uphold the prison industrial complex (PIC), including the field of community psychology (CP). There have been recent calls in other areas of psychology to transform the discipline into an abolitionist social science, but this discourse is nascent in CP. This paper uses the semantic device of “algorithms” (e.g., conventions to guide thinking and decision-making) to identify the areas of alignment and misalignment between abolition and CP in the service of moving us toward greater alignment. The authors propose that many in CP are already oriented to abolition because of our values and theories of empowerment, promotion, and systems change; our areas of misalignment between abolition and CP hold the potential to evolve. We conclude with proposing implications for the field of CP, including commitments to the belief that (1) the PIC cannot be reformed, and (2) abolition must be aligned with other transnational liberation efforts (e.g., decolonization).

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确定社区心理学中的废奴主义一致性:迈向转型之路。
心理学的基础是 "有益 "和 "无害 "的伦理原则,即 "不伤害"。然而,许多人认为,心理学作为一个领域依附于维护监狱工业综合体(PIC)的胴体系统和意识形态,包括社区心理学(CP)领域。最近,心理学的其他领域也有人呼吁将这门学科转变为一门废奴主义的社会科学,但这一论述在社区心理学领域还刚刚起步。本文使用 "算法"(例如,用于指导思考和决策的惯例)这一语义工具来识别废除死刑与社区心理学之间的一致和不一致之处,以帮助我们实现更大程度的一致。作者提出,由于我们的价值观和赋权、促进和系统变革理论,许多公民保护领域的人已经倾向于废除死刑;我们在废除死刑和公民保护之间的不一致领域有发展的潜力。最后,我们提出了对公民保护领域的影响,包括对以下信念的承诺:(1) 独立调查委员会无法改革,(2) 废除死刑必须与其他跨国解放努力(如非殖民化)保持一致。
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期刊介绍: The American Journal of Community Psychology publishes original quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research; theoretical papers; empirical reviews; reports of innovative community programs or policies; and first person accounts of stakeholders involved in research, programs, or policy. The journal encourages submissions of innovative multi-level research and interventions, and encourages international submissions. The journal also encourages the submission of manuscripts concerned with underrepresented populations and issues of human diversity. The American Journal of Community Psychology publishes research, theory, and descriptions of innovative interventions on a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to: individual, family, peer, and community mental health, physical health, and substance use; risk and protective factors for health and well being; educational, legal, and work environment processes, policies, and opportunities; social ecological approaches, including the interplay of individual family, peer, institutional, neighborhood, and community processes; social welfare, social justice, and human rights; social problems and social change; program, system, and policy evaluations; and, understanding people within their social, cultural, economic, geographic, and historical contexts.
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