Carina Gallo Carina is a social worker and Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice Studies at San Francisco State University. As a first-generation college graduate, she earned her PhD from Stockholm University. Her research focuses on historical and international trends in crime and welfare policy, with a particular emphasis on Sweden and the United States. She is also passionate about the role of technology in globalizing education and has led virtual international exchanges. Additionally, Carina serves as a co-leader for the Bay Area chapter of the Scholar Strategy Network.
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Victim Support and the Welfare State
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RECENT ARTICLES
Crime victims, immigrants and social welfare: Creating the racialized other In Sweden
This study explores the role of immigration and racialization in creating the first Swedish victim support centre in the early 1980s.
“When we talk about intimate partner violence we talk in an adult way:” Social workers’ descriptions of intimate partner violence between teenagers
This article examines how social workers within the Swedish social services describe intimate partner violence between teenagers.
The Practice of the Commons and the Ethics of Sharing: Aspiring Toward Abolitionist Pedagogy Through Faculty Collaboration
The article highlights the critical role of faculty collaboration in addressing structural educational inequities and how it can help to reimagine pedagogy and higher education in the pandemic and beyond.
Reimagining public defense advocacy in times of Covid-19
This commentary describes the work of a Contra Costa Public Defenders Association task force established to counter the injustices experienced incarcerated people during the COVID-19 pandemic.