Foreword, Ed Risler Author Biographies Introduction: The Important Role of Social Work I. Criminal Justice Considerations Chapter 1. Going, Going, Gone: The Death of Capital Punishment in the 21st Century, Marc Bookman Chapter 2. Methodological and Procedural Considerations, John R. Barner Chapter 3. Jury Considerations in Capital Cases, John R. Barner Chapter 4. The History of Mitigation in Death Penalty Cases, Russell Stetler Chapter 5.

Social Workers in Capital Defense Practice: Demystifying Human Frailty / Empowering Conscience, Brian Kammer II. Sociopolitical Considerations Chapter 6. On Capital Punishment, Richard Dien Winfield Chapter 7. Structuralism, Neoliberalism, and the U.S. Criminal Justice, Larry Nackerud Chapter 8. The Criminalization of Poverty, Christopher R. Larrison Chapter 9.

Mass Incarceration: The Politics of Race, Gender, and U.S. Prison, Michael Robinson, Sharon E. Moore, & A. Christson Adedoyin Chapter 10. A Public Health Case for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, Elizabeth Beck, Cynthia Adcock, & Allison Bantimba Chapter 11. Affecting Legislative Change from the Judicial Perspective, Timothy R. Saviello III.

Social Work Considerations Chapter 12. Linking the Social Services and Criminal Justice Systems, Leon Ginsberg Chapter 13. Serious Mental Illness, Criminal Justice, and the Death Penalty, Anna Scheyett & Katherine J. Crawford Chapter 14. Intellectual Disability, Criminal Justice, and the Death Penalty, Cliff Sloan & Lauryn Fraas Chapter 15. Immigration, Foreign Nationals, and the U.S. Death Penalty, Larry Nackerud & John Barner Chapter 16.

The Death Penalty from the Family Perspective, Jennifer Schweizer & Elizabeth Beck Chapter 17. The Relevance of Trauma and Secondary Trauma to Death Penalty Cases, Robyn Painter Chapter 18. Advocacy, Activism, & Policy Practice: Social Workers as Advocates for Criminal Legal System Reforms, Marissa McCall Dodson Epilogue: Making a Seat at the Table Glossary Appendix: Recommended Works and Resources.