The Modal Profile of Structural Violence:

This chapter challenges the prevailing understanding of structural violence as harm with no identifiable aggressor, arguing instead that structural violence is violence by design. We explore the phenomenon of adaptive regeneration, a structural mechanism by which systems of oppression preserve their harm-reducing functions by redistributing them to other domains, and we consider its role in the production of impunity as a probabilistic pathway. This chapter illustrated the structural role of gender-based violence like sexual violence in the maintenance of continued and resurgent white supremacy in the United States. Specifically, we consider what the case study of untested rape-kit backlogs can reveal about the broader design-based functions of structures of oppression and the harm they produce for some populations to benefit others. Finally, we discuss the necessity of system-level interventions to advance structural health equity for U.S. survivors os sexual violence.