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Sex offenders, stigma, and social control /Diana Rickard.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, (c)2016.Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813578316
  • 9780813578323
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HV6592 .S496 2016
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Constructing the offense -- Community bonds -- Severed bonds -- Strategies to reestablish social bonds -- Personal stories/public policy.
Subject: In Sex Offenders, Stigma, and Social Control, Diana Rickard provides the reader with an in-depth view of six sex offenders, exploring how they manage to cope with their highly stigmatized role as social outcasts. The book explores how these individuals construct their sense of self. By placing their stories within the context of the current culture of mass incarceration and zero-tolerance, Rickard provides a deeper understanding of the complex relationship between public policy and lived experience.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Toward a sociology of sexual offense -- Constructing the offense -- Community bonds -- Severed bonds -- Strategies to reestablish social bonds -- Personal stories/public policy.

In Sex Offenders, Stigma, and Social Control, Diana Rickard provides the reader with an in-depth view of six sex offenders, exploring how they manage to cope with their highly stigmatized role as social outcasts. The book explores how these individuals construct their sense of self. By placing their stories within the context of the current culture of mass incarceration and zero-tolerance, Rickard provides a deeper understanding of the complex relationship between public policy and lived experience.

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