Diana Rickard

Sex Offenders, Stigma, and Social Control

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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. Diana Rickard provides a deeper understanding of the complex relationship between public policy and lived experience.

Produktdetails

• Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 328g
• ISBN-13: 9780813578309
• ISBN-10: 0813578302
• Artikelnr.: 52643788

Autorenporträt

DIANA RICKARD is an assistant professor in the criminal justice program at Borough of Manhattan Community College of the City University of New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgements
1          Towards a Sociology of Sexual Offense
2          Constructing the Offense
3          Community Bonds
4          Severed Bonds
5          Strategies to Re-Establish Social Bonds
6          Personal Stories/Public Policy
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index