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Auteur(s) : Rickard, Diana (1961-....)
Titre(s) : Sex offenders, stigma, and social control [Texte imprimé] / Diana Rickard
Publication : New Brunswick , New Jersey ; London : Rutgers university press, cop. 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (199 p.) ; 24 cm
Collection : Critical Issues in crime and society
Lien à la collection : Critical issues in crime and society
Comprend : Toward a sociology of sexual offense ; Constructing the offense ; Community bonds
; Severed bonds ; Strategies to reestablish social bonds ; Personal stories/public
policy
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and index
The 1990s witnessed a flurry of legislative initiatives - most notably, "Megan's Law"
- designed to control a population of sex offenders (child abusers) widely reviled
as sick, evil, and incurable. In Sex Offenders, Stigma, and Social Control, Diana
Rickard provides an in-depth view of six such men, exploring how they manage to cope
with their highly stigmatized role as social outcasts. The six men discussed in the
book are typical convicted sex offenders - neither serial pedophiles nor individuals
convicted of the type of brutal act that looms large in public perceptions about sex
crimes. Sex Offenders, Stigma, and Social Control explores how these individuals,
who have been cast as social pariahs, construct their sense of self. How does being
labeled in this way and controlled by measures such as Megan's Law affect one's identity
and sense of social being? Unlike traditional criminological and psychological studies
of this population, this book frames their experiences in concepts of both deviance
and identity, asking how men so highly stigmatized cope with the most extreme form
of social marginality. Placing their stoires within the context of the current culture
of mass incarceration and zero-tolerance, Rickard provides a deeper understanding
of the complex relationships between pubic policy and lived experience, as well as
an understanding of the social challenges faced by this population, whose re-integration
into society is far from simple or assured. Sex Offenders, Stigma, and Social Control
makes a significant contribution to our understanding of sex offenders, offering a
unique window into how individuals make meaning out of their experiences and present
a viable - not monstrous - social self to themselves and others. -- from back cover
Sujet(s) : Délinquants sexuels -- Conditions sociales -- États-Unis
Délinquants sexuels -- Rééducation sociale -- États-Unis
Stigmatisation (psychologie sociale)
Probation (droit) -- États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780813578293 (hardcover) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0813578299 (hardcover) (alk. paper).
- ISBN 9780813578309 (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0813578302 (pbk.) (alk. paper). -
ISBN 9780813578316 (erroné) (e-book (epub)). - ISBN 9780813578323 (erroné) (e-book
(web pdf))
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb450748014
Notice n° :
FRBNF45074801
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
