{"product_id":"sex-offenders-stigma-and-social-control-critical-issues-in-crime-and-society-9780813578293","title":"Sex Offenders Stigma and Social Control Critical","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 1990s witnessed a flurry of legislative initiatives designed to control a population of sex offenders (child abusers) widely reviled as sick, evil, and incurable. In \u003cem\u003eSex Offenders, Stigma, and Social Control\u003c\/em\u003e, Diana Rickard provides the reader with an in-depth view of six such men, exploring how they manage to cope with their highly stigmatized role as social outcasts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A timely and important book … Readers unfamiliar with the functions and consequences of sex offender registration and community notification laws will find an engaging, easy-to-read discussion of such policies. Scholars familiar with sex offender registration and community notification will likewise find value here – value that is centered on the focus of what creates the negative outcomes for individuals, and not just the collateral consequences.\" * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eSex Offenders, Stigma, and Social Control\u003c\/i\u003e] may be very useful for other scholars exploring identity construction and integration as well as the ways people make sense, narrate, and respond to stigma in the course of their lives… It does provide an intriguing and nuanced portrait of the ways such dynamics play out in relation to one of the most controversial and heavily stigmatized social locations in contemporary society.” * Symbolic Interaction *\u003cbr\u003e\"Rickard’s work is an important one on a subject that has not adequately been studied, namely the status of sex offenders and the present ‘moral panic.’ Clear, organized, and well-researched, \u003ci\u003eSex Offenders, Stigma, and Social Control\u003c\/i\u003e is both distinctive and brave.\" -- Lynn Chancer * Hunter College *\u003cbr\u003e\"Draws on interviews in a study of six men convicted of a sexual offense against a minor; focuses on their self-perceptions and experience of social stigma and isolation after incarceration or lesser sanction.\" * Chronicle *\u003cbr\u003e\"A timely and important book … Readers unfamiliar with the functions and consequences of sex offender registration and community notification laws will find an engaging, easy-to-read discussion of such policies. Scholars familiar with sex offender registration and community notification will likewise find value here – value that is centered on the focus of what creates the negative outcomes for individuals, and not just the collateral consequences.\" * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *\u003cbr\u003e\"Rickard’s work is an important one on a subject that has not adequately been studied, namely the status of sex offenders and the present ‘moral panic.’ Clear, organized, and well-researched, \u003ci\u003eSex Offenders, Stigma, and Social Control\u003c\/i\u003e is both distinctive and brave.\" -- Lynn Chancer * Hunter College *\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eSex Offenders, Stigma, and Social Control\u003c\/i\u003e] may be very useful for other scholars exploring identity construction and integration as well as the ways people make sense, narrate, and respond to stigma in the course of their lives… It does provide an intriguing and nuanced portrait of the ways such dynamics play out in relation to one of the most controversial and heavily stigmatized social locations in contemporary society.” * Symbolic Interaction *\u003cbr\u003e\"Draws on interviews in a study of six men convicted of a sexual offense against a minor; focuses on their self-perceptions and experience of social stigma and isolation after incarceration or lesser sanction.\" * Chronicle *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContentsAcknowledgements1          Towards a Sociology of Sexual Offense2          Constructing the Offense3          Community Bonds4          Severed Bonds5          Strategies to Re-Establish Social Bonds6          Personal Stories\/Public PolicyAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex ","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405789995351,"sku":"9780813578293","price":41.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813578293.jpg?v=1730493627","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sex-offenders-stigma-and-social-control-critical-issues-in-crime-and-society-9780813578293","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}