The language of stigmatization and the mark of violence: experimental evidence on the social construction and use of criminal record stigma

After years of stagnation, labeling theory has recently gained new empirical support. Simultaneously, new policy initiatives have attempted to restructure criminal record stigma to reduce reintegration barriers, and subsequent recidivism, driven by labeling. For example, in a recent Department of Ju...

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Main Author: Denver, Megan (Author)
Contributors: Pickett, Justin T. ; Bushway, Shawn
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Criminology
Year: 2017, Volume: 55, Issue: 3, Pages: 664-690
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Background checks
Criminal record
Labeling Ansatz
Labeling theory
Public opinion
Stigma
Strafregister
Vorstrafe
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