More than monsters: Penal imaginaries and the specter of the dangerous sex offender

Drawing from ethnographic data, this article examines parole personnel's imaginaries of dangerous sex offenders: individuals perceived as especially aberrant, predatory and irredeemable. While the dangerous sex offender is perceived as a monster, this article contends that we also need to atten...

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Main Author: Werth, Robert (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Punishment & society
Year: 2023, Volume: 25, Issue: 4, Pages: 977-997
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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