The electronic "scarlet letter": criminal backgrounding and a perpetual spoiled identity

Crimes are multifaceted events that are not adequately explained with basic descriptors, yet a considerable amount of significance is afforded to relatively few simplistic labels that make up the contemporary ‘‘scarlet letter.’’ Today’s criminal records create a lifetime of stigmatization for a pers...

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1. VerfasserIn: Murphy, Daniel S. (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Fuleihan, Brian ; Richards, Stephen C. ; Jones, Richard S.
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2011
In: Journal of offender rehabilitation
Jahr: 2011, Band: 50, Heft: 3, Seiten: 101-118
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convict criminology
electronic criminal record
Labeling
spoiled identity
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Zusammenfassung:Crimes are multifaceted events that are not adequately explained with basic descriptors, yet a considerable amount of significance is afforded to relatively few simplistic labels that make up the contemporary ‘‘scarlet letter.’’ Today’s criminal records create a lifetime of stigmatization for a person. These public records employ a limited range of information. By acknowledging the deleterious effects of even one documented criminal event on an individual’s self-concept and status in society, we cannot avoid being faced with a serious moral dilemma in light of society’s prevalent reliance upon electronic criminal records. The electronic brand carried for life poses great challenges to offender rehabilitation and reintegration.
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 115-118
ISSN:1540-8558
DOI:10.1080/10509674.2011.560548