Naming oneself criminal: Gender difference in offenders' identity negotiation
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A research is conducted to examine gender differences in offenders' ability to negotiate a positive identity once the pejorative labels of criminal, prostitute, drug dealer and incompetent parents are imputed onto them. The result show that males were much more adept than female offenders at juggling with conventional and street norms to justify and resist stigmatizing labels in order to construct a favorable identity.
Publication Name: International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0306-624X
Year: 2005
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Female repeat offenders negotiating identity
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The process of identity negotiation for Israeli female ex-convicts, separated from their children for extensive periods of time and eventually lost custody over them is examined. These women were simply unable to renegotiate the imputed identity of an incompetent mother.
Publication Name: International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0306-624X
Year: 2003
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Female recidivists speak about their experience in drug court while engaging in appreciative inquiry
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Female drug abuse offenders participating in appreciative inquiry stated that, dedicated staff, acquiring specific skill or jobs, custody of children, increased their self-confidence in leading a drug free life.
Publication Name: International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0306-624X
Year: 2007
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