Women disrupting a marginalized identity: Subverting the parolee identity through narrative

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-167

  Opsal, Tara D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

female offenders; identity work; parole; reentry; stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953274411     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241610384995     Document Type: Article

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