Does incarceration change the criminal identity? A synthesis of labeling and identity theory perspectives on identity change

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-182

  Asencio, Emily K ^a   Burke, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal identity; Identity change; Reflected appraisals

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959465229     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2011.54.2.163     Document Type: Article

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