‘Less than the average citizen’: Stigma, role transition and the civic reintegration of convicted felons

After Crime and Punishment: Pathways to Offender Reintegration

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 261-293

  Uggen, Christopher ^b   Manza, Jeff ^a   Behrens, Angela ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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DOI: 10.4324/9781843924203     Document Type: Chapter

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