Sex Offenders, Stigma, and Social Control, Paperback by Rickard, Diana, ISBN 0813578302, ISBN-13 9780813578309, Brand New, Free P&P in the UKDrawing on interviews, the author explores the life histories of six sex offenders in New York, the impact of stigma on them, and the ways these marginalized social actors make meaning of their experiences. She aims to understand how being labeled as a sex offender impacts identity and sense of social being, in the context of sex offender policy and the broader social problem of mass incarceration and new penology. She describes the men's backgrounds and how they constructed their offenses; the quality of social bonds these men experienced prior to their convictions; how these bonds with the community were severed, including their punishment by the criminal justice system and restrictions imposed on them; how they coped with strains created by the severed bonds and stigma and strategies they used to reestablish social bonds; and questions raised by the study, including current critiques of Megan's Law and the implications of social isolation imposed by current policies. Annotation ©2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()