Motherhood on the Outside
Subtitle: Reintegration and Moral Meaning Making among Ex-Offender Mothers
Contributors: Edin, Kathryn; Western, Bruce; Winship, Christopher
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Description: This dissertation examines how formerly incarcerated mothers manage the moral ambiguity associated with their ex-offender identity. In studying this group I address how the event of motherhood shapes how women frame their involvement in criminal activity. Central to respondents' understanding of their ex-offender identity is the distinction they make between the social stigma of an ex-offender identity and their personal understanding of their moral self worth.
Notes: Keywords: criminology, gender, identity, morality, prisoner reentry, stigma.

Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2013