Jean Valjean's dilemma: The management of ex-convict identity in the search for employment
DJ Harding - Deviant Behavior, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Deviant Behavior, 2003•Taylor & Francis
Drawing on in-depth interviews with male parolees, this study describes how ex-convicts
manage their deviant identities in the labor market. Institutional limitations imposed by both
the labor market and the criminal justice system as well as subjects' interpretations of stigma
play important roles in determining how they choose to present themselves to others. In
understanding and constructing their post-imprisonment identities, former prisoners draw
upon cultural scripts to provide models of presentation of self.
manage their deviant identities in the labor market. Institutional limitations imposed by both
the labor market and the criminal justice system as well as subjects' interpretations of stigma
play important roles in determining how they choose to present themselves to others. In
understanding and constructing their post-imprisonment identities, former prisoners draw
upon cultural scripts to provide models of presentation of self.
Drawing on in-depth interviews with male parolees, this study describes how ex-convicts manage their deviant identities in the labor market. Institutional limitations imposed by both the labor market and the criminal justice system as well as subjects' interpretations of stigma play important roles in determining how they choose to present themselves to others. In understanding and constructing their post-imprisonment identities, former prisoners draw upon cultural scripts to provide models of presentation of self.
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