Anticipated Stigma and Defensive Individualism during Post-Incarceration Job Searching

dc.contributor.authorRay, Bradley
dc.contributor.authorGrommon, Eric
dc.contributor.authorRydberg, Jason
dc.contributor.departmentSchool of Public and Environmental Affairsen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-07T19:01:08Z
dc.date.available2017-03-07T19:01:08Z
dc.date.issued2016-08
dc.description.abstractObtaining employment is one of the most difficult challenges for individuals released from prison. This research explores the strategies recently released male parolees employ in attempting to find work, with specific attention to the role of anticipated stigma from their ex-convict status. Through the use of in-depth longitudinal interviews, this research contributes to our understanding of returning prisoner's experiences in job searching. We find that although a majority of the sample anticipated stigma as a barrier to employment, those who did expressed an extreme self-reliance consistent with defensive individualism. This reluctance to draw on social networks may ultimately be counter-productive to the search for employment.en_US
dc.eprint.versionAuthor's manuscripten_US
dc.identifier.citationRay, B., Grommon, E., & Rydberg, J. (2016). Anticipated Stigma and Defensive Individualism During Post-incarceration Job Searching. Sociological Inquiry, 86(3), 348–371. https://doi.org/10.1111/soin.12124en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/12017
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.1111/soin.12124en_US
dc.relation.journalSociological Inquiryen_US
dc.rightsPublisher Policyen_US
dc.sourceAuthoren_US
dc.subjectemploymenten_US
dc.subjectincarcerationen_US
dc.subjectstigmaen_US
dc.titleAnticipated Stigma and Defensive Individualism during Post-Incarceration Job Searchingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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