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Damaged goods
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Damaged goods
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managing a stigmatized identity postincarceration and finding a renewed sense of self
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Dillard
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Michelle A.
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1967-
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Michelle A. Dillard
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Rutgers University
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School of Social Work
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This auto-ethnography looks at one person’s reintegration experience, examining the stigma and marginalization that result from a criminal record and how the moral philosophy of neoliberalism influences (shapes/hinders) one’s autonomy and ability to rebuild a meaningful life. I sought to narrate pivotal moments in my personal history where the psychological scars from managing a stigmatized identity negated any real sense of agency. Topics of stigma and shame, discrimination, and internalized oppression are explored throughout this paper as they intersect my reintegration process. Finally, I propose that through borrowing from the tenets of Reality Therapy, therapists can assist clients in constructing new meaning from negative events (reshaping their understanding of themselves), finding a renewed sense of self in spite of a structural system that has sought to limit access to rights and resources, as I was able to do.
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Social Work
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Stigma (Social psychology)
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Criminals--Rehabilitiation
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Ex-convicts
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Identity (Psychology)
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by Michelle A. Dillard
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ETD doctoral
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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2099-12-31
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Access to this PDF has been restricted at the author's request.
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