Navigating Stigma

Cindy Brooks Dollar is Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Sociology, Criminology, and Justice Studies at University of North Carolina Greensboro.Grant Tietjen is Associate Professor in the School of Social Work & Criminal Justice at the University of Washington Tacoma.

• 1. Introduction to the Text - Cindy Brooks Dollar & Grant Tietjen2. My Journey with Social Stigma: False Narratives, Education, and Empowerment - Grant Tietjen3. Why Go on Wrecking My Timelines? Poetic Inquiry Criminological Insight into Heideggerian Flattening of Google Digitalized Identity (S)placement as Stigma Management - Lucas Alan Dietsche4. Stigma: Wearing the Label - Sinem Bozkurt5. Released: The tale of a turtle - maryam turtle6. The Stigma of Addiction - Scott Bauer7. Problem Child Be a Problem: The Social Currency of Black Masculinity is Shadowed by Perceived Criminality - Steven Randolph Cureton8. “This Isn’t God’s Plan for You”: Evangelicalism, Sexual Concealment, and Stigma Management - Andrew AinsworthStigma and Scapegoating: A Personalized Account - Jennifer Thompson9. Am I A Real Victim?: A Former Altar Boy and Current Critical Criminologist’s Story - David Kauzlarich10. Stop Crying or I’ll Give You Something to Cry About: The Invisible Line between Child Abuse and Spankings - LaToya Dixon Thomas11. Gendered Perceptions and Violence Against Children in the Stranger Danger Era - Cindy Brooks Dollar12. Letters, Visits, and the Space Between: Narrating Stigma, Contact, and Identity Formation During Parental Imprisonment - Garrett T. Lutheran13. Discussion and Conclusion - Cindy Brooks Dollar & Grant Tietjen