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Social Sciences, Vol. 15, Pages 345: From Spoiled Identity to Cleft Identity: Parenting, Penal Stigma and Suspended Citizenship Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci15060345

Authors: Joe Smith Eppie Sprung [...]