"Murderers' relatives" - Managing stigma, negotiating identity

Drawing on in-depth interviews with the relatives of convicted murderers, t his article interrogates the concept of stigma through an everyday notion o f familial toxicity and commonsense understandings of murder. Identifying m oments of stigmatizing strain,the article examines moments of opportunity f or managing stigma through three meta-tactics: management of space, informa tion, and self-presentation. However; due to the problems in carrying out s ensitive research with a hidden population, there are limits to how far arg uments made can be generalized. Therefore, the article concludes by raising questions for future research.