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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824896203321

Autore

Gilliard Dominique DuBois <1984->

Titolo

Rethinking incarceration : advocating for justice that restores / / Dominique DuBois Gilliard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Downers Grove, [Illinois] : , : InterVarsity Press, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

0-8308-8773-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 pages)

Disciplina

261.8/336

Soggetti

Christianity and justice - United States

Discrimination in criminal justice administration - United States

Imprisonment - United States

Jails - United States

Justice - Aspect religieux - Christianisme - États-Unis

Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale - États-Unis

Emprisonnement - États-Unis

Prisons - États-Unis

SOCIAL SCIENCE - Penology

Christianity and justice

Discrimination in criminal justice administration

Imprisonment

Jails

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The roots and evolution of mass incarceration -- The war on drugs -- How did we get here? From black codes to neoslavery -- Beyond law and order -- Three overlooked pipelines: mental health, private prisons, and immigration -- The school-to-prison pipeline -- The church's witness and testimony -- Protestant reformers: prophetic activism, nonviolence, and God's wrath -- The prisoners' pastor: chaplaincy and theology's institutional impact -- The spirit of punishment: atonement, penal substitution, and the wrath of God --



Atonement and sanctifying retribution -- Divine justice is inherently restorative -- Holy interruptions: dismantling mass incarceration.