A relation of the late wicked contrivance of Stephen Blackhead and Robert Young against the lives of several persons by forging an association under their hands [[electronic resource] /] / written by the Bishop of Rochester

• Record Nr.: UNISA996386558803316
• Autore: Sprat Thomas <1635-1713.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [London], : in the Savoy, printed by Edward Jones and sold by him and Randall Taylor ..., 1693
• Edizione: [The third edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 75, 164 p
• Soggetti: Forgers - England
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "In two parts: The first part being a relation of what passed at the three examinations of the said bishop by a committee of Lords of the Privy Council. The second being an account of the two above-mentioned authors of the forgery."; The second part has separate t.p. and paging.; Reproduction of the original in the Harvard University Library.
• Sommario/riassunto: eebo-0062

Moral communities and jailhouse religion : religiosity and prison misconduct / / Benjamin Meade

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813961503321
• Autore: Meade Benjamin <1981->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: El Paso, Texas : , : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-59332-780-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Collana: Criminal Justice
• Disciplina: 365/.6430973
• Soggetti: Prisoners - Religious life - United States; Prison psychology - United States; Criminals - Rehabilitation - United States; Prison discipline - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Religion, religiosity, and deviance -- Inmate misconduct: theory and evidence -- Religion and corrections -- Studying the relationship between religiosity and inmate misconduct -- The effects of religiosity on inmate misconduct -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: Meade examines the relationship between religiosity and inmate misconduct. The most important aspect of his work is an attempt to resolve unanswered questions in the existing research about the religiosity-inmate misconduct relationship using a national sample of inmates and rigorous statistical techniques. His basic thesis is that the mixed findings across studies may be attributed to issues concerning selection bias and/or contextual differences in religiosity across facilities. The findings from the studies indicate that selection bias could result in an underestimation of the magnitude of