Religion, the community, and the rehabilitation of criminal offenders / / Thomas P. O'Connor, Nathaniel J. Pallone, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Haworth Press, , 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (303 p.)
• Disciplina: 365/.66
• Soggetto topico: Criminals - Rehabilitation; Religion and social problems; Religious work with prisoners
• Altri autori: O'ConnorThomas P PalloneNathaniel J
• Note generali: "Co-published simultaneously as Journal of offender rehabilitation, volume 35, numbers 3/4 2002."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Religion-offender-rehabilitation : questioning the relationship / Thomas P. Oconnor -- Prison religion in action and its influence on offender rehabilitation / Thomas P. Oconnor, Michael Perryclear -- Religious involvement in the correctional environment / Harry R. Dammer -- The role of the prison chaplain in rehabilitation / Jody L. Sundt, Harry R. Dammer, Francis T. Cullen -- Intersections of race, religion, and inmate culture : the historical development of Islam in American corrections / Felicia Dix-Richardson, Billy R. Close -- Resistance to conversion to Islam among African American women inmates / Felicia Dix-Richardson -- Prisoners, prison, and religion : religion and adjustment to prison / Todd R. Clear, Melvina T. Sumter -- Religiosity and drug use among inmates in boot camp : testing a theoretical model with reciprocal relationships / Brent B. Benda, Nancy J. Toombs -- Denominational differences in self-reported delinquency / Lee Ellis -- Evaluating religious initiatives in a correctional setting : do inmates speak? / Andrew Skotnicki -- Shame and religion as factors in the rehabilitation of serious offenders / Kenneth D. Jensen, Stephen G. Gibbons -- Social theory, sacred text, and Sing-Sing prison : a sociology of community-based reconciliation / Victoria Lee Erickson -- The prisoner as scapegoat : some skeptical remarks on present penal policy / T.J. Gorringe -- Rethinking God, justice, and treatment of offenders / Ted Grimsrud, Howard Zehr.
• Sommario/riassunto: Explore the relationship between faith-based programs, religion, and offender rehabilitation! This book reports on current research from several disciplines to help the reader understand the nature and impact of the relationship between faith-based programs, religion, and offender rehabilitation. Religion, the Community, and the Rehabilitation of Criminal Offenders is a unique resource?there has been very little research published on this important topic. President Bush's faith-based initiative recognized that religion plays a role in the justice system and corrections that i
• Titolo autorizzato: Religion, the community, and the rehabilitation of criminal offenders
• ISBN: 1-136-40931-9; 0-203-04956-X; 1-283-96850-9; 1-136-40924-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820292403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II