Thomas P O'Connor

Religion, the Community, and the Rehabilitation of Criminal Offenders

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book reviews current research from several disciplines to help you 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 resourcethere has been very little research published on this important topic. This pathbreaking book points the way to a system of faith-based programs that are not only effective but are also economically sound.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 162mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 671g
• ISBN-13: 9780789019769
• ISBN-10: 0789019760
• Artikelnr.: 22282700

Autorenporträt

Thomas P. O'Connor

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: Religion-Offenders-Rehabilitation: Questioning the
Relationship
* Prison Religion in Action and Its Influence on Offender
Rehabilitation
* The Reasons for Religious Involvement in the Correctional Environment
* The Role of the Prison Chaplain in Rehabilitation
* Intersections of Race, Religion, and Inmate Culture: The Historical
Development of Islam in American Corrections
* Resistance to Conversion to Islam Among African American Women
Inmates
* Prisoners, Prison, and Religion: Religion and Adjustment to Prison
* Religiosity and Drug Use Among Inmates in Boot Camp: Testing a
Theoretical Model with Reciprocal Relationships
* Denominational Differences in Self-Reported Delinquency
* Evaluating Religious Initiatives in a Correctional Setting: Do
Inmates Speak?
* Shame and Religion as Factors in the Rehabilitation of Serious
Offenders
* Social Theory, Sacred Text, and Sing-Sing Prison: A Sociology of
Community-Based Reconciliation
* The Prisoner as Scapegoat: Some Skeptical Remarks on Present Penal
Policy
* Rethinking God, Justice, and Treatment of Offenders
* Index
* Reference Notes Included