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Author : M. Georgia Costin
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book The Contribution of the American Catholic Church to Corrections in the United States written by M. Georgia Costin and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : U S Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publisher : USCCB Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781574553949
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (539 download)
Download or read book Responsibility, Rehabilitation and Restoration written by U S Conference of Catholic Bishops and published by USCCB Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this timely work, the bishops open a new dialogue on crime and justice in the United States.
Author : Amy Levad
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1451465122
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)
Download or read book Redeeming a Prison Society written by Amy Levad and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. criminal justice system is in a state of crisis, from unprecedented rates of imprisonment and recidivism to the privatization of the prison system and the disproportionate representation of particular racial, ethnic, social, and economic groups, all of which is within a larger social justice context. Catholics and Protestants have largely failed to offer vital theological responses. Amy Levad offers a Catholic perspective that directly addresses the concrete issues from a strongly interdisciplinary approach and utilizes the rich liturgical and sacramental resources of penance and Eucharist to offer a theological vision of reform.
Author : Michael Hallett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317300610
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)
Download or read book The Angola Prison Seminary written by Michael Hallett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corrections officials faced with rising populations and shrinking budgets have increasingly welcomed "faith-based" providers offering services at no cost to help meet the needs of inmates. Drawing from three years of on-site research, this book utilizes survey analysis along with life-history interviews of inmates and staff to explore the history, purpose, and functioning of the Inmate Minister program at Louisiana State Penitentiary (aka "Angola"), America’s largest maximum-security prison. This book takes seriously attributions from inmates that faith is helpful for "surviving prison" and explores the implications of religious programming for an American corrections system in crisis, featuring high recidivism, dehumanizing violence, and often draconian punishments. A first-of-its-kind prototype in a quickly expanding policy arena, Angola’s unique Inmate Minister program deploys trained graduates of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in bi-vocational pastoral service roles throughout the prison. Inmates lead their own congregations and serve in lay-ministry capacities in hospice, cell block visitation, delivery of familial death notifications to fellow inmates, "sidewalk counseling" and tier ministry, officiating inmate funerals, and delivering "care packages" to indigent prisoners. Life-history interviews uncover deep-level change in self-identity corresponding with a growing body of research on identity change and religiously motivated desistance. The concluding chapter addresses concerns regarding the First Amendment, the dysfunctional state of U.S. corrections, and directions for future research.
Author : Dennis C. Sullivan
Publisher : Kennikat Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (44 download)
Download or read book The Mask of Love written by Dennis C. Sullivan and published by Kennikat Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eleanor Hannon Judah
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136372636
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)
Download or read book Criminal Justice written by Eleanor Hannon Judah and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are nearly two million inmates in America today. Are there better alternatives to incarceration? Criminal Justice: Retribution vs. Restoration presents new answers and unconventional suggestions addressing America’s overcrowded prisons and jails, high recidivism rates, and weakened family and community relationships with ex-prisoners. Experts in the field discuss the benefits and failures of America’s criminal justice system at various times in history and today, then explore possibilities to improve on that system. This groundbreaking book introduces encouraging, therapeutic approaches to criminal justice that include treatment, rehabilitation, and the direct involvement the victims, the families, and the communities. Criminal Justice looks at America’s over-reliance on punishment and retribution as the means of responding to prevalent social problems and examines the justice system’s tendency to incarcerate—rather than treat—minority, mentally ill, poor, and drug-dependent offenders. The authors—who are all active in some field of criminal justice—argue for a restorative model of correction that is more humane to both offenders and victims. This model opens up dialogue between offenders and their victims, families, and communities by promoting hallmark programs, including victim offender mediation, conferencing, peacemaking circles, restitution, and community projects and services. Criminal Justice includes such intriguing topics as: the social costs and moral economy of incarceration drug policy—should drug users be incarcerated or rehabilitated? the potential of restorative justice—a first-hand account from a prison inmate restorative justice and faith communities the practice and efficacy of restorative justice the path from fury to forgiveness—the emotions of the mother of a murdered child strategies for creating safe and just communities women in prison—their special needs both during incarceration and after re-entry social work and criminal justice—how they work together grassroots advocacy for criminal justice reform—a look back over the last 30 years by the founders of CURE (Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants) This book’s foundation rests on the Biblical concepts of restoration, healing, forgiveness, reconciliation, and responsibility. Criminal Justice: Retribution vs Restoration is an eye-opening look at the negative effects of our current system of blame and punishment and offers hope for better, more humane methods in the future. This holistic, empowering, and strengths-based perspective offers insight and suggestions that are valuable for students, social workers, policymakers, and criminal justice professionals.
Author : United States Catholic Conference
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Total Pages : 21 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (15 download)
Download or read book The Reform of Correctional Institutions in the 1970s written by United States Catholic Conference and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gustave de Beaumont
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book On the Penitentiary System in the United States written by Gustave de Beaumont and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew Skotnicki
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742552036
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Criminal Justice and the Catholic Church written by Andrew Skotnicki and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Catholic Church has had a dramatic impact on both the structure and understanding of criminal justice up to the present. This book surveys the history of the church to suggest that despite demonstrable abuses, a humane and redemptive theory of criminal justice can be constructed that is harmonious with biblical sources, tradition, and current normative emphases in Catholic social thought.
Author : American Correctional Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781569911303
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Religion in Corrections written by American Correctional Association and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion in Corrections provides information and guidelines for dealing with inmates who practice religion while incarcerated. It includes a chapter on the history of religion in prison and reveals why it is important for correctional personnel to understand the religious inmate and his or her practices. It also discusses the legal rights of the religious inmate and discusses the current status of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). This course includes descriptions of traditional and "new" religious groups, examines how to identify members and discusses various religious artifacts. Also includes a chapter devoted to the civilians who administer religious services and security problems that may arise when dealing with a religious inmate. Equivalent to 24 hours of in-service training. Final test, certificate.
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Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Vicki Schieber
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 0814635334
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)
Download or read book Where Justice and Mercy Meet written by Vicki Schieber and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where Justice and Mercy Meet: Catholic Opposition to the Death Penalty comprehensively explores the Catholic stance against capital punishment in new and important ways. The broad perspective of this book has been shaped in conversation with the Catholic Mobilizing Network to End the Use of the Death Penalty, as well as through the witness of family members of murder victims and the spiritual advisors of condemned inmates. The book offers the reader new insight into the debates about capital punishment; provides revealing, and sometimes surprising, information about methods of execution; and explores national and international trends and movements related to the death penalty. It also addresses how the death penalty has been intertwined with racism, the high percentage of the mentally disabled on death row, and how the death penalty disproportionately affects the poor. The foundation for the church's position on the death penalty is illuminated by discussion of the life and death of Jesus, Scripture, the Mass, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and the teachings of Pope John Paul II. Written for concerned Catholics and other interested readers, the book contains contemporary stories and examples, as well as discussion questions to engage groups in exploring complex issues.
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Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Catholic Church in the United States of America written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas P O'Connor
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136409319
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)
Download or read book Religion, the Community, and the Rehabilitation of Criminal Offenders written by Thomas P O'Connor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 is overlooked but essential—it increases the role of community and caring in the system in a unique and important way. This pathbreaking book points the way toward a system of faith-based programs that are not only effective but also economical, as these programs are often staffed by volunteers. Religion, the Community, and the Rehabilitation of Criminal Offenders addresses important questions regarding the importance and effectiveness of faith-based rehabilitation programs, including: What is the relationship between prison religion and offender rehabilitation? What motivates inmates to become involved with religious programs and activities? What is the prison chaplain's role in rehabilitation? Are certain religious denominations more effective than others in preventing crime, delinquency, and recidivism? How does religious activity help inmates adjust to the prison environment? What do inmates have to say about the religious programs they encounter within the system? How did Islam develop within American correctional institutions and what changes has the movement gone through in recent years? Why do female African-American inmates tend to resist conversion to Islam while their male counterparts embrace the Muslim faith in increasing numbers? How can sacred texts and social theory be utilized as teaching tools and intervention strategies in the transformation processes of men incarcerated for violent crimes? (A fascinating study from the Sing-Sing prison) and more!
Author : Catholic Bishops' Conference
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780860123934
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (239 download)
Download or read book Place of Redemption written by Catholic Bishops' Conference and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prison population in England and Wales in 2004 reached its highest level ever recorded. It is almost double what it was in 1991, and one of the highest in Western Europe . We now have particularly high numbers of women, black people, young people and even the elderly behind bars. Suicide in prison is up 40%, drug-use is widespread and access to education and rehabilitation programmes is being cut. On some prison wings slopping out has been brought back. Our prisons are a public disgrace. Christian anthropology makes clear that this offends against human dignity and the common good. The Catholic Church is committed to justice, mercy, the rights of the individual in society and not least hope and redemption. This important new publication has been prepared as a significant contribution of the Roman Catholic Church in this country to a situation which is already a crisis but which could turn into a disaster. This book, from the Department of Christian Responsibility & Citizenship of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, will be of interest to all those interested in the dignity of the human being- not just from a religious perspective but in a way to appeal to all people of good will. There are many reforming agencies in the UK- the Howard League, The Bridge - but this book also takes the form of a plea to government and to all those in authority who are concerned with our prison services.
Author : United States. Bureau of the Census
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Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Summary and general tables written by United States. Bureau of the Census and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Responsibility, Rehabilitation and Restoration written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responding to the threats to everyday life that are caused by crime and fear of crime, the U.S. bishops tackle the issue of crime and corrections, justice and mercy, responsibility and treatment. Recognizing that the dignity of the human person applies to both victim and offender, the bishops use scriptural foundations, sacramental and historical heritage, Catholic social teaching, and policy foundations and directions to promote further dialogue and action. Stories from those close to this issue complement the bishops' message by emphasizing the need to work together for better solutions that teach right from wrong, respect for life, forgiveness and mercy.
