Title: Finding freedom in confinement : the role of religion in prison life /
Authors: Kerley, Kent R.,
Year: 2018
Subjects: Prisoners Religious life; Criminals Rehabilitation; Criminals Rehabilitation; Prisoners Religious life
Abstract: This unique volume brings together scholars from around the world to examine the contours of religion in prison life. Religion long has been a tool for correctional treatment and inmate survival, but only since the 1980s have social scientists studied the nature, extent, practice, and impact of faith and faith-based prison programs. Although the concept of "jailhouse conversion" is common in the cultural lexicon, most fail to understand the nuances of how faith may work in prision contexts. This volume contains the most contemporary and cutting-edge research on religion in prison life, which includes data-driven (quantitative and qualitative), conceptual, and policy-oriented papers. These chapters will allow readers to move beyond a strictly emotional understanding of faith and toward a more scientific understanding of how prisoners use faith in everyday life--Introduction
Contents: Introduction / Kent R. Kerley -- Part One. Perspectives on Religion in Prison Settings : Chapter 1. Faith and Service: Pathways to Identify Transformation and Correctional Reform / Byron R. Johnson, Grant Duwe, Michael Hallett, Joshua Hays, Sung Joon Jang, Matthew T. Lee, Maria E. Pagano, and Stephen G. Post -- Chapter 2. Religion and Desistance: Working with Sexual and Violent Offenders / Christian Perrin, Nicholas Blagden, Belinda Winder, and Christine Norman -- Chapter 3. Religious Rites and Rights of Prisoners in the United States / Janet Moreno and Kent R. Kerley -- Chapter 4. "We Serve Forgotten Men": Structural Charity versus Religious Freedom in Serving Ex-Offenders / Michael Hallett and Megan R. Bookstaver -- Chapter 5. A Theological Critique of the "Correctional" System / Andrew Skotnicki -- Part Two. Religion in Prison in the United States : Chapter 6. Religion and Prison Violence / Benjamin Meade and Riane M. Bolin -- Chapter 7. The Effects of Religion on the Prisonization of Incarcerated Juveniles in Faith-Based Facilities / Lonn Lanza-Kaduce, Jodi Lane, and Kristen Benedini -- Chapter 8. Religion Postprison: Roles Faith Played in Colson Scholars' Convict-to-Collegian Transition / Judith A. Leary -- Chapter 9. Prison, Religion, and Conversion: The Prisoner's Narrative Experience / Malcolm L. Rigsby -- Chapter 10. Reading Scripture in Exile: Favorite Scriptures among Maximum-Security Inmates Participating in Prison Seminary Programs / Joshua Hays -- Chapter 11. Backgrounds and Motivations of Prison Chaplains / Andrew S. Denney -- Chapter 12. Restrictions on Inmate Freedom of Religious Practice: A National and International Perspective / Jason Jolicoeur and Erin Grant -- Part Three. Religion in Prison outside the United States : Chapter 13. Faith Provision, Institutional Power, and Meaning among Muslim Prisoners in Two English High-Security Prisons / Ryan J. Williams and Alison Liebling -- Chapter 14. Breaking the Prison-Jihadism Pipeline: Prison and Religious Extremism in the War on Terror / Gabriel Rubin -- Chapter 15. Orthodox Judaism as a Pathway to Desistance: A Study of Religion and Reentry in Israeli Prisons / Elly Teman and Michal Morag -- Chapter 16. Religious Diversity in Swiss and Italian Prisons: Combining Institutional and Inmate Perspectives / Irene Becci, Mohammed Khalid Rhazzali, and Valentina Schiavinato -- Chapter 17. Incarcerated Child Sexual Offenders and the Reinvention of Self through Religious and Spiritual Affiliation / Stephanie Kewley, Michael Larkin, Leigh Harkins, and Anthony Beech -- Part Four. Conclusion : Chapter 18. Assessing the Past, Present, and Future of Research on Religion in Prison / Kent R. Kerley.