Religious Faith in Correctional Contexts / / Kent R. Kerley.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Kerley, Kent R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (189 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; 1 The Faith of Captives --; 2 The Relationship Between Religion and Criminal Behavior --; 3 Faith-Based Prison Programs and Prison Ministry Workers --; 4 The Conversion Experience --; 5 Maintaining Change for Men --; 6 Maintaining Change for Women --; 7 The Halfway House Experience --; 8 Returning to the Free World --; 9 The Future of Faith --; Appendix: Studying Faith in Correctional Contexts --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781626374836; 9783110784244
• DOI: 10.1515/9781626374836
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Kent R. Kerley.

Kent Kerley explores the issue of religion in prison, offering a rich portrait of religious practices and their impacts. Kerley shows how offenders of all stripes use faith to adapt and survive in difficult institutional settings. He sheds light on the complex processes of religious conversion, discusses the development of tools for "staying straight" in and after prison, and reveals surprising differences between the experiences of men and women. Moving to the realm of policy, Kerley's analysis illuminates the specific mechanisms by which faith-based prison programming can have a positive impact.