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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.
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Kent R. Kerley is associate professor of justice sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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Anyone involved in, or interested in, prison or jail ministry programs should read Kent R. Kerley’s highly-researched book. (David Young Corrections Today)
[Kerley] enters the difficult area of prisoner studies ... but he does so very well.... For both criminal justice and religious studies at any level. (Choice)
Fresh, informative, and exemplary in its execution.... Anyone seeking knowledge about religion and prison should read this book. (Jeffery T. Ulmer, Pennsylvania State University)
Compelling.... Kerley makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the place of religious faith and practices in the lives and behavior of people in correctional contexts.” (Jacquelyn Sandifer, Campbellsville University)
Presents a remarkable digest of interviews, collating, synthesising, and presenting the voices of those interviewed. But ther is much more. (Jason S. Sexton The Howard Journal)
[Kerley] enters the difficult area of prisoner studies ... but he does so very well.... For both criminal justice and religious studies at any level. (Choice)
Fresh, informative, and exemplary in its execution.... Anyone seeking knowledge about religion and prison should read this book. (Jeffery T. Ulmer, Pennsylvania State University)
Compelling.... Kerley makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the place of religious faith and practices in the lives and behavior of people in correctional contexts.” (Jacquelyn Sandifer, Campbellsville University)
Presents a remarkable digest of interviews, collating, synthesising, and presenting the voices of those interviewed. But ther is much more. (Jason S. Sexton The Howard Journal)
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- PublisherFirstForumPress
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1935049917
- ISBN 13 9781935049913
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages189
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