Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: Religion-Offenders-Rehabilitation: Questioning the Relationship, THOMAS P. O'sCONNOR; Chapter 2 Prison Religion in Action and Its Influence on Offender Rehabilitation, THOMAS P. O'CONNOR, MICHAEL PERREYCLEAR; Chapter 3 The Reasons for Religious Involvement in the Correctional Environment, HARRY R.DAMMER; Chapter 4 The Role of the Prison Chaplain in Rehabilitation, JODY L. SUNDT, HARRY R. DAMMER, FRANCIS T. CULLEN; Chapter 5 Intersections of Race, Religion, and Inmate Culture: The Historical Development of Islam in American Corrections, FELECIADIX-RICHARDSON, BILLY R.CLOSE; Chapter 6 Resistance to Conversion to Islam Among African American Women Inmates, FELECIADIX-RICHARDSON; Chapter 7 Prisoners, Prison, and Religion: Religion and Adjustment to Prison, TODD R. CLEAR, MELVINA T. SUMTER; Chapter 8 Religiosity and Drug Use Among Inmates in Boot Camp: Testing a Theoretical Model with Reciprocal Relationships, BRENT B. BENDA, NANCY J. TOOMBS; Chapter 9 Denominational Differences in Self-Reported Delinquency, LEE ELLIS; Chapter 10 Evaluating Religious Initiatives in a Correctional Setting: Do Inmates Speak?, ANDREWSKOTNICKI,, OCARM.; Chapter 11 Shame and Religion as Factors in the Rehabilitation of Serious Offenders, KENNETH D.JENSEN, STEPHEN G.GIBBONS; Chapter 12 Social Theory, Sacred Text, and Sing-Sing Prison:A Sociology of Community-Based Reconciliation, VICTORIALEE ERICKSON; Chapter 13 The Prisoner as Scapegoat: Some Skeptical Remarks on Present Penal Policy, T. J.GORRINGE; Chapter 14 Rethinking God, Justice,and Treatment of Offenders, TEDGRIMSRUD, HOWARDZEHR;