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Primary goals for incarceration and correctional ideologies are rehabilitation, retribution, incapacitation, specific deterrence and general deterrence (Tewksbury & Mustaine, 2008)
A national profile outlines the following characteristics of women offenders (Bloom, Owen & Covington, 2003):
• Disproportionally women of color
• In their early to mid-thirties
• Most likely to have been convicted of a drug or drug related offense
• Fragmented family histories, with other family members also involved with the criminal justice system
• Survivors of physical and or sexual abuse as children and adults
• Significant substance abuse, physical and mental health problems
• High school diploma/GED but limited vocational training …show more content…
He determined there were both sincere and insincere reasons for religious practice while behind bars. The most common reasons for sincere practice included direction and meaning for one’s life, motivation, positive self esteem, hope for the future and peace of mind. Reasons for insincere religious affiliation or observance were listed as a method of protection, convergence in order to pass contraband, access to prison volunteers and resources, such as free goods, celebratory foods, music and favors from a …show more content…
R., Hardyman, P. L., Stout, B., Lucken, K., & Dammer, H. R. (2000). The value of religion in prison an inmate perspective. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 16(1), 53-74.
Clear, T. R., & Myhre, M. (1995). A study of religion in prison. The International Association of Residential and Community Alternatives Journal on Community Corrections, 6 (6), 20-25.
Clear, T. R., & Sumter, M. T. (2002). Prisoners, prison, and religion: Religion and adjustment to prison. Journal of offender Rehabilitation, 35(3-4), 125-156.
Cohen, A. B., Malka, A., Rozin, P., & Cherfas, L. (2006). Religion and unforgivable offenses. Journal of personality, 74(1), 85-118.
Cohen, A. B., & Rozin, P. (2001). Religion and the morality of mentality. Journal of personality and social psychology, 81(4), 697.
Dye, M. H., Aday, R. H., Farney, L., & Raley, J. (2014). “The Rock I Cling To” Religious Engagement in the Lives of Life-Sentenced Women. The Prison Journal, 0032885514537605.
Ellison, C. G. (1991). Religious involvement and subjective well-being. Journal of health and social behavior, 80-99.
Garvey, S. P. (1998). Punishment as atonement. UCLA L. Rev., 46, 1801.
Hewitt, J. D. (2006). HAVING FAITH IN FAITH‐BASED PRISON PROGRAMS. Criminology & Public Policy, 5(3),
Primary goals for incarceration and correctional ideologies are rehabilitation, retribution, incapacitation, specific deterrence and general deterrence (Tewksbury & Mustaine, 2008)
A national profile outlines the following characteristics of women offenders (Bloom, Owen & Covington, 2003):
• Disproportionally women of color
• In their early to mid-thirties
• Most likely to have been convicted of a drug or drug related offense
• Fragmented family histories, with other family members also involved with the criminal justice system
• Survivors of physical and or sexual abuse as children and adults
• Significant substance abuse, physical and mental health problems
• High school diploma/GED but limited vocational training …show more content…
He determined there were both sincere and insincere reasons for religious practice while behind bars. The most common reasons for sincere practice included direction and meaning for one’s life, motivation, positive self esteem, hope for the future and peace of mind. Reasons for insincere religious affiliation or observance were listed as a method of protection, convergence in order to pass contraband, access to prison volunteers and resources, such as free goods, celebratory foods, music and favors from a …show more content…
R., Hardyman, P. L., Stout, B., Lucken, K., & Dammer, H. R. (2000). The value of religion in prison an inmate perspective. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 16(1), 53-74.
Clear, T. R., & Myhre, M. (1995). A study of religion in prison. The International Association of Residential and Community Alternatives Journal on Community Corrections, 6 (6), 20-25.
Clear, T. R., & Sumter, M. T. (2002). Prisoners, prison, and religion: Religion and adjustment to prison. Journal of offender Rehabilitation, 35(3-4), 125-156.
Cohen, A. B., Malka, A., Rozin, P., & Cherfas, L. (2006). Religion and unforgivable offenses. Journal of personality, 74(1), 85-118.
Cohen, A. B., & Rozin, P. (2001). Religion and the morality of mentality. Journal of personality and social psychology, 81(4), 697.
Dye, M. H., Aday, R. H., Farney, L., & Raley, J. (2014). “The Rock I Cling To” Religious Engagement in the Lives of Life-Sentenced Women. The Prison Journal, 0032885514537605.
Ellison, C. G. (1991). Religious involvement and subjective well-being. Journal of health and social behavior, 80-99.
Garvey, S. P. (1998). Punishment as atonement. UCLA L. Rev., 46, 1801.
Hewitt, J. D. (2006). HAVING FAITH IN FAITH‐BASED PRISON PROGRAMS. Criminology & Public Policy, 5(3),