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Conversion and the rehabilitation of the penal system : a theological rereading of criminal justice / Andrew Skotnicki.

Skotnicki, Andrew, author.
2019
261.8336 S628c 2019
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Title
Conversion and the rehabilitation of the penal system : a theological rereading of criminal justice / Andrew Skotnicki.
Author
Skotnicki, Andrew, author.
ISBN
9780190880835 (cloth)
019088083X (cloth)
9780190880866 (online content)
9780190880859 (epub)
9780190880842 (uPDF)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Copyright
©2019
Language
English
Description
vi, 192 pages ; 25 cm
Other Standard Identifiers
40029068618
Call Number
261.8336 S628c 2019
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1049577246
(OCoLC)1049577246
Summary
"The millions of men and women locked up in jails and prisons do not need to be punished, nor should they be punished. Neither should they be treated as objects whose suffering is used to deter others from committing crimes; nor should they be forced to enter programs whose goal is rehabilitation. It is the prison, not prisoners, that needs to be rehabilitated because it has lost touch with the only morally and practically sound justification for confinement: creating the conditions for the detainee to remove the shackles of alienation and violence through the process of conversion wherein the heart's natural humility and compassion are progressively expanded"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
The state of penal ideology and penal affairs
It is wrong to punish anyone for any reason
Conversion as inclusion: "they" are not the problem ... I am
What is wrong with rehabilitation?
How conversion can rehabilitate the penal system.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Skotnicki, Andrew. Conversion and the rehabilitation of the penal system. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
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