The reasons for religious involvement in the correctional environment

Religion, the Community, and the Rehabilitation of Criminal Offenders

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 35-58

  Dammer, Harry R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Inmate; Meaning; Prison; Religion; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 64649098204     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203049563     Document Type: Chapter

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