Self-perceived role and function of christian prison chaplains and buddhist volunteers in Hong Kong Prisons

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 154-168

  Chui, Wing Hong ^a   Cheng, Kevin Kwok Yin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Buddhism; Christianity; Hong Kong; prison; religious workers; volunteers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLERGY; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRISON; PRISONER; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOLUNTEER; BUDDHISM; CHRISTIANITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BUDDHISM; CHRISTIANITY; CLERGY; GOALS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84872827472     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X11432128     Document Type: Article

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