Charitable Choice and Prison Ministries: Constitutional and Institutional Challenges to Rehabilitating the American Penal System

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-189

  Mcdaniel, Charles ^a   Davis, Derek H ^a   Neff, Sabrina A ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

charitable choice; church and state; prison ministry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992861865     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403404267386     Document Type: Article

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