Prison religion in action and its influence on offender rehabilitation

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 11-33

  O’connor, Thomas P ^a   Perreyclear, Michael ^b  

^a Oregon Department of Corrections   (United States)

^b Center for Social Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Offender rehabilitation; Prison religion; Religious conversion; Social attachment; Social learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009576990     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v35n03_02     Document Type: Article

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