Faith, Identity and Homicide

Exploring Narratives from a Therapeutic Prison

Shona Robinson-Edwards (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XVII, 306 Seiten

2022 | 1st ed. 2022
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-86221-3 (ISBN)

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This book explores the role that religion plays in the lives of imprisoned homicide offenders. Drawing on interviews in an English prison, the author examines how they narrate their life stories and how religion intersects with other categories to rebuild their personal identities after committing a crime and being labelled as murderers or killers. This book seeks to bridge the gap between macro and micro phenomena, examining religion as both a social institution and a personal experience. It also explores the mediating role of institutions with regards to the nature and extent of their influence upon individual choices and actions, and provides insights into the nature of the therapeutic prison. It seeks to create some clarity of understanding the complex nature of religiosity, narrative, identity, desistance and rehabilitation whilst critically examining elements of social identity that may restrict or enhance this process. It provides a series of recommendations for organisations working with convicted homicide offenders/offenders and speaks to academics and practitioners in the fields of criminology, sociology, psychology and religious/theological studies.

Shona Robinson-Edwards is an academic researcher and lecturer in criminology at the University of Warwick, UK. Religion, desistance and rehabilitation are Shona’s areas of expertise.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Approaching Faith behind the Prison Walls.- Chapter 3. Homicide and Violent Offences.- Chapter 4. Prison-based Democratic Therapeutic Community.- Chapter 5. Violence in the Life Course.- Chapter 6. Religion in the Life Course.- Chapter 7. Faith, Re-entry and Desistance.- Chapter 8. Moosaa's Journey.- Chapter 9. Critical Understandings of Faith and Identity.- Chapter 10. Concluding Thoughts.

Erscheinungsdatum	11.10.2022
Zusatzinfo	XVII, 306 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	425 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
Schlagworte	desistance • Identity construction • identity psychology • offender rehabilitation • Offenders • Prisoners • prison research • psychotherapy • Recidivism • Rehabilitation • Religion • Religiosity • Research methods • Sociology of Religion • Spirituality • Therapeutic prisons • Violence
ISBN-10	3-030-86221-6 / 3030862216
ISBN-13	978-3-030-86221-3 / 9783030862213
Zustand	Neuware