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ERIC #:
EJ658824
Title:
Social Theory, Sacred Text, and Sing-Sing Prison: A Sociology of Community-Based Reconciliation.
Authors:
Erickson, Victoria Lee
Descriptors:
Correctional Institutions; Correctional Rehabilitation; Prisoners; Program Effectiveness; Religion; Religious Factors; Social Theories; Teaching Methods
Source:
Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, v35 n3-4 p231-47 2002
Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Abstract:
Examines the sociological component of the urban community-based professional education programs at New York Theological Seminary offered at Sing-Sing Prison. Explores the simultaneous use of social theory and sacred texts as teaching tools and intervention strategies in the educational and personal transformation processes of men incarcerated for violent crimes. (Contains 23 references.) (GCP)