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Faith-based programs
Encyclopedia of corrections
Wiley-Blackwell
2017
Abstract
Faith-based programs are one of the oldest forms of correctional treatment in prisons around the world. In the United States (US), faith-based programming was the original and primary form of treatment. The use of faith-based programming in the US was reduced greatly with the rise of the medical model of inmate rehabilitation in the mid-twentieth century. Recently, however, faith-based programming has experienced revitalization with the Charitable Choice provision of the 1996 Welfare Reform and development of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives in 2002 (since renamed to the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships). Consequently, faith-based organizations are now allowed to compete for federal grants once reserved exclusively for non-religious organizations. As such, the increased presence and use of faith-based programming in correctional contexts has simultaneously continued a strong tradition and has renewed a long-standing debate in corrections.
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- Title
- Faith-based programs
- Publication Details
- Encyclopedia of corrections
- Resource Type
- Encyclopedia entry
- Contributors
- Kent R. Kerley (Editor)
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell; Hoboken, NJ
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries to digitize and/or display this information for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380090326206600
- Academic Unit
- College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities; Former Faculty
- Language
- English