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Journal article
Motivations and the need for fulfillment of faith-based halfway house volunteers
Justice policy journal, Vol.10
10
2013
Abstract
This case study examines the motivations and personal benefits of individuals who volunteer for a Protestant Christian faith-based halfway house for recently released offenders. Drawing on eight in-depth interviews with volunteers from a faith-based ministry located in a Southern U.S. city, the study examines why volunteers arrive to their positions and what they perceive as rewards of their work. Typically, volunteers report receiving more benefits themselves than they perceive offender clients receiving. Chief among perceived rewards are a transparent community in which volunteers could more safely share personal aspects of themselves than what they could experience elsewhere. This study provided valuable information to scholars, legislators, and correctional professionals by showing that faith-based ministries do not necessarily emphasizes the religious aspect of their program.
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- Title
- Motivations and the need for fulfillment of faith-based halfway house volunteers
- Publication Details
- Justice policy journal, Vol.10
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice; San Francisco, CA
- Series
- 10
- Copyright
- © Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice 2013 Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries by the author 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
- 99380090626706600
- Academic Unit
- College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities; Former Faculty
- Language
- English