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Motivations and the need for fulfillment of faith-based halfway house volunteers
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Motivations and the need for fulfillment of faith-based halfway house volunteers

Andrew S. Denney and Richard Tewksbury
Justice policy journal, Vol.10
10
2013

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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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