1st Edition

Crime, Criminal Justice and Religion A Critical Appraisal

Edited By Philip Birch, Conor Murray, Andrew McInnes Copyright 2023
300 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

Crime, Criminal Justice and Religion: A Critical Appraisal seeks to bridge a gap in the examination of crime and criminal justice by taking both a historical and a contemporary lens to explore the influence of religion. Offering unique perspectives that consider the impact on modern-day policy and practice, the book scrutinises a range of issues such as abortion, hate crime and desistance... Read more

PART 1: Contextualising Crime, Criminal Justice & Religion

Chapter 1: Introducing Crime, Criminal Justice & Religion – A Critical Appraisal

Philip Birch, Conor Murray & Andrew McInnes

Chapter 2: Crime & Criminal Justice – Reflecting on the influence of religion

Philip Birch, Conor Murray & Andrew McInnes

PART 2: Appraisal of Institutions & Professional Practice

Chapter 3: Religion and Police Officers: Exploring the Impact on Police Practice

Tobias Winright

Chapter 4: Professionalisation and policing religious communities: From police recruit to police management

Andrew McInnes

Chapter 5: Police legitimacy in divided societies: Exploring the interface of Religion and Social Cohesion

Conor Murray, Brian Payne & Philip Birch

Chapter 6: Church-State Relations in US Prison Religion: An Update with Recommendations

Mick Hallett

Chapter 7: ‘Believing’ in Youth Justice

Gary Manders

Chapter 8: The influence of religion on Probation: A reflection on the profession

Ioan Durnescu & Gabriel Oancea

Chapter 9: ‘Yes, my Lord’: Examining the impact of religion on the legal profession

Michael Quinlan

Chapter 10: What does God require of us: the calling of lawyers in the criminal justice system

Janae Barrett, Samantha Guzman, Isabelle R. Gunning, & Russell G. Pearce

PART 3: Appraisal of Contemporary Issues

Chapter 11: Human rights, religion and the criminal justice system: Roadblocks, diversions and repairs

Jonathan Kearney

Chapter 12: Religion, Abortion and the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland

Emma Campbell, Maureen Mansfield & Fiona Bloomer

Chapter 13: The death penalty, religion and the US CJS

Logan Yelderman and Matthew West

Chapter 14: Islam and Hate Crime: Exploring Issues

Kim McGuire & Michael Salter

Chapter 15: Is far right terrorism another form of religious terrorism?

Shamila Ahmed & Garth de Heyer

Chapter 16: Religion and Terrorism: What can we learn from the State policy responses to the Christchurch Mosque Shootings?

William James Hoverd, Garth de Heyer and Ian de Terte

Chapter 17: The challenges of witchcraft and sorcery for national and international justice systems

Miranda Forsyth

Chapter 18: Understanding Clergy Perpetrated Child Sexual abuse as organised offending: networks v’s individuals

Jodi Death, Kelly Richards & Kathleen McPhillips

Chapter 19: Religion and Restorative Justice: a mutual critical dialogue

Myra Blyth

Chapter 20: Christianity & Desistance: Exploring ex-prisoner’s journeys in new faith

Alex Beaumont

Biography

Philip Birch, Conor Murray, Andrew McInnes