1st Edition
Crime, Criminal Justice and Religion A Critical Appraisal
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






