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Islam in American Prisons
Black Muslims' Challenge to American Penology
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The growth of Islam both worldwide and particularly in the United States is especially notable among African-American inmates incarcerated in American state and federal penitentiaries. This growth poses a powerful challenge to American penal philosophy, structured on the ideal of rehabilitating offenders through penance and appropriate penal measures. Islam in American Prisons argues that prisoners converting to Islam seek an alternative form of redemption, one that poses a powerful epistemological as well as ideological challenge to American penology. Meanwhile, following the events of 9/11, some prison inmates have converted to radical anti-Western Islam and have become sympathetic to the goals and tactics of the Al-Qa'ida organization. This new study examines this multifaceted phenomenon and makes a powerful argument for the objective examination of the rehabilitative potentials of faith-based organizations in prisons, including the faith of those who convert to Islam.
Ashgate Publishing Ltd; June 2009
231 pages; ISBN 9780754688655
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231 pages; ISBN 9780754688655
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Subject categories
- Academic > Sociology > Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > Criminal justice administration > Penology. Prisons. Corrections > By region or country
- Academic > Public Affairs > Criminal justice administration > Penology. Prisons. Corrections > By region or country
- Academic > Public Affairs > Corrections
- Religion > Islam
- Social Science > Sociology
- Social Science > Sociology of Religion
- Social Science > Criminology
- Social Science > Ethnic Studies
- Social Science > African-American Studies
- Social Science > Penology
- True Crime
ISBNs
9781840147223
9780754688655
0754688658