Islam in American prisons : black Muslims' challenge to American penology
著者
書誌事項
Islam in American prisons : black Muslims' challenge to American penology
（Law, justice and power）
Ashgate, c2009
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注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
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.
目次
- Contents: Preface
- Introduction
- Judeo-Christian foundations of American penology
- American penal philosophy: an overview
- Black incarceration: an historical analysis, 1960-2007
- Adverse impacts of incarceration
- Islam in American prisons
- Islam's challenge to American penology
- Conclusions
- Index.
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