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The Sociology of Humanist, Spiritual, and Religious Practice in Prison: Supporting Responsivity and Desistance from Crime Tom P. O’Connor*1, and Jeff B. Duncan2 1 Transforming Corrections, 1420 Court St. NE. Salem, Oregon 97301, USA 2 Oregon Department of Corrections, 2575 Center St. …

O’Connor, T & Bogue, B., Collaborating with the Community, Trained Volunteers and Faith Traditions; Building Social Capacity and Making Meaning to Support Desistence, October, 2010 in McNeill, Fergus., Rayner, Peter. & Trotter, Chris. (Eds.) Offender Supervision: New Directions in Theory, …

Bogue, B., Diebel, J. & O’Connor, T. (2008) Combining Officer Supervision Skills: A New Model for Increasing Success in Community Corrections. Perspectives: the Journal of the American Probation and Parole Association, 32, 31-45. Download the PDF Article Bogue, B., Diebel, …

O’Connor, T. Duncan, Jeff; Quillard, Frank. (2006). Criminology and Religion; The Shape of An Authentic Dialogue. Criminology & Public Policy, 5(3), 559-570. Download the Article PDF CRIMINOLOGY AND RELIGION: THE SHAPE OF AN AUTHENTIC DIALOGUE THOMAS P. O’CONNOR JEFF DUNCAN …

by Thomas P. O’Connor* Note: This is Part II of a two-part paper. Part I (JCC, Vol. 9, No. 1, Fall 2004) examined the history of the relationship between religion, crime, and rehabilitation and discussed the various theories regarding the …

A Community, Faith, and State Re-entry Partnership to Increase Restorative Justice By Thomas P. O’Connor, Tim Cayton, Scott Taylor, Rick McKenna and Norm Monroe Originally published Corrections Today, October 2004 Download PDF Faith-based prison initiatives, from the White House Several years …

Note: This first part of a two-part paper examines the history of the relationship between religion, crime, and rehabilitation and discusses the various theories regarding the impact that religion might have on reducing crime. The second part of the paper, to …

O’Connor, T. P., & Perreyclear, M. (2002). Prison Religion in Action and its Influence on Offender Rehabilitation. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, Volume 35(3/4), 11-33. Download the article PDF here © 2002 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved Prison …

The Catholic University of America A Sociological and Hermeneutical Study of the Influence of Religion on the Rehabilitation of Prison Inmates. A DISSERTATION Submitted to the Faculty of the Department of Religion and Religious Education School of Religious Studies Of …