This study utilized life story interviews with 21 formerly incarcerated individuals to examine
the role vocational reentry programming played in the desistance process. We begin with a …

Purpose Research on the mechanisms of desistance from substance abuse have delineated
between subjective and structural mechanisms. Similarly, research on religiosity has …

This paper presents an exploratory study about the experiences of 25 inter-faith chaplains in
five Canadian provinces. It utilizes a focus groups methodology. The goal of this qualitative …

Criminologists are increasingly interested in narrative mechanisms of desistance, and a
growing body of research shows that many justice-involved individuals draw on religion in …

Purpose This paper aims to explore the intricate relationship between social capital, faith
and prison-leaver resettlement, emphasising how penal voluntary sector organisations …

Through participant observation of the redemption‐focused identity work of formerly
incarcerated citizens affiliated with an urban faith‐based nonprofit organization run by ex …

From a theoretical and policy perspective, little is known about the life-course development
of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people in criminology. In …

La religion et la spiritualité ont toujours occupé une place au sein de la société, variable
selon les époques. Néanmoins, les recherches s' intéressant à leur place dans le processus …

Within public health, there has been a growing interest over many years in the benefits of
faith, belief and spirituality on health and wellbeing outcomes (LeConte, 2017). The same is …

Mindfulness meditation, though secular in origin, is a distinct Christian principle found in the
Bible and are practices that Christians in general subconsciously subscribe to especially in …