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Religion, Faith and Crime: Theories, Identities and Issues
Kim Sadique (Ed.)
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Description for Religion, Faith and Crime: Theories, Identities and Issues
Hardback. Editor(s): Sadique, Kim; Stanislas, Perry. Num Pages: 404 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; JKVP; JKVQ2; LBBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 218 x 27. Weight in Grams: 654.
This unique collection brings together international contributors from a range of disciplines to explore crime and responses to crime through a religious/faith-based lens. At a time when religion is under the media spotlight in terms of religiously-motivated hate crime, terrorism and child abuse this book provides an important platform for academic debate. It examines these and other key issues including: faith as a coping strategy, religion as a motivating factor and the role of religion and morality in shaping criminal justice responses. This collection clearly places religion/faith at the heart of criminological enquiry and illustrates its relevance in ... Read more
This unique collection brings together international contributors from a range of disciplines to explore crime and responses to crime through a religious/faith-based lens. At a time when religion is under the media spotlight in terms of religiously-motivated hate crime, terrorism and child abuse this book provides an important platform for academic debate. It examines these and other key issues including: faith as a coping strategy, religion as a motivating factor and the role of religion and morality in shaping criminal justice responses. This collection clearly places religion/faith at the heart of criminological enquiry and illustrates its relevance in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
654g
Number of Pages
385
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137456199
SKU
V9781137456199
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Ref
99-15
About Kim Sadique (Ed.)
Kim Sadique is a Senior Lecturer in Community and Criminal Justice at De Montfort University, UK. She has published on hate crime, has delivered training as part of the PREVENT strategy and is on the National Advisory Board for Tell MAMA. Perry Stanislas is a Senior Lecturer at De Montfort University, UK, specialising in policing and security matters with ... Read more
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