Adler, J.R and Loucks, N. and Burnside, J. and Viki, G.T. (2008) Measuring religion in prisons: Offenders' beliefs and attitudes. Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 8 (2). pp. 130-149. ISSN 1522-8932.
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Abstract
This article reports on ways to measure and assess the effects of living within a religious regime, comparing Kainos prisoners with matched control participants. Kainos is a Christian, cognitive behavioral regime run in English prisons. In this article, we consider prisoners' attitudes toward religion and provide objective information regarding the impact of a religious intervention on the religiosity of prisoners. We present data from three scales: the Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith (SCSORF; Plante & Boccaccini, 1997a); the Age Universal I-E (Intrinsic-Extrinsic) Scale (Maltby, 2002; Maltby & Lewis, 1997); and the Francis Attitudes Towards Christianity Scale (Francis, 1993b; Francis, Lewis, Philipchalk, Brown, & Lester, 1995; Lewis & Maltby, 1997; Lewis, Shevlin, Lloyd, & Adamson, 1998). Two hundred and sixteen prisoners participated, from across all prisons in which Kainos ran. The Kainos program attracted prisoners who were already seeking spiritual sustenance. Religious prisoners held at normal, non-Kainos locations were less likely to retain their beliefs. There are implications for how the Prison Service could better sustain spirituality among the imprisoned
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled keywords: | religious orientation; prisons and religion; prisoners' faith |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
| Depositing User: | Jane Griffiths |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Apr 2009 10:28 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Apr 2009 10:28 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/14700 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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