@article{727610,
      recid = {727610},
      author = {Becci, Irene, and Roy, Olivier,},
      title = {Religious diversity in European prisons challenges and  implications for rehabilitation / [electronic resource] :},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {This book examines how prisons meet challenges of  religious diversity, in an era of increasing  multiculturalism and globalization. Social scientists  studying corrections have noted the important role that  religious or spiritual practice can have on rehabilitation.  In the past, the historical figure of the prison chaplain  operated primarily in a Christian context, following  primarily a Christian model. Increasingly, prison  populations (inmates as well as employees) display  diversity in their ethnic, cultural, religious and  geographic backgrounds. As public institutions, prisons are  compelled to uphold the human rights of their inmates,  including religious freedom. Prisons face challenges in  approaching religious plurality and secularism, and  maintaining prisoners' legal rights to religious freedom.  The contributions to this work present case studies that  examine how prisons throughout Europe have approached  challenges of religious diversity. Featuring contributions  from the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, The  Netherlands, Belgium and Spain, this interdisciplinary  volume includes contributions from social and political  scientists, religion scholars and philosophers examining  the role of religion and religious diversity in prison  rehabilitation. It will be of interest to researchers in  Criminology and Criminal Justice, Social and Political  Science, Human Rights, Public Policy, and Religious  Studies.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/727610},
}