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Faith-Based Corrections and Reentry Programs: Advancing a Conceptual Framework for Research and Evaluation
Faith-Based Corrections and Reentry Programs: Advancing a Conceptual Framework for Research and Evaluation
Publication year:
2011
| Cataloged on:
Mar. 16, 2012
ANNOTATION: Answers to questions regarding what a faith-based program is and how “faith” operates in that program are sought. This report is useful to those individuals tasked with classifying a program as faith-based and eventually evaluating that program. Findings are given for: description of the sample--respondent and program backgrounds; program operations--target population, caseload characteristics, eligibility criteria, and referral sources; operational capacity—staffing and funding; and faith and spirituality in programming and activities—activities, program identify, mission and operation, and outcomes. Faith-based (a label used more often by the three Abrahamic faiths—Christian, Jewish, and Islamic) and spiritually-based (used most often by non-Abrahamic faiths) programs “are differentiated by the manner and degree to which faith and spirituality intersects around four dimensions: program identity; religious activities; staff and volunteers; and key outcomes” (p. iii).
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