ABSTRACT

A large body of research examines the effects of religion and spirituality on criminality and recidivism in the United States. The goal of much of this work has been to determine the effectiveness of various rehabilitation models with a majority of studies focusing on male offenders’ experiences. There is a dearth of research exploring women and crime and even less examining the life experiences of women serving lengthy sentences. In this paper, we address this gap in the literature by exploring what is known about religion and spirituality among women serving lengthy sentences for violent offending.

中文翻译：

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沙漠中的溪流：用冗长的句子探讨被监禁妇女的宗教和灵修

摘要

大量研究检查了宗教和灵性对美国犯罪和累犯的影响。这项工作的大部分目标是确定各种康复模式的有效性，其中大部分研究都集中在男性罪犯的经历上。缺乏研究妇女和犯罪的研究，甚至很少研究长期服刑妇女的生活经历。在本文中，我们通过探索对因暴力罪名而服刑较长的妇女中的宗教和灵修知识，来解决文学中的这一空白。