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Book SynopsisAt a time when criminal justice systems appear to be in a permanent state of crisis, leading scholars from criminology and theology come together to challenge criminal justice orthodoxy by questioning the dominance of retributive punishment. This timely and unique contribution considers alternatives that draw on Christian ideas of hope, mercy and restoration. Promoting cross-disciplinary learning, the book will be of interest to academics and students of criminology, socio-legal studies, legal philosophy, public theology and religious studies, as well as practitioners and policy makers.
Table of ContentsForeword ~ Shadd Maruna Introduction: Public Criminology Meets Public Theology ~ Andrew Millie PART I A Place for Hope: Criminology Meets Public Theology Criminal Justice and the Ethics of Jesus ~ Anthony Bottoms Three Intersections in Criminology and Public Theology ~ Jonathan Burnside St Paul among the Criminologists ~ Aaron Pycroft Interpreting the Cross: Religion, Structures of Feeling, and Penal Theory and Practice ~ Tim Gorringe Sin, Shame and Atonement: A Challenge for Secular Redemption ~ Christopher D. Marshall Criminology, Public Theology and Hope ~ Andrew Millie PART II Criminal Justice, Mercy and Restoration Mercy Triumphs over Judgement: Intrusive or Enabling Mercy? ~ Richard Bourne The ‘Quality of Mercy’ in Probation Practice ~ Lol Burke Loving the Neighbourhood, Loving Enemies: Towards a Theology for (and from) Policing ~ Alistair McFadyen Persecuting the Prophets: Inequality, Insanity and Incarceration ~ Andrew Skotnicki The Ins and Outs of Signals of Forgiveness in Restorative Justice ~ Joanna Shapland The Restorative Gaze ~ Eric Stoddart Conclusions ~ Andrew Millie
