Andrew Skotnicki: 2 books
Conversion and the Rehabilitation of the Penal System
A Theological Rereading of Criminal Justice
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
The Cincinnati Penal Congress of 1870 ushered in the era of "progressive" penology: the use of statistical and social scientific methodologies, commitment to psychiatric and therapeutic interventions, and a new innovation--the reformatory--as the locus for the application of these initiatives. The...
The Last Judgment
Christian Ethics in a Legal Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
In a culture obsessed with law, judgment, and violence, this book challenges Christians to remember that Jesus urged his followers to judge no one, bring harm upon no one, and follow no law save the law of altruistic love. It traces Christian history first to show that Christians of an earlier age...