Description: Islam in American Prisons : Black Muslims' Challenge to American Penology, Hardcover by Kusha, Hamid Reza, ISBN 1840147229, ISBN-13 9781840147223, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK Kusha (East Carolina U.) examines the rapid growth of Islam among African-Americans US prisons, arguing that it poses an epistemological and ideological challenge to American penal philosophy, which theoretically is structured on the ideal of rehabilitating offenders through penance and appropriate penal measures even as its dehumanizing practice and racial character undermine those ideals. Prison-bound conversion to Islam, particularly with regards to the Nation of Islam, which has achieved significant success due to its provision of an effective mechanism of protection for its converts and its promises of reintegration into its social and economic infrastructures following release, thus poses a counter-narrative of rehabilitation that resonates strongly among African Americans who have experienced the racist brutality of American penology. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Islam in American Prisons : Black Muslims' Challenge to American
Number of Pages: 230 Pages
Publication Name: Islam in American Prisons: Black Muslims' Challenge to American Penology
Language: English
Publisher: Taylor & Francis LTD
Item Height: 234 mm
Subject: Social Sciences, Criminology
Publication Year: 2009
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 544 g
Subject Area: Criminal Law, Social Organisations
Author: Hamid Reza Kusha
Item Width: 156 mm
Series: Law, Justice and Power
Format: Hardcover
