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This book explores the role of religion and faith in understanding crime and responses to crime. Religion and faith have been instrumental in the defining of individuals as deviants and/or criminals, the creation and development of legal systems, providing a rationale for penal philosophies and justifying mistreatment or violence. The range of actors and agencies involved, both with a religious or (as is often the case) an anti-religious agenda make this a complex area to consider, but nevertheless, a vital one when examining issues of crime and criminal justice in postmodern twenty-first century. Religion and matters of faith are still as potent a force in shaping social behaviour and interactions in the contemporary world.
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Sadique, K., Stanislas, P. (2016). Introduction: Religion, Faith and Crime in Context. In: Sadique, K., Stanislas, P. (eds) Religion, Faith and Crime. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-45620-5_1
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