Skip to search
Skip to main content
Catalog
Help
Feedback
Your Account
Library Account
Bookmarks
(
0
)
Search History
Search in
Keyword
Title (keyword)
Author (keyword)
Subject (keyword)
Title starts with
Subject (browse)
Author (browse)
Author (sorted by title)
Call number (browse)
search for
Search
Advanced Search
Bookmarks
(
0
)
Princeton University Library Catalog
Start over
Cite
Send
to
SMS
Email
EndNote
RefWorks
RIS
Printer
Bookmark
Light through the bars / Fr Babychan Arackathara with Helen Moffett and David Le Page.
Author
Arackathara, Babychan
[Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Kenilworth, South Africa : Mercury, 2019.
[Johannesburg, South Africa] : Jacana Media, [2019]
[Cape Town, South Africa] : ABC Press, [2019]
©2019
Description
215 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), 21 cm
Availability
Copies in the Library
Location
Call Number
Status
Location Service
Notes
ReCAP - Remote Storage
HV9275.S6 A73 2019
Browse related items
Request
Details
Subject(s)
Criminals
—
Rehabilitation
—
South Africa
[Browse]
Church work with prisoners
—
South Africa
[Browse]
Recidivism
—
South Africa
[Browse]
Prisoners
—
South Africa
—
Conduct of life
[Browse]
Pre-release programs for prisoners
—
South Africa
[Browse]
Restorative justice
—
South Africa
—
Religious aspects
[Browse]
Author
Moffett, Helen
[Browse]
Le Page, David (Writer)
[Browse]
Summary note
"Lock them up and throw away the key!" is a cry we hear often in South Africa today. But this simplistic solution to crime simply isn't working. As Father Babychan Arackathara, a Catholic chaplain to some of the Western Cape's most notorious prisons, shows in this compassionate reflection on his work, even criminals have stories, and crime invariably has roots. He listens to those stories and untangles those roots on our behalf, sharing insights into the brokenness of our society and communities - and offering real, workable suggestions for fixing them. Can we move to the ideal of hating the crime, but loving the criminal? What must we do to see that offenders are themselves victims and to engage them constructively? How do we break the cycles of addiction, trauma and crime to reach for reconciliation and transformation?"--Back cover."
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-211).
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Family matters : understanding the importance of social context, in particular the importance of family
Chapter 2: Despair vs Hope : defining prison as either a place of self-destruction or of self-discover and rehabilitation
Chapter 3: The right path : assisting prisoners on their journey of rehabilitation with spiritual care and support
Chapter 4: Restorative over retribution : the role of restorative justice in repairing relationships destroyed by crime and stemming the rate of recidivism
Chapter 5: Second chances : taking the difficult step to re-enter society and regain credibility in the community
Chapter 6: Taking action : in search of effective responses to crime : lesson learnt and recommendations
Conclusions : the next steps.
Show 5 more Contents items
Subtitle from cover
understanding and rethinking South Africa's prisons
ISBN
9781928230687 ((paperback))
1928230687 ((paperback))
LCCN
2019448250
OCLC
1109843216
Statement on language in description
Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage.
Read more...
Other views
Staff view
Ask a Question
Suggest a Correction
Report Harmful Language
Supplementary Information
Other versions
Light through the bars / Fr Babychan Arackathara with Helen Moffett and David Le Page.
id
SCSB-13560908