ROLE OF THE CHURCH IN PREVENTING CRIME AND DELINQUENCY

• NCJ Number: 5821
• Journal: Federal Probation Volume: 32 Issue: 4 Dated: (DECEMBER 1968) Pages: 50-54
• Author(s): J B HISSONG
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: Administrative Office of the United States Courts
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

CRITICISM OF THE CHURCH FOR ITS LACK OF SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND RESPONSIBILITY.

Abstract

BY FLEEING TO SURBURBIA, THE CHURCH IS ACCUSED OF FOSTERING ITS OWN ISOLATION AND ENCOURAGING DE FACTO SEGREGATION. CHURCH PROGRAMS ARE CHARACTERIZED AS BEING UNIMAGINATIVE AND IRRELEVANT TO THE NEEDS OF BLACKS AND OTHER MINORITIES. NEVERTHELESS, THE CHURCH IS REGARDED AS PLAYING A POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN CRIME AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION. ACTIONS, WHICH A CHURCH COULD ADOPT TO ACCEPT THIS ROLE, ARE SUGGESTED.