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- Title
Inmates, Education, and the Public Good: Deploying Catholic Social Thought to Deconstruct the Us-Versus-Them Dichotomy.
- Authors
Dillard, Peter S.; Nielsen, Cynthia R.
- Abstract
The article discusses a research concerning the practice of mass incarceration in debates for political and public policy. It states the significance of solidarity and common good participation, dignity of all laborers and sensitivity to the needs of the poor. An overview on the perspective of Catholic social thought and tradition (CSTT) as well as key principles of Catholic Social Teaching, is provided.
- Subjects
MASS incarceration; GOVERNMENT policy -- Social aspects; CATHOLIC Christian sociology; CATHOLIC Church; SOCIAL theory; COMMON good
- Publication
Heythrop Journal, 2015, Vol 56, Issue 5, p769
- ISSN
0018-1196
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/heyj.12167