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Dr. Andrew Skotnicki
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Education:
- B.A., Marquette University
- M.A. Washington Theological Union
- Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union
Research and Scholarly Interests:
Primary research is in the theological and moral foundations of criminal
justice. General interests are in the areas of Christian Social Ethics and the Sociology of Religion.
Publications:
Books:
2007 Criminal Justice and the Catholic Church (Lanham MD: Sheed & Ward)
2000 Religion and the Development of the American Penal System (Lanham MD: University Press of America)
Chapters in edited volumes:
2002 "Evaluating Religious Initiatives in a Correctional Settings: Do Inmates Speak?" in T.P. O'Connor and N.J. Palone, eds. Religion, the Community, and the Rehabilitation of Criminal Offenders (New York: Haworth Press)
2000 "The True and Only Discourse" in Assessment to Assistance: Programs for Women in Community Corrections
(Lanham MD: American Correctional Association)
Articles:
2006 "How Is Justice Restored?" Studies in Christian Ethics 19.2
2006 "God's Prisoners: Penal Confirement and the Creation of Purgatory." Modern Theology 22:1
2004 "Foundations Once Destroyed: The Catholic Church and Criminal Justice." Theological Studies (Volume 65, No. 4)
2004 "The Prison Chaplain and the Mission of the Church" New Theology Review (Volume 17, No. 2)
2003 "Contemplation and Criminal Justice" Studies in Spirituality (Volume 13)
2002 "The U.S. Catholic Bishops on Crime and Criminal Justice" Josephenum Journal of Theology (Volume 9, No. 1)
2002 "Do Inmates Speak?" Journal of Offender Rehabilitation (Volume 34, Nos. 3-4)
2001 "Inner City Poverty and the Ethic of Accompaniment" Louvain Studies (Volume 26, No. 1)
2001 "Crime, Conscience and Inner City Ethics" Josephenum Journal of Theology (Volume 8, No. 2)
1999 "Continuity and Change in the Pursuit of Criminal Justice" The ICCA Journal on Community Corrections (Volume 9, No. 1)
1998 "The U.S. Catholic Church and Criminal Justice" New Theology Review (Volume 11, No. 1)
1996 "Religion and Rehabilitation" Criminal Justice Ethics (Volume 15, No. 2)
1995 "Religion and Community Corrections" The IARCA Journal (Volume VI, No. 6)
Other Publications:
2008 Book Review of Terry L. Leap, “Dishonest Dollars: The Dynamics of White Collar Crime; Markets and Morality (Volume II, No.1)
2002 Book Review of Charles E. Curran, "Catholic Social Teaching 1891-Present"
National Catholic Reporter (Volume 38, no. 13)
2002 Book Review of Mark Lewis Taylor, "The Executed God: The Way of the Cross in Lockdown America"
New Theology Review (Volume 15, no. 3)
2002 Book Review of Michael E. Budde and Robert W. Brainlow, eds. "The Church as Counterculture"
New Theology Review (Volume 15, no. 2)
2003 Book Review of T. Richard Snyder "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Punishment"
New Theology Review (Volume 16, No. 1)
1995 "Another Night in Paradise"
Harvest (Volume 28, No. 1)
Courses Taught/Teaching:
- RELS 110: Nature and Experience of Religion
- RELS 400: Special Topics: Ethics and the Workplace
- RELS 432: Contemporary Christian Ethics
- RELS 440: American Christian Social Ethics
- RELS 470: Religion and Criminal Justice
Contact Information:
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