Sexual Crime, Religion and Spirituality

Belinda Winder is Professor of Forensic Psychology and Head of the Sexual Offences, Crime and Misconduct Research Unit at Nottingham Trent University, UK. She is a Co-founder and Trustee of the Safer Living Foundation charity. Nicholas Blagden is Associate Professor and co-leads the Sexual Offences, Crime and Misconduct Research Unit at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He is a Co-founder and Trustee of the Safer Living Foundation charity.Kerensa Hocken is a registered Forensic Psychologist at HMPPS Whatton, UK. She has oversight for the assessment and treatment of people in prison for sexual offending in the Midlands region. Helen Elliott is Lecturer in Counselling at Bishop Grosseteste University, UK. She has a background in Forensic Psychology and is a trainee Integrative Psychotherapist. Rebecca Lievesley is Lecturer in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University and has conducted research within the criminal justice system for many years. She is a trustee of the Safer Living Foundation.Phil Banyard is Head of the Psychology Department at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He is a recipient of the British Psychological Society’s Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology Education.

• Foreword; Holli Emore.- Chapter 1: Religion and the Criminal Justice System (CJS) – A Socio-Historical Overview; David Kirk Beedon.- Chapter 2: The Voice of Chaplaincy; Kevin Shaw.- Chapter 3: The Voice of a Buddhist Chaplain; Keith Commons.- Chapter 4: How might faith communities promote desistance from sexual crime? An exploration of theory; Stephanie Kewley.- Chapter 5: Understanding the experiences of religious perpetrators of sexual abuse; Daniel Micklethwaite, Nicholas Blagden & Belinda Winde.- Chapter 6: Religiously-Responsive Treatment for People Convicted of Sexual Offences; Craig A. Harper, Chris Wilson, Kerensa Hocken, Tariq Awan & Rebecca Lievesley.- Chapter 7: The voice of the service user: experiences of religion and desistance; Kerensa Hocken and Service Users.- Chapter 8: Religious victims of sexual abuse; Lisa Rudolfsson.- Chapter 9: Conclusion; Jo Honour.