"Can religious programs change prison environments? Pepperdine studies Parchman for
answers"
Beveridge, L. (2024). Can religious programs change prison environments? Pepperdine
studies Parchman for answers. Clarion Ledger, https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2024/04/21/pepperdine-studies-parchman-faith-based-programs/73259135007.
"Religion and accountability for restorative offender rehabilitation"
Jang, S.J. (2024). Religion and accountability for restorative offender rehabilitation.
Open Access Government, April 2024, 342-343. https://doi.org/10.56367/OAG-042-10816.
"Assessing the role of religion in restorative justice approaches to crime"
Johnson, B.R., & Jang, S.J. (2024). Assessing the role of religion in restorative
justice approaches to crime. Open Access Government, eBook., https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=09e9d37a-4ec6-4a9a-bafb-57cebf8f402c.
"Offender-led religious movements: Why we should have faith in prisoner-led reform"
Johnson, B.R., & Jang, S.J. (2024). Offender-led religious movements: Why we should
have faith in prisoner-led reform. Open Access Government, January 2024, 326-327.
https://doi.org/10.56367/OAG-041-11349.
"What Do Correctional Leaders Think About Faith-Based Programs? Results From a National
Survey"
Duwe, G., Johnson, B. R., & Hallett, M. (2023). What Do Correctional Leaders Think
About Faith-Based Programs? Results From a National Survey. The Prison Journal, 103(6),
707-727. https://doi.org/10.1177/00328855231208001
"Beyond a single story: The hetrogeneity of human flourishing in 22 countries"
Case, B., Counted, V., Ritchie-Dunham, J., Cowden, R., Gibson, C. Koga, H., Lomas,
T., & Padgett, N. (2023). Beyond a single story: The hetrogeneity of human flourishing
in 22 countries. International Journal of Wellbeing, 13(4), 3555, 1-35. https://doi.org/10.5502/ijw.v13i4.3555
"The relevance of human flourishing to offender rehabilitation"
Jang, S.J., & Johnson, B.R. (2023). The relevance of human flourishing to offender
rehabilitation. Open Access Government, October 2023, 352-353. https://doi.org/10.56367/OAG-040-10816.
"Religion promotes prisoner well-being"
Jang, S.J., & Johnson, B.R. (2023). Religion promotes prisoner well-being. Open Access
Government, https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/religion-promotes-prisoner-well-being/169880.
"Virtuous effects of religion on negative emotions among offenders in a Colombian
prison"
Jang, S.J., & Johnson, B.R., & Anderson, M.L. (2023). Virtuous effects of religion
on negative emotions among offenders in a Colombian prison, Journal of Crime and Justice,
https://doi.org/10.1080/0735648X.2023.2249439
The Spirituality of Carceral Citizenship: "Making Your Test Your Testimony"
Video Abstract in Symbolic Interaction
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Testimony”. Symbolic Interaction, 46: 473-494. https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.669
"A new strategy for failing prisons: hiring former inmates"
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"Why correctional agencies should consider the religion of the incarcerated in the
effectiveness of their programs"
Duwe, G, & Johnson, B.R. (2023). Why correctional agencies should consider the religion
of the incarcerated in the effectiveness of their programs. The London School of Economics and Political Science, https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2023/05/25/why-correctional-agencies-should-consider-the-religion-of-the-incarcerated-in-the-effectiveness-of-their-programs.
"New Insights for 'What Works'? Religiosity and the Risk-Needs-Responsivity Model"
Duwe, G., & Johnson, B. R. (2023). New Insights for “What Works”? Religiosity and
the Risk-Needs-Responsivity Model. Crime & Delinquency, https://doi.org/10.1177/00111287231160736
"Religion and Rehabilitation in Colombian and South African Prisons: A Human Flourishing
Approach"
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in Colombian and South African Prisons: A Human Flourishing Approach. International
Criminal Justice Review, 33(3), 225-252. https://doi.org/10.1177/10575677221123249
Why Should Our Leaders Care About Human Flourishing?
Faith and Law | 15 December 2023 | Washington, D.C.
As a leader of the largest ever global study on human flourishing (results due in
2024), Dr. Byron Johnson (Pepperdine/Baylor) will help us understand why a "focus
on flourishing" is important for all policymakers whatever their political party.
In conversation with Pepperdine School of Public Policy Dean Pete Peterson, Johnson
will go beyond the theoretical to reveal what the latest data are telling us about
the importance of faith in promoting healthy societies, and how policy decisions can
either inhibit or promote human flourishing.
Human Flourishing and Justice: Offender Rehabilitation and Restorative Prisons
Pepperdine University | 26 October 2023 | Malibu, CA
Watch the Symposium now, or learn more on PFI's event page.
This first-of-its-kind, multiyear study in Colombia’s prison system measures the efficacy
of international prison programs in offender rehabilitation, recidivism reduction,
and general correctional reform. Led by Pepperdine University and Prison Fellowship International (PFI), in partnership with the National Penitentiary and Prison Institute of Colombia (INPEC) and Prison Fellowship Colombia (PFC), the research study partnership findings will be applied to identify best practices
that drive meaningful change in the lives of prisoners and their families around the
world. This unique endeavor will also position the Colombian government as a global
leader in restorative programs.
Panelists:
- Jim Gash, President, Pepperdine University and co-executive director of the Center
for Faith and the Common Good
- Andy Corley, president and CEO of Prison Fellowship International
- Byron Johnson, co-executive director of the Center for Faith and the Common Good
- Sung Joon Jang, visiting scholar at the School of Public Policy and research professor
of criminology and co-director of the Program on Prosocial Behavior at Baylor University
- Lorena Ríos Cuéllar, member of the Senate of Colombia
- Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Fernando Gutiérrez Rojas, general director of INPEC
- Lácides Hernández, executive director of Prison Fellowship Colombia
- Cameron McCollum (JD ’17), director of the Pepperdine Caruso School of Law Sudreau Global Justice Institute and administrative director of the Center for Faith and the Common Good
The Impact of Faith on Human Flourishing and the Common Good: A Conversation with
Byron Johnson
Pepperdine University | 10 March 2022 | Malibu, CA
Byron Johnson, Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences at Baylor University,
led the second installment of the President’s Speaker Series with a discussion on
the impact of faith on human flourishing and the potential for religion to facilitate
and contribute to the common good of all humanity.
Watch now