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“Prison Scandal: Bad Apples or Bad Policy?”

Read a May 14, 2004, article by Robert Parham in EthicsDaily.com, a publication of the Baptist Center for Ethics. It examines the “bad apples” explanation of the Abu Ghraib abuses in a Christian religious context.

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Susan Grettenberger

Susan Grettenberger is social work program director at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Mich. She has done research for the Aspen Institute on the involvement of religious groups in providing social services. She also has done research for the for The Roundtable on Religion & Social Welfare Policy comparing secular and faith-based providers of […]

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“The Schlesinger Report”

Read the official Defense Department report on the Abu Ghraib abuses, published in August 2004, particularly Appendix G on the social psychology of abusive behavior and the predictability of abuse in the right social circumstance.

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Diane Nilan

Diane Nilan of Naperville, Ill., is a former shelter director who founded the nonprofit group Hear Us, to allow the voices of homeless children and youth to be heard. In 2005, Nilan sold her home and set off across the country to interview more than 70 homeless children and teenagers in 16 states, mostly in […]

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JoCo IHN

JoCo IHN (formerly Johnson County Interfaith Hospitality Network) is a nonprofit coalition of congregations in Johnson County, Kansas, that provides services to homeless families.

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