Resources for Criminal Justice and Law

Titles in Red are in the Eberly Library at Waynesburg College at the call number given.


Berman, H. Law and revolution: The formation of the western legal tradition. Boston: Harvard University Press, 1985.
        Library has ed. 1983  340.09 B516L

Carter, S. L. The culture of disbelief: How American law and politics trivialize religious devotion. New York: Basic Books, 1993.
        Library has ed. 1994  291.177 C325c

Colson, Charles & Daniel Van Ness.Convicted: New Hope for Ending America’s Crime Crisis. Crossroad, 1989. A very basic book on a Biblical alternative to typical criminal punishment,  called “restorative justice.” Includes very practical proposals.

Colson, Charles. Justice That Restores: why our justice system doesn't work and the only method of true reform. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2001. 364 C723j

Friedman, Daniel. To Kill and Take Possession: Law, Morality, and Society in Biblical Stories. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 2002. 823 A933zga 2002

Kowalski, Judith. To Serve and Protect. ACTA, 1997. An inspiring collection of testimonies on law enforcement officers reflecting  on their faith and work.

Lebacqz, K. Six theories of justice: Perspectives from philosophical and theological ethics. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1994.

Marshall, Christopher D. Beyond Retribution: A New Testament Vision for Justice, Crime, and Punishment. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2001.  364 M367b On Reserve

Marshall, P. Human rights theories in Christian perspective. Toronto: Institute for Christian Studies, 1983.

Smarto, D. A. Justice and mercy: A Christian solution to America's correctional crisis. Wheaton: Tyndale House, 1987.

Van Ness, D. W. Crime and its victims: What we can do. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1986.

Witte, J. The weightier matters of the law: Essays on law and religion. Decatur, GA: Scholars Press, 1988.

Annotations in this bibliography have been taken from the website for Hearts and Minds Books, a supplier of fine books for
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This bibliography contains resources that were originally as a resource of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities. It is used here with permission of the CCCU.  Modifications have been made to this document in the form of the addition of Eberly Library call numbers and the deletion of some titles. For the original document, visit www.cccu.org.