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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781346903321

Autore

Contardo Jeanne Bayer <1978->

Titolo

Providing college to prison inmates [[electronic resource] /] / Jeanne Bayer Contardo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2010

ISBN

1-59332-562-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Disciplina

378/.1982692709745

Soggetti

Prisoners - Education (Higher) - United States

Education, Higher - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; List of Tables; List of Figures; Chapter 1: The Challenge of Educating Prison Inmates in theUnited States; Chapter 2: The Prison Education Context; Chapter 3: Research Strategy; Chapter 4: Expanding College Access for Inmates; Chapter 5: North Carolina's Strategy to Educate Inmates; Chapter 6: Using Theory to Understand CorrectionalEducation; Chapter 7: Conclusions, Implications, andRecommendations; Appendices; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

College for inmates represents a particularly cost-effective strategy that, while not always politically popular, can prevent states from wasting substantial tax revenue on the cycle of catch and release called recidivism. Contardo examines North Carolina's pragmatic postsecondary correctional education partnership between the Department of Correction and the Community College System. Participants call this 20-year-old arrangement a "win-win" and believe that inmate participation in such programs decreases inmate idleness, improves behavior while incarcerated, and helps former prisoners find e