02424nam 2200529 a 450 991079026160332120230801223244.01-59332-529-0(CKB)2670000000187643(EBL)1057879(OCoLC)787842795(SSID)ssj0000623289(PQKBManifestationID)12263495(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000623289(PQKBWorkID)10648008(PQKB)10673644(MiAaPQ)EBC1057879(Au-PeEL)EBL1057879(CaPaEBR)ebr10525667(EXLCZ)99267000000018764320111121d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPrisoner education debates in Congress[electronic resource] elite discourse and policymaking /Mark Tim YatesEl Paso LFB Scholarly Pub.c20121 online resource (205 p.)Criminal justice : recent scholarshipDescription based upon print version of record.1-59332-490-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Prison system in perspective -- Prisoner education -- Research lens -- The pell grant debates -- The second chance act debates -- Insights and implications -- References -- Index.Yates examines the role of congressional debates in generating support for current prisoner education policy. He explores the 1994 Crime Bill and 2008 Second Chance Act debate transcripts to discover political stakeholders' attempts to influence and maintain social policy through the creation of legitimizing myths. These include the idea that prisoners are hopelessly flawed or that they have potential only as human capital in the marketplace. Education, when available, is often limited, narrow, and vocational. Counter-hegemonic discourse is also described as well as alternative educational patCriminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)PrisonersEducationUnited StatesPrisonersEducation365/.6660973Yates Mark Tim1969-1562632MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790261603321Prisoner education debates in Congress3830431UNINA