LEADER 03774nam 22004935 450 001 9910253347703321 005 20251030102055.0 010 $a9781137564696 010 $a1137564695 024 7 $a10.1057/978-1-137-56469-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000777388 035 $a(EBL)4716725 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-56469-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4716725 035 $a(Perlego)3490153 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000777388 100 $a20160805d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPrison Vocational Education and Policy in the United States $eA Critical Perspective on Evidence-Based Reform /$fby Andrew J Dick, William Rich, Tony Waters 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aNew York :$cPalgrave Macmillan US :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781137564689 311 08$a1137564687 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface: A Study of Vocational Education in California Prisons -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- SECTION I -- 1. Structure and Thesis of the Book -- 2. Applied Research in California's Prisons -- 3. Prison Logic Meets Educational Research Logic: The Undiscussables of Evidence-Based Decision Making -- SECTION II- The Report -- 4. Vignette: Could the Prisoner be My Son? -- 5. Report: Vocational Education in California Prisons: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Twelve Courses.-6. Literature Review.-7. Vignette: Sunglasses.-8. Vignette: Greenhouses -- 9. Report: Methods -- 10. Report: Results and Research Questions -- 11. Vignette: Shifting Bureaucratic Sands and Work Stoppages -- 12. Vignette: I?m All Good -- 13. Report: Discussion -- 14. Vignette: Educators Only Whisper in a Custody World -- 15. Recommendations and Conclusion -- 16. Vignette: Denial of Love and The Birds of Prison -- 17. Life Without Parole and ?Could be Worse? -- SECTION III -- 18. Evidence Based Decision Making and the Rise and Fall of Rehabilitation in California?s Prisons 2005-2012 -- References. . 330 $aThis book explores California?s prison system in the context of vocational education reform. For prisons in the early twenty-first century, ideologies of evidence-based management meant that reform efforts to change the purpose of prisons from punishment to rehabilitation through vocational education required ?evidence? to justify policy prescriptions. Yet who determines what constitutes evidence? In political environments, solutions are typically pre-conceived, which means that the nature of the evidence collected is also preconceived. As a result, key assumptions about outcomes are often wished away to show improvement and be accountable. Through a detailed analysis interspersed with stories from the authors? experiences ?behind the wall? among California?s prison population, the authors challenge the nature of evidence-based research as used in the prison environment. In the process they describe the thorny problems facing reformers. 606 $aEducation and state 606 $aEducation Policy 615 0$aEducation and state. 615 14$aEducation Policy. 676 $a365.7 700 $aDick$b Andrew J$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01064889 702 $aRich$b William$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aWaters$b Tony$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910253347703321 996 $aPrison Vocational Education and Policy in the United States$92541360 997 $aUNINA