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

• Autore: Contardo Jeanne Bayer <1978->
• Pubblicazione: El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (220 p.)
• Disciplina: 378/.1982692709745
• Soggetto topico: Prisoners - Education (Higher) - United States; Education, Higher - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Providing college to prison inmates
• ISBN: 1-59332-562-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456703503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)