Education-based incarceration and recidivism : the ultimate social justice crime-fighting tool

Education-Based Incarceration and Recidivism: The Ultimate Social Justice Crime Fighting Tool takes a penetrating look at the needs and challenges of society's disenfranchised jail populations. It is incumbent to encourage public awareness of the causes that underlie the destructive cycles plag...

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Other Authors Fitch, Brian D. (Editor), Normore, Anthony H. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2012.
SeriesEducational leadership for social justice.
Subjects
Recidivism > Prevention.
Social justice.
Social Science > Penology.
Penology and punishment.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806615674
DOI10.1108/978-1-61735-712-1
Physical Description1 online resource (xvii, 216 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Series editor preface / Jeffrey S. Brooks, Prologue, Brian D. Fitch and Anthony H. Normore
  • Foreword / Leroy D. Baca
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I. The culture and politics of corrections: A social justice phemonenon
  • Chapter 1. A review of evidence: The case for evidence-based incarceration / Brian D. Fitch and Rakel Delevi
  • Chapter 2. History and politics of correctional education / Amy Widestrom, David R. Werner, and Sylvester "Bud" Pues
  • Chapter 3. Assessing educational need to individualize learning in an incarcerated setting / Brian Mattson, M. C. Esposito, and Carolyn Eggleston
  • Part II. The human side of education-based incarceration: Understanding recidivism
  • Chapter 4. Prison education: The inmate as student / David R. Werner, Amy Widestrom, and Sylvester "Bud" Pues
  • Chapter 5. Impact of correctional staff attitudes on inmate education / Raquel Warley
  • Chapter 6. Disruptive innovation: The role of technology in advancing educational achievement among inmate populations / Brian D. Fitch, Brian Mattson, and Jeff Mulhaussen
  • Chapter 7. The reentry process--linking inmates to community services: Parallels to the transition of youth with disabilities to a quality adult life / Jessica Nolan Daugherty, Laura S. Abrams, and Gary Greene
  • Part III. Promising and proven best practice: Global perspectives
  • Chapter 8. Maximizing benefits of correctional educational programs: Best practices / M. C. Esposito, Anthony H. Normore, and Arthur A. Jones
  • Chapter 9. International and comparative survey of best practices in correctional education / Arthur A. Jones, Richard Gordon, and Richard Haesly
  • Chapter 10. Teaching strategies and practices for correctional education / Sara A.M. Silva, Kimberly B. Hughes, Selene Kurland, June Kizu, and Sylvester "Bud" Pues
  • Part IV. Implications for the future of correctional education
  • Chapter 11. Summary, conclusions, and recommendations / Anthony H. Normore, Brian D. Fitch, and Sarah Camp
  • About the authors.

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