College for convicts: the case for higher education in American prisons

Why do we care? -- A historical perspective on prison education -- Prison education today : a reality check -- Barriers to betterment : roadblocks in the cell block -- Oases in the desert -- Options for distance learning -- Too late, too old? -- No guts, no gain -- What the world knows -- Thinking i...

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Main Author: Zoukis, Christopher (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, NC McFarland 2014
In:Year: 2014
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
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