Showing Up: The Gendered Effects of Social Engagement on Educational Participation in U.S. Correctional Facilities

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The United States is home to the world’s largest correctional system where the majority of released ex-convicts reoffend. Consequently, accessing successful methods of reducing recidivism has become tantamount, with education as the most powerful predictor of decreased recidivism. This research foun...

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1. VerfasserIn: Tietjen, Grant E. (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Garneau, Christopher R. H. ; Horowitz, Veronica ; Noel, Harmoni Joie
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2018
In: The prison journal
Jahr: 2018, Band: 98, Heft: 3, Seiten: 359-381
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Education
Gender
Incarceration
Social Capital
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Zusammenfassung:The United States is home to the world’s largest correctional system where the majority of released ex-convicts reoffend. Consequently, accessing successful methods of reducing recidivism has become tantamount, with education as the most powerful predictor of decreased recidivism. This research found gendered differences in educational program usage based on group membership. Participation in prison parenting groups was found to be a greater predictor of college and vocational educational program usage for women than for men. For male inmates, membership in any type of organized group activity was found to predict greater educational program usage in college and vocational education programs.
ISSN:1552-7522
DOI:10.1177/0032885518764921