RT Article
T1 The Disconnect Between Education and Social Opportunity for the Formerly Incarcerated
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 38
IS 3
SP 457
OP 479
A1 Pryor, Marie
A2 Thompkins, Douglas E.
LA English
YR 2013
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764200241
AB This article aims to identify barriers associated with correctional education’s ability to produce social opportunity for the formerly incarcerated. This qualitative review of data collected in the Midwestern and Northeastern parts of the United States serves to better inform the literature surrounding correctional education, as to its positive and negative attributes, and sheds light on areas in which systematic improvements can be made. The goal of these independent but related studies is to investigate correctional education’s role in the outcomes of reentry experiences of former prisoners with emphasis on employment and educational opportunities, including the effects of race on prisoner and staff attitudes toward correctional education. This article serves to inform policy and future research in regards to correctional education, mainly in its uses, implementations, and outcomes.
K1 Social Capital
K1 Education
K1 Employment
K1 Formerly incarcerated
K1 Race
K1 Correctional education
DO 10.1007/s12103-012-9184-0