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Mary Ellen Batiuk - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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disentangling the effects of Correctional Education are current policies misguided an event history analysis
Criminal Justice, 2005Co-Authors: Mary Ellen Batiuk, Karen F Lahm, Matthew Mckeever, Norma Wilcox, Pamela WilcoxAbstract:Correctional policies, such as the elimination of Pell Grants to prisoners, often limit inmate Educational opportunities. Thus, examination of the possible negative consequences of such actions seems important. Though characterized by some inconsistency, previous research has suggested that post-secondary Education within prison has the beneficial effect of reducing recidivism. What is missing is an explicit comparison of the effects of different types of Correctional Education programs, with a specific focus on discerning the relative effects of college versus non-college Education. The present study addresses this issue through analysis of 972 Ohio inmates paroled or released from prison between 1989 and 1992. Our results suggest that college has a substantially stronger negative impact upon recidivism hazard rates than do other forms of Correctional Education (e.g. high school, GED, vocational Education) and imply that, perhaps, the current policy regarding post-secondary Correctional Education program...
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crime and rehabilitation Correctional Education as an agent of change a research note
Justice Quarterly, 1997Co-Authors: Mary Ellen Batiuk, Paul Moke, Pamela Wilcox RountreeAbstract:Offenders' access to instructional grants for postsecondary Education has come under attack in Congress and in state legislatures throughout the country. Policy makers demand empirical evidence that public support for Correctional Education will reduce recidivism. Using 10-year follow-up data and logistic regression techniques, we estimate the likelihood of recidivism among parolees from a close-security prison in Ohio who have varying levels of Education. We conclude that participation in a postsecondary Education program contributes to postrelease employment, which in turn explains a significant amount of variation in recidivism.
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Crime and rehabilitation: Correctional Education as an agent of change—A research note
Justice Quarterly, 1997Co-Authors: Mary Ellen Batiuk, Paul Moke, Pamela Wilcox RountreeAbstract:Offenders' access to instructional grants for postsecondary Education has come under attack in Congress and in state legislatures throughout the country. Policy makers demand empirical evidence that public support for Correctional Education will reduce recidivism. Using 10-year follow-up data and logistic regression techniques, we estimate the likelihood of recidivism among parolees from a close-security prison in Ohio who have varying levels of Education. We conclude that participation in a postsecondary Education program contributes to postrelease employment, which in turn explains a significant amount of variation in recidivism.
Pamela Wilcox Rountree - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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crime and rehabilitation Correctional Education as an agent of change a research note
Justice Quarterly, 1997Co-Authors: Mary Ellen Batiuk, Paul Moke, Pamela Wilcox RountreeAbstract:Offenders' access to instructional grants for postsecondary Education has come under attack in Congress and in state legislatures throughout the country. Policy makers demand empirical evidence that public support for Correctional Education will reduce recidivism. Using 10-year follow-up data and logistic regression techniques, we estimate the likelihood of recidivism among parolees from a close-security prison in Ohio who have varying levels of Education. We conclude that participation in a postsecondary Education program contributes to postrelease employment, which in turn explains a significant amount of variation in recidivism.
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Crime and rehabilitation: Correctional Education as an agent of change—A research note
Justice Quarterly, 1997Co-Authors: Mary Ellen Batiuk, Paul Moke, Pamela Wilcox RountreeAbstract:Offenders' access to instructional grants for postsecondary Education has come under attack in Congress and in state legislatures throughout the country. Policy makers demand empirical evidence that public support for Correctional Education will reduce recidivism. Using 10-year follow-up data and logistic regression techniques, we estimate the likelihood of recidivism among parolees from a close-security prison in Ohio who have varying levels of Education. We conclude that participation in a postsecondary Education program contributes to postrelease employment, which in turn explains a significant amount of variation in recidivism.
Robert Bozick - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Does providing inmates with Education improve postrelease outcomes? A meta-analysis of Correctional Education programs in the United States
Journal of Experimental Criminology, 2018Co-Authors: Robert Bozick, Jennifer Steele, Lois Davis, Susan TurnerAbstract:Objectives Our study addresses the question: Does providing inmates with Education while incarcerated reduce their chances of recidivism and improve their postrelease employment prospects? Methods We aggregated 37 years of research (1980–2017) on Correctional Education and applied meta-analytic techniques. As the basis for our meta-analysis, we identified a total of 57 studies that used recidivism as an outcome and 21 studies that used employment as an outcome. We then applied random-effects regression across the effect sizes abstracted from each of these studies. Findings When focusing on studies with the highest caliber research designs, we found that inmates participating in Correctional Education programs were 28% less likely to recidivate when compared with inmates who did not participate in Correctional Education programs. However, we found that inmates receiving Correctional Education were as likely to obtain postrelease employment as inmates not receiving Correctional Education. Conclusion Our meta-analysis demonstrates the value in providing inmates with Educational opportunities while they serve their sentences if the goal of the program is to reduce recidivism.
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Does providing inmates with Education improve postrelease outcomes? A meta-analysis of Correctional Education programs in the United States
Journal of Experimental Criminology, 2018Co-Authors: Robert Bozick, Lois M. Davis, Jennifer L. Steele, Susan TurnerAbstract:Our study addresses the question: Does providing inmates with Education while incarcerated reduce their chances of recidivism and improve their postrelease employment prospects? We aggregated 37 years of research (1980–2017) on Correctional Education and applied meta-analytic techniques. As the basis for our meta-analysis, we identified a total of 57 studies that used recidivism as an outcome and 21 studies that used employment as an outcome. We then applied random-effects regression across the effect sizes abstracted from each of these studies. When focusing on studies with the highest caliber research designs, we found that inmates participating in Correctional Education programs were 28% less likely to recidivate when compared with inmates who did not participate in Correctional Education programs. However, we found that inmates receiving Correctional Education were as likely to obtain postrelease employment as inmates not receiving Correctional Education. Our meta-analysis demonstrates the value in providing inmates with Educational opportunities while they serve their sentences if the goal of the program is to reduce recidivism.
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How Effective Is Correctional Education, and Where Do We Go from Here? The Results of a Comprehensive Evaluation
2014Co-Authors: Lois M. Davis, Jennifer L. Steele, Robert Bozick, Malcolm V. Williams, Susan Turner, Jeremy N. V. Miles, Jessica Saunders, Paul S. SteinbergAbstract:More than two million adults are incarcerated in US prisons, and each year more than 700,000 leave federal and state prisons and return to communities. Unfortunately, within three years, 40 per cent will be reincarcerated. One reason for this is that ex-offenders lack the knowledge, training, and skills to support a successful return to communities. Trying to reduce such high recidivism rates is partly why states devote resources to educating and training individuals in prison. This raises the question of how effective - and cost-effective - Correctional Education is - an even more salient question given the funding environment states face from the 2008 recession and its continuing aftermath. The RAND team conducted a systematic review of Correctional Education programs for incarcerated adults and juveniles. This included a meta-analysis on Correctional Education's effects on recidivism and post-release employment outcomes for incarcerated adults, as well as a synthesis of evidence on programs for juveniles. The study also included a nationwide survey of state Correctional Education directors to understand how Correctional Education is provided today and the recession's impact. The authors also compared the direct costs of Correctional Education with those of reincarceration to put the recidivism findings into a broader context.
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Correctional Education in the United States: How Effective Is It, and How Can We Move the Field Forward?
2014Co-Authors: Lois M. Davis, Jennifer L. Steele, Robert Bozick, Malcolm V. Williams, Susan Turner, Jeremy N. V. Miles, Jessica Saunders, Paul S. SteinbergAbstract:Assesses the effectiveness of Correctional Education for both incarcerated adults and juveniles, presents the results of a survey of U.S. state Correctional Education directors, and offers recommendations for improving Correctional Education.
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education: A Meta-Analysis of Programs That Provide Education to Incarcerated Adults
2013Co-Authors: Lois M. Davis, Jennifer L. Steele, Robert Bozick, Jessica Saunders, Jeremy N. V. MilesAbstract:After conducting a comprehensive literature search, the authors undertook a meta-analysis to examine the association between Correctional Education and reductions in recidivism, improvements in employment after release from prison, and learning in math and in reading. Their findings support the premise that receiving Correctional Education while incarcerated reduces an individual's risk of recidivating. They also found that those receiving Correctional Education had improved odds of obtaining employment after release. The authors also examined the benefits of computer-assisted learning and compared the costs of prison Education programs with the costs of reincarceration.
Pamela Wilcox - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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disentangling the effects of Correctional Education are current policies misguided an event history analysis
Criminal Justice, 2005Co-Authors: Mary Ellen Batiuk, Karen F Lahm, Matthew Mckeever, Norma Wilcox, Pamela WilcoxAbstract:Correctional policies, such as the elimination of Pell Grants to prisoners, often limit inmate Educational opportunities. Thus, examination of the possible negative consequences of such actions seems important. Though characterized by some inconsistency, previous research has suggested that post-secondary Education within prison has the beneficial effect of reducing recidivism. What is missing is an explicit comparison of the effects of different types of Correctional Education programs, with a specific focus on discerning the relative effects of college versus non-college Education. The present study addresses this issue through analysis of 972 Ohio inmates paroled or released from prison between 1989 and 1992. Our results suggest that college has a substantially stronger negative impact upon recidivism hazard rates than do other forms of Correctional Education (e.g. high school, GED, vocational Education) and imply that, perhaps, the current policy regarding post-secondary Correctional Education program...
Susan Turner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Does providing inmates with Education improve postrelease outcomes? A meta-analysis of Correctional Education programs in the United States
Journal of Experimental Criminology, 2018Co-Authors: Robert Bozick, Jennifer Steele, Lois Davis, Susan TurnerAbstract:Objectives Our study addresses the question: Does providing inmates with Education while incarcerated reduce their chances of recidivism and improve their postrelease employment prospects? Methods We aggregated 37 years of research (1980–2017) on Correctional Education and applied meta-analytic techniques. As the basis for our meta-analysis, we identified a total of 57 studies that used recidivism as an outcome and 21 studies that used employment as an outcome. We then applied random-effects regression across the effect sizes abstracted from each of these studies. Findings When focusing on studies with the highest caliber research designs, we found that inmates participating in Correctional Education programs were 28% less likely to recidivate when compared with inmates who did not participate in Correctional Education programs. However, we found that inmates receiving Correctional Education were as likely to obtain postrelease employment as inmates not receiving Correctional Education. Conclusion Our meta-analysis demonstrates the value in providing inmates with Educational opportunities while they serve their sentences if the goal of the program is to reduce recidivism.
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Does providing inmates with Education improve postrelease outcomes? A meta-analysis of Correctional Education programs in the United States
Journal of Experimental Criminology, 2018Co-Authors: Robert Bozick, Lois M. Davis, Jennifer L. Steele, Susan TurnerAbstract:Our study addresses the question: Does providing inmates with Education while incarcerated reduce their chances of recidivism and improve their postrelease employment prospects? We aggregated 37 years of research (1980–2017) on Correctional Education and applied meta-analytic techniques. As the basis for our meta-analysis, we identified a total of 57 studies that used recidivism as an outcome and 21 studies that used employment as an outcome. We then applied random-effects regression across the effect sizes abstracted from each of these studies. When focusing on studies with the highest caliber research designs, we found that inmates participating in Correctional Education programs were 28% less likely to recidivate when compared with inmates who did not participate in Correctional Education programs. However, we found that inmates receiving Correctional Education were as likely to obtain postrelease employment as inmates not receiving Correctional Education. Our meta-analysis demonstrates the value in providing inmates with Educational opportunities while they serve their sentences if the goal of the program is to reduce recidivism.
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How Effective Is Correctional Education, and Where Do We Go from Here? The Results of a Comprehensive Evaluation
2014Co-Authors: Lois M. Davis, Jennifer L. Steele, Robert Bozick, Malcolm V. Williams, Susan Turner, Jeremy N. V. Miles, Jessica Saunders, Paul S. SteinbergAbstract:More than two million adults are incarcerated in US prisons, and each year more than 700,000 leave federal and state prisons and return to communities. Unfortunately, within three years, 40 per cent will be reincarcerated. One reason for this is that ex-offenders lack the knowledge, training, and skills to support a successful return to communities. Trying to reduce such high recidivism rates is partly why states devote resources to educating and training individuals in prison. This raises the question of how effective - and cost-effective - Correctional Education is - an even more salient question given the funding environment states face from the 2008 recession and its continuing aftermath. The RAND team conducted a systematic review of Correctional Education programs for incarcerated adults and juveniles. This included a meta-analysis on Correctional Education's effects on recidivism and post-release employment outcomes for incarcerated adults, as well as a synthesis of evidence on programs for juveniles. The study also included a nationwide survey of state Correctional Education directors to understand how Correctional Education is provided today and the recession's impact. The authors also compared the direct costs of Correctional Education with those of reincarceration to put the recidivism findings into a broader context.
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Correctional Education in the United States: How Effective Is It, and How Can We Move the Field Forward?
2014Co-Authors: Lois M. Davis, Jennifer L. Steele, Robert Bozick, Malcolm V. Williams, Susan Turner, Jeremy N. V. Miles, Jessica Saunders, Paul S. SteinbergAbstract:Assesses the effectiveness of Correctional Education for both incarcerated adults and juveniles, presents the results of a survey of U.S. state Correctional Education directors, and offers recommendations for improving Correctional Education.
