TY - JOUR
T1 - Disentangling the effects of correctional education
T2 - Are current policies misguided? An event history analysis
AU - Batiuk, Mary Ellen
AU - Lahm, Karen F.
AU - McKeever, Matthew
AU - Wilcox, Norma
AU - Wilcox, Pamela
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to extend our appreciation to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction for granting us access to its inmate database in order to conduct this research. In particular, we would like to thank Pat McLaughlin and Lee Norton without whose assistance the study would not have been possible. This research was funded by a College of Liberal Arts Faculty Development Grant at Wright State University and a grant from the Ohio Penal Education Consortium.
PY - 2005/2
Y1 - 2005/2
N2 - 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 programs is misguided.
AB - 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 programs is misguided.
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U2 - 10.1177/1466802505050979
DO - 10.1177/1466802505050979
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:23444443819
VL - 5
SP - 55
EP - 74
JO - Criminology and Criminal Justice
JF - Criminology and Criminal Justice
SN - 1748-8966
IS - 1
ER -