1st Edition
Prison Education and Desistance Changing Perspectives
By Geraldine Cleere
Copyright 2021
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores prisoners’ experiences of prison education and investigates whether participation in prison education contributes to an offender’s ability to desist from crime and increases social capital levels.
While the link between prison education and reduced rates of recidivism is well established through research, far less is known about the relationship between prison education and... Read more
1.Introduction 2.Research Methods 3.Prison Education: Exploring the Concept 4.Prison Education: Motivations, Barriers and Experiences 5.Personal Change, Desistance and Prison Education 6.Structural Theories, Social Bonds and Prison Education 7.Social Capital, Prison Education and Desistance 8.Changing Perspectives on Prison Education and Desistance
Biography
Geraldine Cleere is a lecturer in Law and Criminology at Waterford Institute of Technology. She is an active member of various research groups and networks related to her research interests that include prison education, desistance, prison officer education and role development, social and prison-based capital and prison law.
