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Kalnoky, Boris – Western European Education, 1990
Describes the Hagen Open University in West Germany that enables men serving long jail sentences to study by correspondence courses. Interviews participating prisoners and those responsible for founding and running the program. (DB)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Continuing Education, Correctional Education, Correspondence Study
Download full textLenihan, Kenneth J. – 1977
This report describes an experiment carried out in Baltimore between 1971 and 1974 which was designed to determine, using 432 ex-prison inmates, whether small amounts of financial aid would reduce recidivism among high-risk offenders recently released from prison. The opening section outlines the rationale for financial aid, the research design,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Change, Case Studies, Experimental Programs
Bagley, Carole A.; Klassen, Daniel L. – Educational Technology, 1979
The introduction of computer assisted instruction (CAI) in correctional facilities in Minnesota is described. This experimental program indicated no increase in achievement or attitude attributable to CAI for the participants, but that computers are useful in motivating students, increasing their problem-solving skills, and providing repetitious…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
