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Terrie Ciez – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Throughout history and in every culture and country, animals and humans have formed special bonds often as pets. Well trained pets have often been used in Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) programs in hospitals and nursing homes to help patients cope with illnesses and recovery while away from home. Pet visits to these facilities have documented…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Institutionalized Persons, Rehabilitation Programs
Jordan Hudson; Laura Rasmussen Foster; Michelle Tolbert; Brian Walsh – Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2022
This resource is designed to help education and corrections leaders understand key issues in adopting and integrating technology to support instruction in jails and prisons. It describes the components of a state correctional education technology ecosystem (the who, what, why, and how of technology use), profiles four state ecosystems, and…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Technology Integration, Technology Planning
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Miles Davison; Andrew M. Penner; Emily K. Penner; Nikolas Pharris-Ciurej; Sonya R. Porter; Evan K. Rose; Yotam Shem-Tov; Paul Yoo – Educational Researcher, 2022
Despite interest in the contributions of school discipline to the creation of racial inequality, previous research has been unable to identify how students who receive suspensions in school differ from unsuspended classmates on key young adult outcomes. We utilize novel data to document the links between high school discipline and important young…
Descriptors: Discipline, Racial Bias, Young Adults, High School Students
Reed Pecha – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Students' misbehaviors at younger ages can lead to more significant issues at the high school level such as dropping out, drug and alcohol abuse, and incarceration. The purpose of this study was to examine high school students' perceptions of positive reinforcement and punishment practices in their high school's behavior system. Two specific…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Behavior Problems, Substance Abuse
Amy Loyd – Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2024
The Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) administers and coordinates programs that support adult education and family literacy, career and technical education, correctional education, and community colleges. These programs span basic, secondary, and postsecondary education and provide pathways for individuals to obtain lifelong…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Grants, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation
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Blackmore, Charlotte E.; Woodhouse, Emma L.; Gillan, Nicola; Wilson, Ellie; Ashwood, Karen L.; Stoencheva, Vladimira; Nolan, Alexandra; McAlonan, Grainne M.; Robertson, Dene M.; Whitwell, Susannah; Deeley, Quinton; Craig, Michael C.; Zinkstok, Janneke; Wichers, Rob; Spain, Debbie; Roberts, Ged; Murphy, Declan G. M.; Murphy, Clodagh M.; Daly, Eileen – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
The behavioural and cognitive difficulties of some adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may increase their risk of contact with the criminal justice system (CJS) as a potential suspect. There has been limited investigation of ASD and offending and available evidence is mixed. A retrospective review was completed of medical records of 1570…
Descriptors: Adults, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Correctional Rehabilitation, Incidence
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Kajawo, Samson C. R.; Johnson, Lineo R. – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2023
Education must be accessible to all citizens, including those incarcerated in penitentiaries, to contribute to the socio-economic development of the countries. In Malawi, to enhance incarcerated people's access to quality education in correctional facilities, the Malawi Prisons Service (MPS) included education as a strategic objective in its…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Foreign Countries
Miles Davison; Andrew Penner; Emily Penner; Nikolas Pharris-Ciurej; Sonya R. Porter; Evan Rose; Yotam Shem-Tov; Paul Yoo – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Despite interest in the role of school discipline in the creation of racial inequality, previous research has been unable to identify how students who receive suspensions in school differ from unsuspended classmates on key young adult outcomes. We utilize novel data to document the links between high school discipline and important young adult…
Descriptors: Discipline, Racism, Young Adults, High School Students
Hertle, Shonda Jo – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this quantitative comparative study was to examine if and to what extent a statistically significant difference exists in advising satisfaction and outreach function of online and on-campus undergraduate criminology and criminal justice students in the Southwestern United States. The concepts of advising satisfaction and outreach…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Satisfaction, Outreach Programs, Online Courses
Laura Rasmussen Foster; Jessie Stadd; Michelle Tolbert – Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2023
When aligned with career pathways and other education and training programs in the community, IET programs offered in prisons and jails enable participants to make significant progress toward their education and training goals that can be continued after release. This guide summarizes lessons learned from the IET in Corrections project and serves…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Career Pathways, Educational Objectives, Training Objectives
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James Monogan – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2024
Pell eligibility for incarcerated people is a great rehabilitative opportunity, but several challenges remain. This article recaps five of the issues identified by the original research articles in this special issue. It also considers how solutions proposed in these studies may be beneficial across a variety of these issues and gathers…
Descriptors: Grants, Correctional Education, Educational Finance, Tuition Grants
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Morgan, Haydn; Parker, Andrew; Meek, Rosie; Cryer, Jon – Sport, Education and Society, 2020
Sport is often framed as a panacea for social disharmony, especially within the context of marginalised youth populations, and is widely promoted as a mechanism through which a multiplicity of social policy objectives can be achieved. Yet while political rhetoric has long pointed towards sport's transformative abilities, the basis for such claims…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Athletics, Intervention, Correctional Rehabilitation
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Aga, Natalie; Vander Laenen, Freya; Vandevelde, Stijn; Vanderplasschen, Wouter – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: Recovery is a widely accepted paradigm in mental health care, whilst the correctional and forensic-psychiatric field is still searching for foundations for its implementation. Knowledge regarding recovery of persons with intellectual disabilities in secure contexts is limited. This study assesses recovery needs and resources among…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Mental Health, Criminals, Crime
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Michela Scalpello – Journal of Prison Education Research, 2023
This paper illustrates the approach of co-creating education where co-creation was an important aspect of the curriculum design. It makes a case for prison-university partnerships through two pedagogical case studies -- one within a prison setting with a focus on soft skills acquisition and another in a Higher Education setting focusing on…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Higher Education
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Chow, Jason C.; Wallace, Erin Stehle; Senter, Reed; Kumm, Skip; Mason, Carolyn Q. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: This systematic review and meta-analysis estimates the overall language skills of youth offenders involved with the juvenile justice system. Given the importance of this population, identifying avenues through which we can increase the likelihood of successful interventions is a necessary societal effort. Method: Eighteen studies,…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Youth, Delinquency, Juvenile Justice
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