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Uta Czyrnick-Leber; Kiara Kuhrs; Christian Kraft; Pamela Wicker; Bernd Groben – Journal of Prison Education Research, 2025
A cognitive prerequisite for education and (re)entry into the labor market is the ability to concentrate for a long period. Conducted with 39 participants, the present study examines the effect of a six-week dance-like martial arts program on prisoners' concentration ability in an open prison in Germany (n=15), and compares their concentration…
Descriptors: Attention, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Program Effectiveness
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Li June Han – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2025
When facilitating group art therapy for young adult male inmates in prison, response art helped an art therapist to build therapeutic bonds and maintain self-care. Both artmaking in-session and post-session enabled the art therapist to traverse relational distance, nurture trust, and create social bonds in the group. By reflecting on her response…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Group Therapy, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
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Lindamarie Olson; Debra Des Vignes; Amy McLean; Bailey Wester; Uche Nwatu – Journal of Prison Education Research, 2025
Objective: The present study describes the development of the Indiana Prison Writers Workshop (IPWW), a creative writing workshop, based in group theory and designed for incarcerated settings. Methods: Quantitative evaluation data from IPWW workshops conducted from 2023-2024 were analyzed using IBM SPSS V. 29. Prior to the workshop, 149 men…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Writing Workshops, Creative Writing
Mullen, Juwan – ProQuest LLC, 2022
African American (AA) male youth across the United States are often detained or committed to juvenile facilities at a higher rate than most population groups due to criminal or delinquent behavior. The research explored the risk and protective factors associated with delinquency for this population while bringing awareness to delinquency and vital…
Descriptors: African Americans, Males, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
Trevor Brackett – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this phenomenology case study was to examine what motivated formerly incarcerated Black males to complete their community college degree and what best supported them on their educational journey. This study offers in-depth insight into a multifaceted situation and informs community college administrators, state policy and statute…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, African American Education, African American Students, African Americans
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Hanser, Robert D.; Kuanliang, Attapol; Horne, Anissa; Hanser, Gina M.; Horne, Alexis – Journal of Correctional Education, 2020
This study sought to determine whether criminal thinking possessed by offenders in prison would be significantly reduced through the implementation of motivational curriculum amid a broader menu of treatment and educational programming. This study utilized the Criminal Thinking Scale (CTS) as a pretest and posttest measure of criminal thinking…
Descriptors: Criminals, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Males
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Fahmy, Chantal; Clark, Kendra J.; Mitchell, Meghan M.; Decker, Scott H.; Pyrooz, David C. – Sociological Methods & Research, 2022
After nearly four decades of growth, the number of people held in U.S. prisons has begun to decline. In an era of decarceration, social scientists need to understand prisoner reentry experiences. Longitudinal studies are one strategy to accomplish this goal. Yet, the retention of a formerly incarcerated population across waves of interviews is…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Males
Andre T. Melvin – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The aim of this dissertation was to evaluate the effect of the Columbia International University Prison Initiative program on the spirituality of male inmates incarcerated within South Carolina's Department of Corrections. The Prison Initiative program is an accredited two-year associate's degree in Biblical studies offered to SCDC inmates.…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Males, Spiritual Development
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Sarah Cacicio – Adult Literacy Education, 2024
Research shows that the vast majority of students who are diagnosed with learning disabilities in school are, in fact, dyslexic. Still, many students with dyslexia are not adequately identified, assessed, or supported with research-based interventions. Adults with dyslexia report struggling with reading difficulties from as early as kindergarten…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Adult Learning, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons
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Heppell, Stacey; Jones, Christopher; Rose, John – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Background: Data from sex offender treatment programmes (SOTP) on the re-offending of convicted sex offenders from the prison service in England and Wales was recently reviewed and found to be associated with no change in sexual reoffending. While this result is at variance with a number of other reviews it does give rise to concern as most…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Criminals, Intervention, Sexual Abuse
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Courtney, Jeremy A. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2019
The purpose of this quantitative, pretest-posttest causal-comparative with control condition study was to examine if there was a difference in misconduct, as measured by reduction in occurrences of disciplinary infractions while incarcerated. General strain theory of criminal behavior provided the theoretical context for this study. The Arizona…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Males
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Binda, Hilary; Weinberg, Jill; Maetzener, Nora; Rubin, Carolyn L. – Journal of Prison Education and Reentry, 2020
This qualitative study examines the immediate and lasting impact of liberal arts higher education in prison from the perspective of former college-in-prison students from the Northeastern United States. Findings obtained through semi-structured interviews with formerly incarcerated people are presented in the following three areas: self-confidence…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Education, Higher Education
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Marx, Robert – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
This qualitative pilot study at a cooperative living facility for young men in the juvenile justice system examined participants' social development following a humane education program. After a course that taught the care, handling, and training of foster dogs, five participants shared their reflections, offering their insights into the ways in…
Descriptors: Males, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Social Development
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Tabios, Heather – Educational Perspectives, 2019
In order to define her educational philosophy, the author created the following action research project. Through it, she became aware of how all interactions and experiences each one has, no matter at what stage in life, impacts the way one thinks, feels, and acts differently. She challenged herself to create an environment for the children to…
Descriptors: Males, Juvenile Justice, Delinquency, Intervention
Wasserman, Kyla; Walter, Johanna; Luczywek, Beata; Wagner, Hannah; Redcross, Cindy – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2019
This report presents findings from a feasibility evaluation of the Bridges to Pathways (Bridges) program. Bridges was a program for young men in Chicago between the ages of 17 and 21 years who were involved with the criminal or juvenile justice system and lacked a high school credential. The program offered intensive mentoring and case management,…
Descriptors: Males, Young Adults, Adolescents, Juvenile Justice
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