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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Prison research"”.
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Employment of People with Criminal Records: An Exploratory Study of the State of Georgia
… ability to find employment upon release from prison. Collateral consequences are those repercussions which impact the ex-offender’s civil liberties after they are released from prison. Research has shown that ex-offenders who do not find gainful employment upon release from prison are more …
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Silent Punishment: The Experiences of d/Deaf Prisoners
While studies about minority group prisoners are becoming more commonplace in prison research, knowledge about the experiences of hard of hearing (HoH) and d/Deaf prisoners remains limited. A primary aim of this thesis is to provide a more comprehensive understanding about the lives of HoH/d/Deaf …
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"My Voice Rises on the Mic": a New Artographic Spoken Word Poetry Programme Portraying Two Young Offenders' Artistic Ways of Being in a Macedonian Prison
… to be underrepresented among arts programmes in prison. Research interest in the arts resurfaced with the narrative and desistance criminological turn to study how the stories offenders tell about their lives can support a crime-free life, through subjective, social and judicial rehabilitation. …
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"Unrepentant Fenian bastards": the social construction of an Irish Republican prison community
This thesis examines the history of republican prisoners in the north of Ireland from 1972-1997, tracing developments in their politics and forms of social organisation during that period. This entailed focusing on those aspects of imprisonment in terms of culture, education, political struggle and …
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Men and Mustangs: From Communicative Messages Within the Wild Horse Inmate Program to a Communicative Theory of Learning How to Teach
… behavior outside of the typical hypermasculine prison context. The communicative theory of learning how to teach consists of a running theoretical discussion merging six theoretical constructs: assessment (of self, others and situation); adaptation (to learning style of inmate/students); …
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Criminal Justice Policy, Race, and the Dynamics of Admission to Prison
Research has long documented racial and economic disparities in imprisonment and the recidivism rate. Despite studies that suggest these disparities cannot be fully explained by differential involvement in crime, scholars have not paid enough attention to how individual characteristics might …