Correctional Education Experiences of Female Offenders with a Learning Disability

Autor/in	Smith, Ezekiel
Titel	Correctional Education Experiences of Female Offenders with a Learning Disability
Quelle	(2012), (155 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, Walden University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-2673-3476-3
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Recidivism; Criminals; Correctional Education; Females; Learning Disabilities; Urban Areas; Adults; Employment Potential; Job Skills; Interviews; Personal Narratives; Work Attitudes; Habit Formation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Rückfall; Straftäter; Fürsorgeerziehung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Urban area; Stadtregion; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Produktive Fertigkeit; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Erlebniserzählung; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung
Abstract	Minimal employable skills, poor work habits, and substance abuse are problems that often result in released female offenders' recidivating within 36 months of their prison release. Recidivism is further compounded when the female offender suffers from a learning disability. Research suggests that correctional education experiences do not address disabilities nor provide appropriate employable skills or positive work habits. In this narrative study, 5 released female offenders over 21 years old who lived in a southeastern urban area, suffered from a learning disability, and released from prison within the past 5 years were interviewed to understand their correctional education experiences. Recorded interviews of their correctional education experiences were analyzed using thematic analysis. Findings revealed that participants described their correctional education experiences as nonexistent due to limited or no courses offered, and degrading, as reported from insults received from the educational staff. In addition, learning disabilities were not identified during intake. Implications for positive social change include reevaluating correctional education as a viable rehabilitative strategy that can lead to increased gainful employment and reduced recidivism. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10