Does Prison-Based Adult Basic Education Improve Postrelease Outcomes for Male Prisoners in Florida?

Autor/inn/en	Cho, Rosa Minhyo; Tyler, John H.
Titel	Does Prison-Based Adult Basic Education Improve Postrelease Outcomes for Male Prisoners in Florida?
Quelle	In: Crime & Delinquency, 59 (2013) 7, S.975-1005 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0011-1287
DOI	10.1177/0011128710389588
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Correctional Education; Institutionalized Persons; Correctional Institutions; Recidivism; Program Effectiveness; Labor Market; Employment Level; Wages; Minority Groups; Adult Basic Education; Dropouts; Comparative Analysis; Individual Characteristics; Cognitive Ability; Crime; Graduates; Statistical Analysis; Racial Differences; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Fürsorgeerziehung; Jugendstrafvollzug; Rückfall; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Beschäftigungsgrad; Wage; Löhne; Ethnische Minderheit; Adult education; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Denkfähigkeit; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Graduate; Absolvent; Absolventin; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Statistische Analyse; Rassenunterschied
Abstract	The authors use administrative data from Florida to determine the extent to which prison-based adult basic education (ABE) improves inmate's postrelease labor market outcomes, such as earnings and employment. Using two nonexperimental comparison groups, the authors find evidence that ABE participation is associated with higher postrelease earnings and employment rates, especially for minorities. The authors find that the relationship is the largest for ABE participants who had uninterrupted ABE instruction and for those who received other education services. However, the results do not find any positive effects of ABE participation on reducing recidivism. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10