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Dick, Andrew; Rich, William; Waters, Tony - Prison Vocational Education and Policy in the United States - 9781137564689 - V9781137564689
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Prison Vocational Education and Policy in the United States

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Description for Prison Vocational Education and Policy in the United States hardcover. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKVP; JNR; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 565.
This book explores California’s prison system in the context of vocational education reform. For prisons in the early twenty-first century, ideologies of evidence-based management meant that reform efforts to change the purpose of prisons from punishment to rehabilitation through vocational education required “evidence” to justify policy prescriptions. Yet who determines what constitutes evidence? In political environments, solutions are typically pre-conceived, which means that the nature of the evidence collected is also preconceived. As a result, key assumptions about outcomes are often wished away to show improvement and be accountable. Through a detailed analysis interspersed with stories from the authors’ experiences ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
Number of Pages
319
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137564689
SKU
V9781137564689
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About Dick, Andrew; Rich, William; Waters, Tony
Andrew J. Dick (deceased) was Professor of Sociology at California State University, Chico, USA. He taught research methods, juvenile delinquency, and social problems among other classes.  He also conducted long-term research on the efficacy of peer courts as a tool for rehabilitation, as well as other sociological subjects. William Rich is Professor Emeritus at California State University, Chico, USA, where ... Read more

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