Prison Education and Desistance

This book explores prisoners' experiences of prison education and investigates whether participation in education contributes to an offender's ability to desist from crime and increases social capital levels. It is essential reading for all those engaged with penology, desistance, rehabilitation, and the sociology of education.

Autorentext

Geraldine Cleere is a lecturer in Law and Criminology at Waterford Institute of Technology. She is an active member of various research groups and networks related to her research interests that include prison education, desistance, prison officer education and role development, social and prison-based capital and prison law.

Klappentext

This book explores prisoners' experiences of prison education and investigates whether participation in education contributes to an offender's ability to desist from crime and increases social capital levels. It is essential reading for all those engaged with penology, desistance, rehabilitation, and the sociology of education.

Inhalt

1.Introduction 2.Research Methods 3.Prison Education: Exploring the Concept 4.Prison Education: Motivations, Barriers and Experiences 5.Personal Change, Desistance and Prison Education 6.Structural Theories, Social Bonds and Prison Education 7.Social Capital, Prison Education and Desistance 8.Changing Perspectives on Prison Education and Desistance