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Appendix E
Eligibility Status for Inclusion into the Meta-Analysis
This document is an appendix to Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education: A MetaAnalysis of Programs That Provide Education to Incarcerated Adults, by Lois M. Davis, Robert
Bozick, Jennifer L. Steele, Jessica Saunders, and Jeremy N. V. Miles, Santa Monica, Calif.:
RAND Corporation, RR-266-BJA, 2013, available at http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_
reports/RR266.html. Table E.1 provides the bibliographic information for each article considered for inclusion in the meta-analysis, along with check marks indicating which of the criteria
for inclusion that the study met. To be included in the meta-analysis, studies needed to meet
all three criteria.
Table E.1
Eligibility Status for Inclusion into the Meta-Analysis
Eligible
Intervention
Eligible
Outcome
Variable
Eligible Study
Design
K. Adams, K. J. Bennett, T. J. Flanagan, J. W. Marquart, S. J.
Cuvelier, E. Fritsch, J. Gerber, D. R. Longmire, and V. S. Burton ,
Jr., “A Large-Scale Multidimensional Test of the Effect of Prison
Education Programs on Offenders' Behavior,” Prison Journal, Vol.
74, No. 4, December 1994, pp. 433–449.
ü
ü
ü
Alabama Department of Post-Secondary Education, Alabama
Correctional Education Research: A Study of Alabama Prison
Recidivism Rates of Those Inmates Having Completed Vocational
and Academic Programs While Incarcerated Between the Years of
1987 Through 1991: A Special Report, circa 1992.
ü
ü
R. Allen, “An Economic Analysis of Prison Education Programs and
Recidivism, Emory University Department of Economics,” 2006.
ü
ü
ü
S. L. Allred, “The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program: The Impact
of Structure, Content, and Readings,” Journal of Correctional
Education, Vol. 60, No. 3, September 2009, pp. 240–258.
ü
Study
J. Amtmann, “Perceived Effects of a Correctional Health
Education Service-Learning Program,” Journal of Correctional
Education, Vol. 55, No. 4, December 2004, pp. 335–348.
D. B. Anderson, “The Relationship Between Correctional
Education and Parole Success,” Journal of Offender Counseling,
Services and Rehabilitation, Vol. 5, No. 3/4, 1982, pp. 13–25.
ü
ü
ü
D. B. Anderson, R.E. Schumacker, and S. L. Anderson, “Releasee
Characteristics and Parole Success,” Journal of Offender
Rehabilitation, Vol. 17, Nos. 1–2, 1991, pp. 133–145.
ü
ü
ü
2
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Table E.1—Continued
Study
Eligible
Intervention
S. V. Anderson, Evaluation of the Impact of Participation in Ohio
Penal Industries on Recidivism, Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Department
of Rehabilitation and Correction, 1995.
S. V. Anderson, Evaluation of the Impact of Correctional
Education Programs on Recidivism, Columbus, Ohio: Ohio
Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Office of
Management Information Systems, Bureau of Planning and
Evaluation, 1995.
ü
Eligible
Outcome
Variable
Eligible Study
Design
ü
ü
ü
ü
J. Arbuthnot, “Moral Reasoning Development Programmes
in Prison: Cognitive-Developmental and Critical Reasoning
Approaches,” Journal of Moral Education, Vol. 13, No. 2, 1984, pp.
112–23.
ü
A. L. Baro, “Effects of a Cognitive Restructuring Program on
Inmate institutional Behavior,” Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol.
26, No. 4, 1999, pp. 466–484.
ü
J. S. Batchelder and J. R. Rachal, “Efficacy of a Computer-Assisted
Instruction Program in a Prison Setting: An Experimental Study,”
Adult Education Quarterly, Vol. 50, No. 2, February 2000, pp.
120–133.
ü
J. P. Bates, “Life Skills Project: Jan P. Bates,” Journal of
Correctional Education, Vol. 56, No. 2, 2005, pp. 101–107.
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
M. E. Batiuk, K. F. Lahm, M. McKeever, N. Wilcox, and P. Wilcox,
“Disentangling the Effects of Correctional Education: Are Current
Policies Misguided? An Event History Analysis,” Criminal Justice,
Vol. 5, No. 1, 2005, pp. 55–74.
ü
ü
A. Bazos and J. Hausman, “Correctional Education as a Crime
Control Program,” UCLA School of Public Policy and Social
Research, Department of Policy Studies, 2004.
ü
ü
J. Belknap, “Access to Programs and Health Care for Incarcerated
Women,” Federal Probation, Vol. 60, No. 4, 1996, pp. 34–39.
ü
F. S. Blackburn, The Relationship Between Recidivism and
Participation in a Community College Associate of Arts Degree
Program for Incarcerated Offenders, thesis, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University, 1981.
ü
ü
ü
Blackhawk Technical College, RECAP (Rock County Education and
Criminal Addictions Program) Program Manual, Prepared to Be of
Assistance in Program Replication, Janesville, Wisc., 1996.
ü
ü
ü
J. Boudouris, Recidivism and Rehabilitation, Des Moines, Iowa:
Iowa Dept of Corrections, 1985.
ü
ü
J. A. Bouffard and L. E. Bergeron, “Reentry Works: The
Implementation and Effectiveness of a Serious and Violent
Offender Reentry Initiative,” Journal of Offender Rehabilitation,
Vol. 44, Nos. 2–3, 2006, pp. 1–29.
ü
ü
A. A. Braga, A. M. Piehl, and D. Hureau, Controlling Violent
Offenders Released to the Community: An Evaluation of the
Boston Reentry Initiative, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Kennedy
School, 2008.
ü
ü
Eligibility Status for Inclusion into the Meta-Analysis
3
Table E.1—Continued
Study
T. Brahmasrene, “Comparing the Academic Achievement of
Inmates with Regional Campus Student Populations in Economics
Courses,” Journal of Correctional Education, Vol. 52, No. 4,
December 2001, pp. 152–155.
Eligible
Intervention
Eligible
Outcome
Variable
ü
ü
R. Brame, L. MacKenzie Doris, R. Waggoner Arnold, and K. D.
Robinson, “Moral Reconation Therapy and Problem Behavior
in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections,” Journal of the
Oklahoma Criminal Justice Research Consortium, Vol. 3, August
1996, pp. 63–84.
ü
A. Brandon, Perceptions of the Vocational Education Program
in the NYS DOCS, Albany, N.Y.: New York State Department of
Correctional Services, 1998.
ü
A. Brandon and D. Chard-Wierscham, Vocational Programs:
Description and Exploratory Study, Albany, N.Y.: New York State
Department of Correctional Services, 1997.
ü
A. Brandon, D. Chard-Wierschem, and M. Mancini, “Perceptions
of the Vocational Education Program in the New York State
Department of Correctional Services,” Journal of Correctional
Education, Vol. 50, No. 1, March 1999, pp. 12–20.
ü
D. R. Brewster and S. F. Sharp, “Educational Programs and
Recidivism in Oklahoma: Another Look,” Prison Journal, Vol. 82,
No. 3, September 2002, pp. 314–334.
ü
Building Industry Association of Spokane, Inc., Building and Craft
Skills Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship Grant—Cooperative
Demonstration Program (High Technology): Final Performance
Report, Spokane, Wash., 1991.
ü
L. O. Burke and J. E. Vivian, “The Effect of College Programming
on Recidivism Rates at the Hampden County House of Correction:
A 5-Year Study,” Journal of Correctional Education, Vol. 52, No. 4,
December 2001, pp. 160–162.
B. B. Burkhalter and R. M. Shum, “Comparing the Use of a
Carpentry Training Effectiveness Test in a Correctional Institution
to a Free-World Setting,” Journal of Addictions & Offender
Counseling, Vol. 3, No. 1, October 1982, pp. 3–7.
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
S. Bushfield, “Fathers in Prison: Impact of Parenting Education,”
Journal of Correctional Education, Vol. 55, No. 2, June 2004, pp.
104–116.
ü
T. J. Caffrey, “Fostering Success of Non-Traditional Students,”
paper presented at the annual colloquium of the Council of
Graduate Students in Education, 1981.
ü
California Department of Corrections, Vocational Education in the
California Department of Corrections—A Descriptive Report for
1978 to 1982, Sacramento, Calif., circa 1983.
ü
California Department of Corrections, Research Division,
Comparison of Inmate Behavior in Prison Industry Authority and
Other Job Assignments, Sacramento, Calif.: 1998.
ü
K. Canestrini, Follow-Up Study of Industrial Training Program
Participants, Albany. N.Y.: New York State Department of
Correctional Services, 1993.
Eligible Study
Design
ü
ü
ü
ü
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Table E.1—Continued
Study
Eligible
Intervention
Eligible
Outcome
Variable
Eligible Study
Design
ü
ü
P. Case and D. Fasenfest, “Expectations for Opportunities
Following Prison Education: A Discussion of Race and Gender,”
Journal of Correctional Education, Vol. 55, No. 1, March 2004, pp.
24–39.
ü
T. C. Castellano, I. Soderstrom, C. L. Ringel, et al., Implementation
and Impact of Illinois’ PreStart Program: A Final Report, Chicago,
Ill.: Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Publication No.:
96-039, 1996.
ü
R. D. Chadbourne, “Service Agency Achieves Success: Jobs for
Inmates,” Corrections Technology & Management, Vol. 4, No. 2,
March/April 2000, pp. 56–58.
ü
L. J. Chase and R. Dickover, “University Education at Folsom
Prison: An Evaluation,” Journal of Correctional Education, Vol. 34,
No. 3, September 1983, pp. 92–95.
ü
ü
R. Cho and J. Tyler, “Prison-Based Adult Basic Education (ABE) and
Post-Release Labor Market Outcomes,” paper commissioned for
the Reentry Roundtable on Education, sponsored by the John Jay
College of Criminal Justice and the Urban Institute in New York,
N.Y. March 31–April, 1, 2008.
ü
ü
J. D. Chubick, C. Y. Rider, and S. M. Owen, “Time Perspective
of Female Prisoners Related to Success in a Training Program,”
Perceptual and Motor Skills, Vol. 88, No. 2, April 1999, pp. 648–
650.
ü
B. Clark and S. Davis, Summary of Fiscal Year 1986 Participation
in Educational Programs, Oklahoma City, Okla.: Oklahoma State
Department of Corrections, 1986.
ü
ü
D. D. Clark, Analysis of Return Rates of the Inmate College
Program Participants, Albany, N.Y.: New York State Department of
Correctional Services, 1991.
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
P. M. Clark, S. Hartter, and E. Ford, “An Experiment in
Employment of Offenders,” paper presented at the annual
meeting of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans,
La., 1992.
B. B. Coffey, The Effectiveness of Vocational Education in
Kentucky’s Correctional Institutions: As Measured by Employment
Status and Recidivism, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Kentucky,
1983.
ü
ü
H. E. Cogburn, Recidivism Study: Positive Terminations from J. F.
Ingram State Technical College, 1976–1986, Deatsville, Ala.: J. F.
Ingram State Technical College, 1988.
ü
ü
D. Craig and R. Rogers, “Vocational Training in Prison: A Case
Study of Maximum Feasible Misunderstanding,” Journal of
Offender Rehabilitation, Vol. 20, Nos. 1–2, 1993, pp. 1–20.
ü
ü
J. Cronin, The Path to Successful Reentry: The Relationship
Between Correctional Education, Employment and Recidivism,
Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Institute of Public Policy,
Report 15-2011, September 2011
ü
ü
ü
Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System, The Annual
Narrative Performance Report, 1997–98, San Diego, Calif.: 1998.
ü
Eligibility Status for Inclusion into the Meta-Analysis
5
Table E.1—Continued
Study
K. Czisny, ed., Proceedings of the Annual Midwest Research
Conference on Adult and Continuing Education, first annual
meeting, DeKalb, Ill., October 8–9, 1982.
Eligible
Intervention
Eligible
Outcome
Variable
Eligible Study
Design
ü
C. Czuba, S. A. Anderson, and S. Higgins, “Evaluation of the
People Empowering People Program Within a Prison Population,”
Journal of Extension, Vol. 44, No. 4, August 2006, Article No.
4RIB4.
ü
R. Davis, “Education and the Impact of the Family Reunion
Program in a Maximum Security Prison,” Journal of Offender
Counseling, Services and Rehabilitation, Vol. 12, No. 2, 1988, pp.
153–159.
ü
S. Davis and B. Chown, Recidivism Among Offenders Incarcerated
by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections Who Received
Vocational-Technical Training: A Survival Data Analysis of
Offenders Released January 1982 Through July 1986, Oklahoma
City: Oklahoma State Department of Corrections, November 1986.
ü
ü
S. T. DeBor, Vocational Program Participation and Recidivism,
Lansing, Mich.: Michigan Department of Corrections, 1984.
ü
ü
A. J. Dick, W. Rich, and T. Waters, Curriculum Evaluation,
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and
California State University, Chico, 2009.
ü
C. Dickman, Academic Program Participation and Prisoner
Outcomes, Lansing, Mich.: Michigan Department of Corrections,
Facilities Research and Evaluation Unit, 1987.
ü
ü
ü
R. A. Diem and P. G. Fairweather, “An Evaluation of a ComputerAssisted Education System in an Untraditional Academic
Setting—A County Jail,” AEDS Journal, Vol. 13 No. 3, Spring 1980,
pp. 204–213.
ü
ü
ü
R. A. Diem and J. F. Knoll, “Technology and Humanism: New
Approaches in Correctional Education,” Journal of Correctional
Education, Vol. 33, No. 1, March 1981, pp. 4–6.
ü
ü
T. Dobmeyer, C. Smith, and G. Bracht, Power Program (Providing
Opportunities for Work, Education, and Readiness): Final
Evaluation Report, Minneapolis, Minn.: Hennepin County Bureau
of Community Corrections Program Evaluation Team, 1993.
ü
ü
E. Downes, K. Monaco, and S. Schreiber, “Evaluating the
Effects of Vocational Education on Inmates: A Research Model
and Preliminary Results,” in S. Duguid, ed., The Yearbook of
Correctional Education, British Columbia, Canada: Simon Fraser
University, 1989, pp. 249–262.
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
G. Duwe and D. Kerschner, “Removing a Nail from the Boot
Camp Coffin: An Outcome Evaluation of Minnesota’s Challenge
Incarceration Program,” Crime & Delinquency, Vol. 54, No. 4,
October 2008, pp. 614–643.
Erie City School District (Pa.), Jail to Job: Final Report, Harrisburg,
Pa.: Pennsylvania State Department of Education, Bureau of Adult
Basic and Literacy Education, 1996.
ü
D. D. Everhart, An Evaluation of the Black Experience in
Spartanburg Methodist College’s Correctional Institutions’ Higher
Education Program, South Carolina: Spartanburg Methodist
College, 1992.
ü
ü
ü
6
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Table E.1—Continued
Study
Eligible
Intervention
Eligible
Outcome
Variable
M. A. Finn and K. G. Willoughby, “Employment Outcomes of
Ex-Offender Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Trainees,”
Evaluation Review, Vol. 20, No. 1, February 1996, pp. 67–83.
ü
T. J. Flanagan, T. P. Thornberry, K. E. Maguire, and E. F. McGarrell,
Effect of Prison Industry Employment on Offender Behavior: Final
Report of the Prison Industry Research Project, Albany, N.Y.: State
University of New York at Albany, Hindelang Criminal Justice
Research Center, 1988.
ü
T. W. Friedemann and G. R. Bice, “Cognitive Learning Growth in
Occupational Achievement,” Journal of Correctional Education,
Vol. 43, No. 2, June 1992, pp. 66–72.
ü
ü
C. C. Gaither, An Evaluation of the Texas Department of
Corrections’ Junior College Program, master’s thesis, Monroe, La.:
Northeast Louisiana State University, 1980.
ü
ü
A. A. Garland et al., “Incarceration and Cognitive Style:
Connections and Implications,” Journal of Correctional Education,
Vol. 45, No. 4, December 1994, pp. 164–171.
S. E. Gleason, “Inmate Attitudes Toward Vocational Training: A
Case Study of Vocational Training Students in the State Prison of
Southern Michigan,” Journal of Offender Counseling, Services
and Rehabilitation, Vol. 10, No. 4, 1986, pp. 49–60.
Eligible Study
Design
ü
ü
ü
ü
L. S. Golden, R. J. Gatchel, and M. A. Cahill, “Evaluating the
Effectiveness of the National Institute of Corrections’ ‘Thinking
for a Change’ Program Among Probationers,” Journal of Offender
Rehabilitation, Vol. 43, No. 2, 2006, pp. 55–73.
ü
P. Gonzalez, T. Romero, and C. B. Cerbana, “Parent Education
Program for Incarcerated Mothers in Colorado,” Journal of
Correctional Education, Vol. 58, No. 4, December 2007, pp. 357–
373.
ü
ü
T. M. Green, J. B. Richmond, and J. E. Taira, Power Program
(Providing Opportunities for Work, Education, and Readiness):
Final Evaluation Report, Minneapolis, Minn.: Hennepin County
Administrative Support Division, Bureau of Community
Corrections, 1993.
ü
ü
E. Greenberg, E. Dunleavy, and M. Kutner, “Literacy Behind Bars:
Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy
Prison Survey: Chapter 4—Education and Job Training in Prison,”
Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, Vol. 30, No. 2,
Winter 2008, pp. 27–34.
ü
ü
H. R. D. Gordon and B. Weldon, “The Impact of Career and
Technical Education Programs on Adult Offenders: Learning
Behind Bars,” Journal of Correctional Education, Vol. 54, No. 4,
December 2003, pp. 200–209.
ü
ü
L. E. Gorgol and B. A. Sponsler, Unlocking Potential: Results of
a National Survey of Postsecondary Education in State Prisons,
Washington, D.C.: Institute for Higher Education Policy, May 2011.
ü
C. E. Gowdey and G. C. Turnbull, Report on Employment and
Training Programs for Adult Offenders in Washington State,
Olympia, Wash., Washington State Employment and Training
Council, 1980.
ü
ü
Eligibility Status for Inclusion into the Meta-Analysis
7
Table E.1—Continued
Study
Eligible
Intervention
D. Gray and G. Wren, Pre-Release at South Idaho Correctional
Institute: “Something Works”, Boise, Idaho.: South Idaho
Correctional Institute, 1992.
B. Hackett, Correctional Education: A Way to Stay Out. Education
in Correctional Centers: Findings and Recommendations,
Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Council on Vocational Education,
1992.
ü
R. A. Hall, Assessment Study: Value of Vocational Training to the
Released Felon, master’s research study, Plymouth State College,
1993.
ü
K. Halsey, K. Martin, and R. White, The Implementation of OLASS:
An Assessment of Its Impact One Year On, London: Department
for Education and Skills (UK), Research Report RR810, November
2006.
ü
M. D. Harer, Prison Education Program Participation and
Recidivism: A Test of the Normalization Hypothesis, Washington,
D.C.: Federal Bureau of Prisons, Office of Research and Evaluation
1995.
ü
Eligible
Outcome
Variable
Eligible Study
Design
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
C. W. Harlow, Education and Correctional Populations,
Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Special Report,
January 2003.
K. Harrison, “Parental Training for Incarcerated Fathers: Effects on
Attitudes, Self-Esteem, and Children’s Self-Perceptions,” Journal
of Social Psychology, Vol. 137, No. 5, October 1997, pp. 588–593.
ü
K. Hawk, Fayette County Community Action Agency Inc.
(Uniontown, Pa.), et al., CONNECT Special Demonstration Project,
Harrisburg, Pa.: Pennsylvania State Department of Education,
Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education, 1994.
J. Haynes, “An Analysis of Recidivism Rates for Inmates
Completing Vocational/Academic Programs at Twin Rivers
Corrections Center/Edmonds Community College,” Journal of the
Northwest Center for the Study of Correctional Education, Vol. 1,
No. 1, 1996, pp. 45–49.
ü
ü
M. L. Hein, Evaluation of Three Transitional Mental Health
Re-Entry Programs in Iowa: Fourth Annual Evaluation Report,
Washington, D.C.: Institute for Social and Economic Development,
2007.
R. Herron, J. Muir, and D. Williams, National Survey of
Postsecondary Education Programs for Incarcerated Offenders,
1973.
ü
ü
ü
ü
K. Hollenbeck, Process and Net Impact Evaluations of the
Focus: HOPE Adult Training Programs and Student Loan Fund,
Kalamazoo, Mich.: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment
Research, Upjohn Institute Technical Report No. 07-023, 2007.
ü
J. Holloway and P. Moke, Post Secondary Correctional Education:
An Evaluation of Parolee Performance, Wilmington, Ohio:
Wilmington College, 1986.
ü
L. K. Holt, Patterns of Enrollment in Adult Education Programs
During Incarceration, Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts State
Department of Correction, 1984.
ü
ü
ü
ü
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Table E.1—Continued
Eligible
Intervention
Eligible
Outcome
Variable
Home Builders Institute, “Project TRADE: A Program of Training,
Restitution, Apprenticeship, Development and Education,” 1996.
ü
ü
K. A. Hull, S. Forrester, J. Brown, D. Jobe, and C. McCullen,
“Analysis of Recidivism Rates for Participants of the Academic/
Vocational/Transition Education Programs Offered by the Virginia
Department of Correctional Education,” Journal of Correctional
Education, Vol. 51, No. 2, June 2000, pp. 256–261.
ü
ü
Illinois State Council on Vocational Education, Access of
Targeted Populations to Quality Vocational Education, Report 5,
Springfield, Ill., 1989.
ü
Study
M. D. Jalazo, “Life Skills Project: Michael D. Jalazo,” Journal of
Correctional Education, Vol. 56, No. 2, June 2005, pp. 108–114.
Eligible Study
Design
ü
ü
L.-J. Jan, “Overcrowding and Inmate Behavior: Some Preliminary
Findings,” Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 7 No. 3, September
1980, pp. 293–301.
G. R. Jarjoura and S. T. Krumholz, “Combining Bibliotherapy
and Positive Role Modeling as an Alternative to Incarceration,”
Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, Vol. 28, Nos. 1–2, 1998, pp.
127–139.
H. D. Jenkins, S. J. Steurer, and J. Pendry, “Post Release Followup of Correctional Education Program Completers Released in
1990–1991,” Journal of Corrections, Vol. 46, No. 1, March 1995,
pp. 20–24.
ü
ü
B. R. Johnson and D. B. Larson, InnerChange Freedom Initiative:
A Preliminary Evaluation of a Faith-Based Prison Program,
Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania, Center for Research
C. M. Johnson, The Effects of Prison Labor Programs on PostRelease Employment and Recidivism, Ph.D. thesis, Florida State
University, 1984.
ü
J. A. Johnson, “Lifetech Institute: Leading Change Through
Transitional Centers,” Community College Journal of Research and
Practice, Vol. 33, No. 11, 2009, pp. 942–944.
J. K. Johnson, Pre-Employment Skills Training Module for Adult
Male Inmates at Riker’s Island Correctional Facility, master’s thesis,
New York Institute of Technology, 1988.
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
K. Kachelmyer, The Need for Cognitive Skills Training in
Correctional Vocational Education Programming at Minnesota
Correctional Facility–Lino Lakes at Lino Lakes, Minnesota, Ph.D.
thesis, University of Minnesota, 1995.
Kansas Department of Corrections, Offender Programs
Evaluation, Volume V, April 2003.
ü
Kansas Department of Corrections, 2003 Corrections Briefing
Report, January 2003.
ü
C. E. Kelso, “A Study of the Recidivism of Garrett Heyns Education
Center Graduates Released Between 1985–1991,” Journal from
the Northwest Center for the Study of Correctional Education,
Vol. 1, No. 1, 1996, pp. 25–44.
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
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9
Table E.1—Continued
Eligible
Intervention
Eligible
Outcome
Variable
C. E. Kelso, Jr., “Recidivism Rates for Two Education Programs’
Graduates Compared to Overall Washington State Rates,” Journal
of Correctional Education, Vol. 51, No. 2, June 2000, pp. 233–36.
ü
ü
K. Kemp, B. Savitz, W. Thompson, and D. A. Zanis, “Developing
Employment Services for Criminal Justice Clients Enrolled in Drug
User Treatment Programs,” Substance Use & Misuse, Vol. 39, Nos.
13–14, 2004, pp. 2491–2511.
ü
ü
Study
C. A. Kempinen and L. Tinik, Pennsylvania’s Motivation
Boot Camp Program: What Have We Learned Over the Last
Seventeen Years? 2011 Report to the Legislature, Harrisburg, Pa.:
Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing, January 2011.
ü
T. Kilian, Atwood Program, Lexington Federal Medical Center,
Washington, D.C.: National Institute of Justice, 1994.
ü
P. Knepper, “Selective Participation, Effectiveness, and Prison
College Programs,” Journal of Offender Counseling, Services and
Rehabilitation, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1989, pp. 109–135.
ü
L. A. Koenig, “Financial Literacy Curriculum: The Effect on
Offender Money Management Skills,” Journal of Correctional
Education, Vol. 58, No. 1, March 2007, pp. 43–56.
D. Koski, “Vocational Education in Prison: Lack of Consensus
Leading to Inconsistent Results,” Journal of Offender
Rehabilitation, Vol. 27, No. 3, 1998, pp. 151–164.
ü
ü
ü
ü
Eligible Study
Design
ü
ü
C. H. Lacey, “Art Education in Women’s Prisons: Lessons from the
Inside,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, Chicago, Ill., April 9, 2007.
K. F. Lahm, “Equal or Equitable: An Exploration of Educational
and Vocational Program Availability for Male and Female
Offenders,” Federal Probation, Vol. 64, No. 2, December 2000, p.
39–46.
ü
K. F. Lahm, “Educational Participation and Inmate Misconduct,”
Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, Vol. 48, No. 1, 2009, pp.
37–52.
ü
A. B. Langan, “Educational Training in a Pre-Release Correctional
Center/A Collaborative Model,” 1984.
ü
M. Langenbach et al., “Televised Instruction in Oklahoma Prisons:
A Study of Recidivism and Disciplinary Actions,” Journal of
Correctional Education, Vol. 41, No. 2, June 1990, pp. 87–94.
ü
ü
ü
P. K. Lattimore, A. D. Witte, and J. R. Baker, Sandhills Vocational
Delivery System Experiment: An Examination of Correctional
Program Implementation and Effectiveness, Washington, D.C.:
National Institute of Justice, 1988.
ü
ü
ü
P. K. Lattimore, A. D. Witte, and J. R. Baker, “Experimental
Assessment of the Effect of Vocational Training on Youthful
Property Offenders,” Evaluation Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, April 1990,
pp. 115–133.
ü
ü
ü
J. M. Laux, S. Calmes, J. L. Moe, P. J. Dupuy, J. A. Cox, L. A.
Ventura, C. Williamson, B. J. Benjamin, and E. Lambert, “The
Career Counseling Needs of Mothers in the Criminal Justice
System,” Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, Vol. 50, No. 3, 2011,
pp. 159–173.
ü
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Table E.1—Continued
Study
H. E. E. K. Lee, A System Dynamic Study of a Criminal Justice
System and an Appraisal of Its Correctional Education, thesis/
dissertation, University of Minnesota, 1981.
Eligible
Intervention
Eligible
Outcome
Variable
ü
ü
K. Lee, The Wichita Work Release Center: An Evaluative Study,
Ph.D. dissertation, Kansas State University, 1983.
ü
M. J. Leiber and T. L. Mawhorr, “Evaluating the Use of Social Skills
Training and Employment with Delinquent Youth,” Journal of
Criminal Justice, Vol. 23, No. 2, 1995, pp. 127–141.
ü
Eligible Study
Design
ü
D. K. Lewis and L. Bresler, Is There a Way Out? A Community Study
of Women in the San Francisco County Jail, Washington, D.C.:
National Institute of Education, 1981.
ü
E. J. Lichtenberger, The Impact of Vocational Programs on PostRelease Outcomes for Vocational Completers from the Fiscal
Year 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 Release Cohorts, Richmond, Va.:
Center for Assessment, Evaluation, and Educational Programming,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2007.
ü
ü
ü
E. J. Lichtenberger, “Measuring the Effects of the Level of
Participation in Prison-Based Career and Technical Education
Programs on Recidivism,” working paper, 2011.
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
E. Lichtenberger and S. Weygandt, “Offender Workforce
Development Services Makes an Impact,” Corrections Today, Vol.
73, No. 1, 2011, pp. 66–67.
E. J. Lichtenberger, P. A. O’Reilly, Y. Miyazaki, and R. M.
Kamulladeen, Direct and Indirect Impacts of Career and Technical
Education on Post-Release Outcomes, Blacksburg, Va.: Center for
Assessment, Evaluation, and Educational Programming, Virginia
Tech, 2009.
ü
ü
ü
D. Lockwood, “Prison Higher Education and Recidivism: A
Program Evaluation,” in S. Duguid, ed., The Yearbook of
Correctional Education, British Columbia, Canada: Simon Fraser
University, 1991, pp. 187–201.
ü
ü
ü
V. D. Lofgreen, Grounded Theory Approach to the Education and
Employment of Selected Offenders from a State Prison System,
dissertation, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1983.
ü
ü
D. L. MacKenzie, R. Brame, A. R. Waggoner, and K. D. Robinson,
Examination of the Impact of Moral Reconation Therapy in
the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, College Park, Md.:
University of Maryland Department of Criminal Justice and
Criminology, 1996.
ü
ü
J. J. Maiorano and T. G. Futris, “Fit 2-B FATHERS: The Effectiveness
of Extension Programming with Incarcerated Fathers,” Journal of
Extension, Vol. 43, No. 5, October 2005, Article No. 5FEA6.
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
H. Markley, K. Flynn, and S. Bercaw-Dooen, “Offender Skills
Training and Employment Success: An Evaluation of Outcomes,”
Corrective and Social Psychiatry and Journal of Behavior
Technology, Methods and Therapy, Vol. 29, No. 1, 1983, pp. 1–11.
S. S. Martin and F. R. Scarpitti, “Intensive Case Management
Approach for Paroled IV [Intravenous] Drug Users,” Journal of
Drug Issues, Vol. 23, No. 1, Winter 1993, pp. 43–59.
ü
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11
Table E.1—Continued
Eligible
Intervention
Eligible
Outcome
Variable
Eligible Study
Design
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services,
Offender Recidivism Report, Baltimore, Md., 1988.
ü
ü
ü
R. F. Mattucci and M. W. Johnson, “Teaching Hands-On Plumbing
in a County Facility: A Working Plumber’s Experience,” Journal of
Correctional Education, Vol. 54, No. 1, March 2003, pp. 15–18.
ü
ü
J. McDonough and W. D. Burrell, “Offender Workforce
Development: A New (and Better?) Approach to an Old
Challenge,” Federal Probation, Vol. 72, No. 2, September 2008,
pp. 71–76.
ü
ü
C. McGee, The Positive Impact of Corrections Education on
Recidivism and Employment, Springfield, Ill.: Illinois Department
of Corrections and Illinois Council on Vocational Education, 1997.
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
Study
A. McGlaze, “Making the Most of California’s Correctional
Education Reform: A Survey and Suggestions for Further Steps,”
Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Criminal Justice Center, 2006.
P. F. McKane and B. A. Greene, “The Use of Theory-Based
Computer-Assisted Instruction in Correctional Centers to Enhance
the Reading Skills of Reading-Disadvantaged Adults,” Journal
of Educational Computing Research, Vol. 15, No. 4, 1996, pp.
331–344.
R. Menon, C. Blakely, D. Carmichael, and L. Silver, An Evaluation
of Project RIO Outcomes: An Evaluative Report, College Station,
Tex.: Texas A&M University, Public Policy Resources Laboratory,
1992.
J. E. Messemer, “The Influence of Christian Programs on the
Academic Achievement of Low-Literate Male Inmates,” Journal
of Correctional Education, Vol. 58, No. 3, September 2007, pp.
222–248.
ü
ü
J. E. Messemer and T. Valentine, “The Learning Gains of Male
Inmates Participating in a Basic Skills Program,” Adult Basic
Education: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Adult Literacy
Educational Planning, Vol. 14, No. 2, Summer 2004, pp. 67–89.
ü
ü
L. A. Meyer, J. C. Ory, and R. C. Hinckley, Evaluation Research in
Basic Skills with Incarcerated Adults, Champaign, Ill.: University of
Illinois Center for the Study of Reading, Technical Report No. 303,
1983.
ü
ü
ü
M. L. Miller and B. Hobler, “Delaware’s Life Skills Program Reduces
Inmate Recidivism,” Corrections Today, Vol. 58, No. 5, 1996, pp.
114.
ü
ü
Minnesota Department of Corrections, An Evaluation of the
Institution/Community Work Crew Affordable Homes Program, St.
Paul. Minn., 2011.
ü
ü
Minnesota State Council on Vocational Technical Education,
Equity for Targeted Populations in Vocational Technical
Education, St. Paul, Minn., 1987.
ü
M. A. Minnis, “Program Participation of Federal Inmates Involved
in the Butner FCI (Federal Correctional Institution) Correctional
Experiment,” Journal of Correctional Education, Vol. 31, No. 2,
June 1980, pp. 13–16.
ü
ü
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Table E.1—Continued
Eligible
Intervention
Eligible
Outcome
Variable
Missouri State Department of Corrections, Adult Basic Education
Learning Center 310 Project: Evaluation Report, July 1980–June
1981, Jefferson City, Mo., 1981.
ü
ü
Missouri State Department of Corrections, Adult Basic Education
Learning Center 310 Project: Final Report, July 1983–June 1984,
Jefferson City, Mo., 1984.
ü
ü
Study
Eligible Study
Design
L. H. Monahan, J. J. Monahan, M. T. Gaboury, and P. A. Niesyn,
“Victims’ Voices in the Correctional Setting: Cognitive Gains
in an Offender Education Program,” Journal of Offender
Rehabilitation, Vol. 39, No. 3, 2004, pp. 21–33.
ü
A. R. Moore and M. J. Clement, “Effects of Parenting Training for
Incarcerated Mothers,” Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, Vo. 27,
Nos. 1–2, 1998, pp. 57–72.
ü
M. C. Moses and C. J. Smith, “Factories Behind Fences: Do Prison
‘Real Work’ Programs Work?” Corrections Today, Vol. 69, No. 6,
2007, pp. 102–105.
ü
ü
C. A. Mullen, “Reaching Inside Out: Arts-Based Educational
Programming for Incarcerated Women,” Studies in Art Education,
Vol. 40, No. 2, Winter 1999, pp. 143–161.
ü
L. Murray, A Program to Provide Vocational Training to Limited
English Speaking Adults in a Correctional Setting: Final Report,
Huntsville, Tex.: Texas State Dept. of Corrections, 1981.
ü
ü
J. Nally, S. Lockwood, T. Ho, and K. Knutson, “The Effect
of Correctional Education on Postrelease Employment and
Recidivism: A 5-Year Follow-Up Study in the State of Indiana,”
working paper, 2011.
ü
ü
ü
New York State Department of Correctional Services, Overview of
Department Follow-Up Research on Return Rates of Participants
in Major Programs, Albany, N.Y., 1992.
ü
ü
ü
J. Nuttall, L. Hollmen, and E. M. Staley, “The Effect of Earning a
GED on Recidivism Rates,” Journal of Correctional Education, Vol.
54, No. 3, September 2003, pp. 90–94.
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
D. E. Olson and J. Rozhon, A Process and Impact Evaluation of the
Sheridan Correctional Center Therapeutic Community Program
During Fiscal Years 2004 Through 2010, Chicago, Ill.: Illinois
Criminal Justice Information Authority, January 2011.
L. O’Neill, D. L. MacKenzie, and D. M. Bierie, “Educational
Opportunities Within Correctional Institutions,” Prison Journal,
Vol. 87, No. 3, 2007, pp. 311–327.
ü
M. O’Neil, “Correctional Higher Education: Reduced Recidivism?”
Journal of Correctional Education, Vol. 41, No. 1, March 1990, pp.
28–31.
ü
ü
T. Orsagh and M. E. Marsden, Rational Choice Theory and
Offender Rehabilitation, Washington, D.C.: National Institute of
Justice, 1984.
ü
ü
E. A. Parker, “The Social-Psychological Impact of a College
Education on the Prison Inmate,” Journal of Correctional
Education, Vol. 41, No. 3, September 1990, pp. 140–146.
ü
ü
ü
ü
Eligibility Status for Inclusion into the Meta-Analysis
13
Table E.1—Continued
Eligible
Intervention
Eligible
Outcome
Variable
R. Pavis, “Preparing Federal Prison Inmates for Employment After
Release: An Innovation at the Federal Bureau of Prisons,” Journal
of Correctional Education, Vol. 53, No. 4, December 2002, pp.
146–149.
ü
ü
D. F. Pelzer, Comparing Job Placement of Vocationally Trained and
Untrained Inmates While Residing at a Community Correctional
Center in Florida, 1985.
ü
ü
K. J. Phillips, D. Bellorado, and J. A. Margold, Affective Aspects of
Adult Literacy Programs: A Look at the Types of Support Systems,
Teacher Behavior and Materials That Characterize Effective
Literacy Programs, San Francisco, Calif.: Far West Laboratory for
Educational Research and Development, 1985.
ü
A. M. Piehl, Learning While Doing Time, Cambridge, Mass.:
Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, John F. Kennedy School
of Government, Harvard University, 1994.
ü
ü
A. M. Piehl, Preparing Prisoners for Employment: The Power
of Small Rewards, New York: Center for Civic Innovation at the
Manhattan Institute, Civic Report No. 57, May 2009.
ü
ü
Study
I. Piliavin and S. Masters, The Impact of Employment Programs
on Offenders, Addicts, and Problem Youth: Implications from
Supported Work, Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin–
Madison, Institute for Research on Poverty, 1981.
ü
PRIDE of Florida (Prison Rehabilitation Industries and Diversified
Enterprises, Inc.), PRIDE [Prison Rehabilitative Industries and
Diversified Enterprises, Inc.] of Florida Annual Report, 1995,
Clearwater, Fla., 1995.
ü
K. Quina, Collaborative Development of Individual Discharge
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Rhode Island Department of Corrections, 2000.
ü
ü
E. Rice, System Sciences Inc., (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Conserva Inc.
(Raleigh, N.C.), et al., Assessment of Quality Vocational Education
in State Prisons: Executive Summary—Final Report, Washington,
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Adult Education, 1980.
ü
ü
E. Rice, System Sciences Inc., (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Conserva Inc.
(Raleigh, N.C.), et al., Assessment of Quality Vocational Education
in State Prisons: Successful Programs and the Components
that Permit Them to Succeed—Final Report, Washington, D.C.:
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult
Education, 1980.
ü
ü
K. G. Rohm, Jr., Corrections Education—Is It Effective? An
Evaluation, master’s thesis, Pennsylvania State University, 1989.
ü
ü
S. Rossman, S. Sridharan, and J. Buck, “Impact of the Opportunity
to Succeed Program on Employment Success,” National Institute
of Justice Journal, No. 236, July 1998, pp. 14–20.
ü
G. A. Roundtree et al., “The Effects of Education on Self-Esteem
of Male Prison Inmates,” Journal of Correctional Education, Vol.
32, No. 4, January 1982, pp. 12–18.
ü
J. E. Russell, An Analysis of Student Activity at Graham
Correctional Center, Report #102, Springfield, Ill.: Lincoln Land
Community College, Office of Admissions Records Research, 1984.
ü
ü
Eligible Study
Design
ü
ü
ü
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Table E.1—Continued
Eligible
Intervention
Eligible
Outcome
Variable
ü
ü
T. P. Ryan and J. F. Desuta, “A Comparison of Recidivism Rates for
Operation Outward Reach (OOR) Participants and Control Groups
of Non-Participants for the Years 1990 Through 1994,” Journal
of Correctional Education, Vol. 51, No. 4, December 2000, pp.
316–319.
ü
ü
ü
W. J. Sabol, “Local Labor-Market Conditions and Post-Prison
Employment Experiences of offenders Released from Ohio
State Prisons,” in Shawn Bushway, Michael A. Stoll, and David F.
Weiman, eds., Barriers to Reentry? The Labor Market for Released
Prisoners in Post-Industrial America, New York, N.Y.: Russell Sage
Foundation, 2007, pp. 257–303.
ü
ü
ü
J.-A. Sainz and M. G. Biggins, “Effective Methodology for
Teaching Beginning Reading in English to Bilingual Adults,” paper
presented at the annual meeting of the New England Research
Organization, Lenox, Mass., April 1980.
ü
W. G. Saylor and G. Gaes Gerald, “PREP: Training Inmates
Through Industrial Work Participation, and Vocational and
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2, Spring 1996.
ü
ü
ü
E. R. Schaeffer and T. P. Shannon, A Follow-Up Study of Vocational
Education Graduates from the Ohio Central School System During
Fiscal Year 1979: Final Report, 1983.
ü
ü
R. E. Schumacker et al., “Vocational and Academic Indicators of
Parole Success,” Journal of Correctional Education, Vol. 41, No. 1,
March 1990, pp. 8–13.
ü
ü
D. M. Shaw and M. A. Berg, “Jail Participants Actively Study
Words,” Journal of Correctional Education, Vol. 60, No. 2, 2009,
pp. 100–119.
ü
ü
M. E. Shippen, “A Pilot Study of the Efficacy of Two Adult Basic
Literacy Programs for Incarcerated Males,” Journal of Correctional
Education, Vol. 59, No. 4, 2008, pp. 339–347.
ü
ü
Study
T. A. Ryan and K. A. McCabe, “The Relationship Between
Mandatory vs. Voluntary Participation in a Prison Literacy
Program and Academic Achievement,” Journal of Correctional
Education, Vol. 44 No. 3, September 1993, pp. 134–138.
Eligible Study
Design
T. A. Ryan and K. A. McCabe, “Mandatory Versus Voluntary Prison
Education and Academic Achievement,” Prison Journal, Vol. 74,
No. 4, December 1994, pp. 450–461.
B. B. Schulke, Women and Criminal Recidivism: A Study of Social
Constraints, Ph.D. dissertation, George Washington University,
1993.
J. Showers, “Assessing and Remedying Parenting Knowledge
Among Women Inmates,” Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, Vol.
20, Nos. 1–2, 1993, pp. 35–46.
ü
G. R. Siegel and J. Basta, Effect of Literacy and General Education
Development Programs on Adult Probationers, Tucson, Ariz.:
Adult Probation Department of the Superior Court in Pima
County, 1997
L. G. Smith, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Education
Outcome Study, Lanham, Md.: Correctional Education Association,
May 2005.
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
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15
Table E.1—Continued
Study
S. J. Steurer, L. G. Smith, and A. Tracy, Education Reduces
Crime: Three-State Recidivism Study, Lanham, Md.: Correctional
Education Association, 2003.
Eligible
Intervention
Eligible
Outcome
Variable
Eligible Study
Design
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
Z. H. Stino and B. C. Palmer, “Motivating Women Offenders
Through Process-Based Writing in a Literacy Learning Circle,”
Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, Vol. 43, No. 3,
November 1999, pp. 282–291.
P. Suggs, Claiborne Parish Library, Final Performance Report for
Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) Title VI, Library
Literacy Program, Homer, La.: Claiborne Parish Library, 1993.
ü
ü
R. A. Tewksbury and G. F. Vito, “Improving the Educational Skills
of Jail Inmates: Preliminary Program Findings,” Federal Probation,
Vol. 58, June 1994, pp. 55–59.
ü
ü
R. Tewksbury and K. M. Stengel, “Assessing Correctional
Education Programs: The Students’ Perspective,” Journal of
Correctional Education, Vol. 57, No. 1, March 2006, pp. 13–25.
ü
T. Thorpe et al., “Follow-Up Study of Offenders Who Earn
College Degrees While Incarcerated in New York State,” Journal
of Correctional Education, Vol. 35, No. 3, September 1984, pp.
86–88.
ü
ü
M. E. Torre and M. Fine, “Bar None: Extending Affirmative Action
to Higher Education in Prison,” Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 61,
No. 3, September 2005, pp. 569–594.
ü
ü
C. Tracy and C. Johnson, Three Year Outcome Study of the
Relationship Between Participation in Windham School System
Programs and Reduced Levels of Recidivism, Austin, Tex.: Texas
Department of Criminal Justice, 1994.
ü
ü
K. Swanson, “Faith and Moral Development: A Case Study of
a Jail Faith-Based Correctional Education Program,” Journal of
Correctional Education, Vol. 60, No. 4, June 2009, pp. 343–358.
ü
E. Traynelis-Yurek and F. G. Yuret, “Increased Literacy Through
Unison Reading,” Journal of Correctional Education, Vol. 41, No.
3, September 1990, pp. 110–114.
ü
ü
S. Turner and J. Petersilia, “Work Release in Washington: Effects
on Recidivism and Corrections Costs,” Prison Journal, Vol. 76, No.
2, June 1996, pp. 138–164.
ü
ü
J. H. Tyler and J. R. Kling, “Prison-Based Education and Re-Entry
into the Mainstream Labor Market,” in in Shawn Bushway,
Michael A. Stoll, and David F. Weiman, eds., Barriers to Reentry?
The Labor Market for Released Prisoners in Post-Industrial
America New York, N.Y.: Russell Sage Foundation, 2007, pp.
227–256.
ü
C. Uggen, “Age, Employment and the Duration Structure of
Recidivism: Estimating the ‘True Effect’ of Work on Crime,” paper
presented at the meeting of the American Society of Criminology,
San Diego, Calif., 1997.
U.S. General Accounting Office, Noneducation Factors Hindered
Criminal Justice Initiative, Washington, D.C., GAO/GGD-90-89,
June 1990.
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
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Table E.1—Continued
Study
Eligible
Intervention
Eligible
Outcome
Variable
Eligible Study
Design
U.S. General Accounting Office, Inmate and Staff Views on
Education and Work Training Programs, Washington, D.C., GAO/
GGD-93-33, January 1993.
ü
K. R. Van Stelle, J. R. Lidbury, and D. P. Moberg, Specialized
Training and Employment Project (STEP) Wisconsin Department
of Corrections, October 1, 1993 Through September 30, 1995:
Final Evaluation Report, University of Wisconsin–Madison Medical
School, Department of Preventive Medicine, Center for Health
Policy and Program Evaluation, 1995.
ü
ü
ü
C. A. Visher, S. A. Debus-Sherrill, and J. Yahner, “Employment
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ü
ü
ü
C. Visher, S. Debus, and J. Yahner, Employment After Prison: A
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Urban Institute, 2008.
ü
ü
C. A. Visher and V. Kachnowski, “Finding Work on the Outside:
Results from the ‘Returning Home’ Project in Chicago,” in Shawn
Bushway, Michael A. Stoll, and David F. Weiman, eds., Barriers
to Reentry? The Labor Market for Released Prisoners in PostIndustrial America, New York, N.Y.: Russell Sage Foundation, 2007,
pp. 80–114.
ü
ü
ü
A. Walsh, “An Evaluation of the Effects of Adult Basic Education
on Rearrest Rates Among Probationers,” Journal of Offender
Counseling, Services and Rehabilitation, Vol. 9, No. 4, 1985, pp.
53–67.
ü
ü
G. D. Walters, “Short-Term Outcome of Inmates Participating in
the Lifestyle Change Program,” Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol.
26, No. 3, 1999, pp. 322–337.
ü
Washington State Department of Corrections, Evaluation of Work
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ü
W. T. Wenda, “The Relationship Between Life Skills–Literacy and
Vocational Education and the Self-Perception of Eleven Domains
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ü
J. M. West, “Training Offenders for Life and Work: An Assessment
of Texas’ Project RIO (Reintegration of Offenders),” Applied
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ü
B. Western, “The Penal System and the Labor Market,” in Shawn
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to Reentry? The Labor Market for Released Prisoners in PostIndustrial America, New York, N.Y.: Russell Sage Foundation, 2007,
pp. 335–359.
ü
H. K. Wexler, G. P. Falkin, D. S. Lipton, and A. B. Rosenblum,
“Outcome Evaluation of a Prison Therapeutic Community for
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M. Tims, eds., Drug Abuse Treatment in Prisons and Jails,
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1992,
V. Whitehead, Transitions: Vocational Education from Jail to
Community: Final Report, Joliet, Ill.: Center for Correctional
Concerns, 1987.
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
ü
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17
Table E.1—Continued
Study
Eligible
Intervention
Eligible
Outcome
Variable
Eligible Study
Design
L. Wiley “Moral Education in a Correctional Setting: Reaching
the Goal by a Different Road,” Journal of Offender Counseling,
Services and Rehabilitation, Vol. 12, No. 2, 1988, pp. 161–174.
ü
K. Wilson, P. Gonzalez, T. Romero, K. Henry, and C. Cerbana,
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ü
P. R. Wilson, “Recidivism and Vocational Education,” Journal
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ü
ü
ü
ü
L. Winterfield, M. Coggeshall, M. Burke-Storer, V. Correa, and S.
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ü
C. A. Winters, “Inmate Opinions Towards Education and
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ü
J. L. Winterton, “Transformations: Technology Boot Camp—
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ü
ü
J. G. Wolf and D. Sylves, The Impact of Higher Education
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ü
ü
R. J. Woodin, Vocational Education in Correctional Institutions in
Ohio, Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State Advisory Council for Vocational
Education, 1983.
ü
D. S. Young and R. F. Mattucci, “Enhancing the Vocational Skills
of Incarcerated Women Through a Plumbing Maintenance
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ü
ü
Kristen Zgoba, Sabrina Haugebrook, and Krista Jenkins, “The
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ü
ü
ü