NCJ Number
131630
Journal
Corrective and Social Psychiatry and Journal of Behavior Technology Methods and Therapy Volume: 36 Issue: 4 Dated: (October 1990) Pages: 70-74,
Date Published
1990
Length
5 pages
Annotation
A sample of 190 inmate subjects participated in an 18-month study designed to find a relationship between the educational programming offered at the Lethbridge Community College in Alberta, Canada to inmates at the Lethbridge Correctional Center (Lakeshore Campus) and inmate post-release success.
Abstract
Subjects' second interview took place 5 to 12 months following their releases from Lethbride Correctional Center. Students were generally more articulate and easier to talk to than non-students and seemed less depressed, less subdued, and more likely to ask questions and to volunteer information. Most subjects believed they had some control over their lives, but students believed so more strongly. Students were not better off than their non-student counterparts in terms of recidivism. Non-students were more successful than students in staying away from prison and (presumably crime) in every measure of criminal activity. Students not only committed offenses more often than non-students, but they committed more severe offenses. 3 tables and 14 references (Author abstract modified)