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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Report & Vignettes
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Front Matter
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About this book
Reviews
“This book’s most valuable contributions to the field of criminology consist in its descriptions and discussions of the issues of delivering education programs in this kind of climate as well as the challenges this poses for conducting research. The authors’ vignettes provide uncensored descriptions of what goes in California’s prisons that go far in explaining what is wrong with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The reader might tend to regard some of these accounts as at least exaggerated, but let me assure you that what they describe is, unfortunately, not in the least unusual.” (Norman Skonovd, Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, California State University, Chico, USA)
“This frank, funny, disturbing, and personal account of attempts to educate state prisoners steals any naïveté we might have had regarding attempts to rehabilitate criminals and integrate them back into society. Those interested in prison education and the interface between complex organizations and evidence-based practice will get an education they never expected. The interspersed vignettes bring us back to reality with a jolt.” (S. David Brazer, Associate Professor and Director of Leadership Degree Programs, Stanford University, USA)
Authors and Affiliations
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California State University, Chico, USA
Andrew J Dick
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California State University , Chico, USA
William Rich
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Payap University Chiangmai , Thailand and California State University , Chico, USA
Tony Waters
About the authors
William Rich is Professor Emeritus at California State University, Chico, USA, where he taught graduate courses in Educational Leadership and Curriculum in the School of Education. Additionally, he served as school district consultant in policy re-design based on participative inquiry processes that uncover local cultural biases and organizational barriers to success. He has held positions as private and public school teacher, public school administrator, and university professor.
Tony Waters is Professor of Sociology at California State University, Chico, USA, and beginning in 2016, Professor of Peace Studies at Payap University, Chiangmai, Thailand. He has taught Criminology, Social Theory, and Cultural Theory among other subjects. His past writing includes titles in classical social theory, violence, criminology, and refugees. He has published several books on these topics, including Schooling, Childhood, and Bureaucracy (2012), and Weber's Rationalism (2015) as well as Crime and Immigrant Youth (1999), and When Killing is a Crime (2007).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Prison Vocational Education and Policy in the United States
Book Subtitle: A Critical Perspective on Evidence-Based Reform
Authors: Andrew J Dick, William Rich, Tony Waters
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56469-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-56468-9Published: 05 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-56469-6Published: 05 August 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 319
Topics: Education Policy