Yearbook of Correctional Education 1989.

Overview & Synopsis

This yearbook contains conference papers, commissioned papers, reprints of earlier works, and research-in-progress. They offer a retrospective view as well as address the mission and perspective of correctional education, its international dimension, correctional education in action, and current research. Papers include "Correctional Education and a Tradition of Excellence" (Thom Gehring); "Education in the Prisons of Tomorrow" (Austin MacCormick); "How to Stimulate Inmate Interest and Motivation in Education Programs" (Garrett Heyns); "Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make: Institutional Challenge to Education and Social Work" (Norman Jepson); "Correctional Education and At-Risk Programs" (Ted Hofferth); "Culture in the Bureaucracy: The University in Prison" (Wayne Knights); "Prison Education: The Need for a Declaration of Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners" (Lucien Morin, J. W. Cosman); "Policy and Practice: International and Comparative Approaches to Education in Prison Regimes" (Kenneth Neale); "Mandatory Literacy for Prisons" (Sylvia McCollum); "Teaching Women's Studies to Convicted Sex Offenders" (Holly Devor);"Eastern Fathers' Group: Educational and Support Group for Incarcerated Fathers" (C. S. Lanier, Jr., Glenn Fisher); "History of California's Arts-in-Corrections Program: A Case Study of Successful Prison Programming" (William Cleveland); "Advancing Adult Basic Education in Prisons: Recruitment, Selection, and Training of Inmate Tutors" (Michael Collins, John Niemi); "A Transitional Education Program for Adult Female Offenders" (T. A. Ryan);"Impact of Television on Prison Order" (Mark Hamm et al.); "Evaluating the Effects of Vocational Education on Inmates: A Research Model and Preliminary Results" (Elizabeth Downes et al.); "Educational Requirements for Correctional Officers: Standards for Entry Level and Promotion" (Darrell Ross); and "Problem-Solving Training and Parole Adjustment in High-Risk Young Offenders" (Katherine Larson). (YLB)