Functional Literacy Education for Jail Inmates: An Examination of the Hillsborough County Jail Education Program

Smith, Linda G.; Silverman, Mitchell

doi:10.1177/0032855594074004003

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“…Demographic measures included age, race and sex. These three variables have been shown in several other studies as significant correlates of illicit activities (Sampson and Laub 1993;Steffensmeier and Streifel 1991), as well as predictors of outcomes in some treatment modalities (Smith and Silverman 1994). Thus, these measures are examined in the bivariate and the multivariate models.…”

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confidence: 96%

Deterrence: Testing the Effects of Perceived Sanction Certainty on Probation Violations

Maxwell

Gray

2000

Sociological Inquiry

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Deterrence theory has been repeatedly used to explain individuals' choices to commit vs. not commit crimes. Its utilitarian premise is that individuals will choose to commit or not commit crimes based on the certainty, swiftness, and severity of punishments. This study examines the perceived certainty of sanctions among offenders mandated into intensive probation and the effects of varying levels of perceived sanction certainty in deterring offenders from violating probation requirements. Data from an Intensive Supervision Probation program in New Jersey are used. Results support the salience of offenders' perceptions of sanction certainty on their intensive probation outcomes, and implications for policy are discussed.

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Section: Independent Measuresmentioning

confidence: 96%

Deterrence: Testing the Effects of Perceived Sanction Certainty on Probation Violations

Maxwell

Gray

2000

Sociological Inquiry

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“…As shown above, these were integral strategies that slaves relied on. In addition, some research has shown that African Americans gain more from prison educational programs than whites (e.g., [79]. Unfortunately, Adams ([1]:291) notes that there is a shortage of research concerning "successful" coping in prisons.…”

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Strain, coping mechanisms, and slavery: a general strain theory application

Rocque

2008

Crime Law Soc Change

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General strain theory (GST) is a framework for understanding how strain, or psychological adversity, affects individuals, and how these individuals cope with strain. Researchers have generally used the theory to study contemporary crime and deviance. However, GST offers a more general perspective for the study of strain that apply to other contexts. This paper examines applicability of GST to African-American experiences during slavery in order to determine the relevance of the theory to an historical context and to shed light onto that context. Relying on primary and secondary sources from the historical record, I argue that slaves in America experienced the types of strain outlined in GST, showing how these strains affected individuals. Moreover, during the ante-bellum period, African Americans appear to have utilized the same coping strategies and resources found in GST, which helps to illustrate how and why such coping strategies were used. As a result, GST is able to offer insights into a historical context -an application of the theory neither researchers in the criminological, nor the historical literature have explored. Implications for the application of GST in other situations of confinement (e.g., the prison) are discussed.

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“…The education needed by these people is hopefully will also build their character as it is for their knowledge. The previous research [5] stated that functional literacy program implied on jail inmates is aimed to decrease the criminality.…”

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Functional Literacy Conceptual Model Oriented to Character Education for Jail Inmates

Rahman¹

2018

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Education Innovation (ICEI 2018)

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Based on a survey, there are still 10 penitentiary inmates who are illiterate in Gorontalo City Penitentiary, with age 45-65 years old. The survey shows that penitentiary inmates who committed a crime, are included those who are illiterate. This means that basically, these people have character issues. Therefore, the aim of this research is to develop functional literacy learning model based on character education by the learning centre in Pengayoman. The method used in this research is research and development, divided into four steps: initial study, developing model, implementation, and recommended model construction. Furthermore, the experimental method used an empirical test. The model design product consists of recommended learning model design for illiteracy learning based on character education. Furthermore, from this model, it is expected to improve personal character, entrepreneur character, and cognition and psychomotor.

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Functional Literacy Education for Jail Inmates: An Examination of the Hillsborough County Jail Education Program

Cited by 8 publications

References 5 publications

Deterrence: Testing the Effects of Perceived Sanction Certainty on Probation Violations

Deterrence: Testing the Effects of Perceived Sanction Certainty on Probation Violations

Strain, coping mechanisms, and slavery: a general strain theory application

Functional Literacy Conceptual Model Oriented to Character Education for Jail Inmates

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