Premium
Address specialized needs of previously incarcerated students
Author(s) -
Hope Joan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
dean and provost
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-7587
pISSN - 1527-6562
DOI - 10.1002/dap.30496
Subject(s) - recidivism , prison , community college , sociology , educational attainment , psychology , gerontology , medical education , mathematics education , criminology , political science , medicine , law
DALLAS — Research shows a link between educational attainment and recidivism for previously incarcerated individuals. We know that education works and is cost‐effective, said Joni Schwartz, Ed.D., a professor at LaGuardia Community College of the City University of New York. “It costs much less to put someone through college than to keep him in prison,” she added.