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Prison Education and Desistance - Changing Perspectives (Hardcover)
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Prison Education and Desistance - Changing Perspectives (Hardcover)
Series: International Series on Desistance and Rehabilitation
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This book explores prisoners' experiences of prison education and
investigates whether participation in prison education contributes
to an offender's ability to desist from crime and increases social
capital levels. While the link between prison education and reduced
rates of recidivism is well established through research, far less
is known about the relationship between prison education and
desistance. The book demonstrates how prisoners experience many
benefits from participating in prison education, including
increased confidence, self-control and agency, along with various
other cognitive changes. In addition, the book examines prisoners'
accounts that provide evidence of strong connections between prison
education and the formation of pro-social bonds which have been
shown to play a role in the desistance process. It also highlights
the links between prison education and social capital, and the
existence of a form of prison-based social capital arising from the
prison culture. Written in a clear and direct style, this book will
appeal to those engaged in criminology, sociology, penology,
desistance, rehabilitation, the sociology of education and all
those interested in learning more about the positive impact of
prison education on prisoners.
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