Offender Rehabilitation Issues - Critical Lessons for Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Public Policy

This book uses a critical approach to understand the issues and questions about offender rehabilitation within the 21st century.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Focal Issues of Offender Rehabilitation
Chapter 2: Individual Change Perspectives of Offender Rehabilitation
Chapter 3: Pessimistic Reaction to Individual Change: Perspectives of Offender Rehabilitation
Chapter 4: A Critical Examination of Empirical Evidence of Offender Rehabilitation-Correctional Education
Chapter 5: Reaffirming the Limits of Offender Rehabilitation but With Caution
Chapter 6: Using Recidivism Rate as the Sole Indicator of Prison-Based Rehabilitation Usefulness
Chapter 7: The History of Pell Grants for Prison Inmates College Education
Chapter 8: Abolition of Pell Grants for Higher Education of Prisoners
Chapter 9: Second Chance Act and Second Chance Pell Pilot Program: The End of Abolition of Pell Grants for Prisoners Education
Chapter 10: Limitation, Direction for Future Research, and Conclusion
References
About the Author

About the author

Charles B. A. Ubah is professor of criminology, criminal justice, law, sociology and public policy at Georgia College and State University.

Summary

This book uses a critical approach to understand the issues and questions about offender rehabilitation within the 21st century.

Product details

• Authors: Charles B. A. Ubah, Charles B.a. Ubah
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781666922790
• ISBN: 978-1-66692-279-0
• No. of pages: 162
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, Criminal law & procedure, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Rehabilitation of offenders