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Davis, Lois M., Robert Bozick, Jennifer L. Steele, Jessica Saunders, and Jeremy N. V. Miles. (2013). Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education: A Meta-Analysis of Programs That Provide Education to Incarcerated Adults, RAND Corporation, RR-266-BJA, 2013. Retrieved from: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR266.html
After conducting a comprehensive literature search, the authors undertook a meta-analysis to examine the association between correctional education and reductions in recidivism, improvements in employment after release from prison, and learning in math and in reading. Their findings support the premise that receiving correctional education while incarcerated reduces an individual's risk of recidivating. They also found that those receiving correctional education had improved odds of obtaining employment after release. The authors also examined the benefits of computer-assisted learning and compared the costs of prison education programs with the costs of reincarceration.
After conducting a comprehensive literature search, the authors undertook a meta-analysis to examine the association between correctional education and reductions in recidivism, improvements in employment after release from prison, and learning in math and in reading. Their findings support the premise that receiving correctional education while incarcerated reduces an individual's risk of recidivating. They also found that those receiving correctional education had improved odds of obtaining employment after release. The authors also examined the benefits of computer-assisted learning and compared the costs of prison education programs with the costs of reincarceration.
Center for Community Alternatives: (2016) Boxed Out: Criminal History Screening and College Application Attrition. Center for Community Alternatives. NY, NY.
Retrieved from: https://www.communityalternatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/boxed-out.pdf
This study helps to explain how the use of the criminal history box on college applications and the supplemental requirements and procedures that follow create barriers to higher education for otherwise qualified applicants. In this study, which focuses on the State University of New York (SUNY), we found that almost two out of every three applicants who disclosed a felony conviction were denied access to higher education, not because of a purposeful denial of their application but because they were driven out of the application process.
Retrieved from: https://www.communityalternatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/boxed-out.pdf
This study helps to explain how the use of the criminal history box on college applications and the supplemental requirements and procedures that follow create barriers to higher education for otherwise qualified applicants. In this study, which focuses on the State University of New York (SUNY), we found that almost two out of every three applicants who disclosed a felony conviction were denied access to higher education, not because of a purposeful denial of their application but because they were driven out of the application process.
Custer, B. D. (2016). College admission policies for ex-offender students: A literature review.
Journal of Correctional Education, 67(2), 35-43. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/26506635
As student affairs administrators are increasingly scrutinized for their role in campus safety, a startling trend has emerged which shows college students are being screened for felony convictions. This Comprehensive literature reviews college admission policies surrounding justice involved students.
Journal of Correctional Education, 67(2), 35-43. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/26506635
As student affairs administrators are increasingly scrutinized for their role in campus safety, a startling trend has emerged which shows college students are being screened for felony convictions. This Comprehensive literature reviews college admission policies surrounding justice involved students.
Stewart, R., & Uggen, C. (2020). Criminal records and college admissions: A modified experimental audit.
Criminology, 58(1), 156-188. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1745-9125.12229?casa_token=BeMyaL2g4csAAAAA%3ALrrpK7AzKXh1BCJK4JrN-witGUWOm6ln9Ci9GkfNe-XjvUyq3pECarALeWg5KBSp1dgOKFPxZQS42e8
Study which examined whether preliminary reports of racial impacts evidenced in ban the box for employment were similar for ban the box in higher education. Matched pairs experiment found no evidence to support the same effects across ban the box movements. Recommendations were to narrow the scope of the inquiries or remove the question from college applications completely.
Criminology, 58(1), 156-188. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1745-9125.12229?casa_token=BeMyaL2g4csAAAAA%3ALrrpK7AzKXh1BCJK4JrN-witGUWOm6ln9Ci9GkfNe-XjvUyq3pECarALeWg5KBSp1dgOKFPxZQS42e8
Study which examined whether preliminary reports of racial impacts evidenced in ban the box for employment were similar for ban the box in higher education. Matched pairs experiment found no evidence to support the same effects across ban the box movements. Recommendations were to narrow the scope of the inquiries or remove the question from college applications completely.
Ford, J. A., & Schroeder, R. D. (2010). Higher education and criminal offending over the life course.
Sociological Spectrum, 31(1), 32-58. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02732173.2011.525695?casa_token=2x0O4gc9uacAAAAA%3Ak38I1CT6Dk6g6LXy9FrMWjU9oOYaRj0wj2sovnlrHr_E08nPacT9_6YFQL-ve56GBglAnhooljmYTg&journalCode=usls20.
This study found that college attendance and investment in higher education are negatively associated with criminal offending in adulthood. In addition, the protective effect of higher education is stronger for individuals who were more delinquent during adolescence.
Sociological Spectrum, 31(1), 32-58. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02732173.2011.525695?casa_token=2x0O4gc9uacAAAAA%3Ak38I1CT6Dk6g6LXy9FrMWjU9oOYaRj0wj2sovnlrHr_E08nPacT9_6YFQL-ve56GBglAnhooljmYTg&journalCode=usls20.
This study found that college attendance and investment in higher education are negatively associated with criminal offending in adulthood. In addition, the protective effect of higher education is stronger for individuals who were more delinquent during adolescence.
Custer, B. D. (2013). Admission Denied: A Case Study of an Ex-Offender.
Journal of College Admission, 219, 16-19. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1011759.pdf
The setting for the study was a public research university in the Midwest where administrators in enrollment services and student
affairs reviewed the criminal history of all undergraduate (and later graduate) applicants, admitting only those whose criminal histories did not indicate a threat to the campus. All applicants submitted admission essays that explained the details of their criminal incidents and legal outcomes, which were reviewed by the committee of administrators, providing a case study of applicant experience with conviction history
Journal of College Admission, 219, 16-19. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1011759.pdf
The setting for the study was a public research university in the Midwest where administrators in enrollment services and student
affairs reviewed the criminal history of all undergraduate (and later graduate) applicants, admitting only those whose criminal histories did not indicate a threat to the campus. All applicants submitted admission essays that explained the details of their criminal incidents and legal outcomes, which were reviewed by the committee of administrators, providing a case study of applicant experience with conviction history
Custer, B. D. (2013). Why college admissions policies for students with felony convictions are not working at one institution.
College and University, 88(4), 28. Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/openview/d3c423c30a960d063b15bea182659282/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=1059
Administrators are increasingly concerned about the safety of staff and students. Infamous acts of violence on college campuses—as, for example, at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2007 and at Northern Illinois University in 2008—have resulted in the development of new policies and procedures designed to promote a safer campus environment. This article documents how criminal history policy is not effective at one university.
College and University, 88(4), 28. Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/openview/d3c423c30a960d063b15bea182659282/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=1059
Administrators are increasingly concerned about the safety of staff and students. Infamous acts of violence on college campuses—as, for example, at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2007 and at Northern Illinois University in 2008—have resulted in the development of new policies and procedures designed to promote a safer campus environment. This article documents how criminal history policy is not effective at one university.
Jung, H. S. (2016). Ban the box in college applications: A balanced approach.
Cornell JL & Pub. Pol'y, 26, 171. Retrieved from https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/cjlpp26&div=8&id=&page=
Policy paper highlighting balanced approach to Ban the Box in Higher Ed movement from law student at Cornell. It gives legal background, development, and criticisms of the current admissions policy regarding criminal history, gives the relationship between criminal history screen and heightened campus security, and draws conclusions on solutions.
Cornell JL & Pub. Pol'y, 26, 171. Retrieved from https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/cjlpp26&div=8&id=&page=
Policy paper highlighting balanced approach to Ban the Box in Higher Ed movement from law student at Cornell. It gives legal background, development, and criticisms of the current admissions policy regarding criminal history, gives the relationship between criminal history screen and heightened campus security, and draws conclusions on solutions.
Runyan, C. W., Pierce, M. W., Shankar, V., & Bangdiwala, S. I. (2013).
Can student-perpetrated college crime be predicted based on precollege misconduct?.
Injury prevention, 19(6), 405-411. Retrieved from https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/19/6/405?casa_token=e-AxgGlaCnsAAAAA%3Avf0lgdlNdQpjQjLt5Oy9JvqUTZM4ZZlkYDv3VABfOUtrXEj4qyQB0ajvboSNVTykfXsDbJ2A0qVJ
Using cohort and case-control analyses, we identified college misconduct through college records and self-reports on a confidential survey of graduating seniors, and examined precollege behavior as indicated on admissions records, a survey and criminal background checks. Shows screening questions on college applications were not predictive of who would engage in misconduct during college. Cohort analysis of 120 college students at a large public university.
Can student-perpetrated college crime be predicted based on precollege misconduct?.
Injury prevention, 19(6), 405-411. Retrieved from https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/19/6/405?casa_token=e-AxgGlaCnsAAAAA%3Avf0lgdlNdQpjQjLt5Oy9JvqUTZM4ZZlkYDv3VABfOUtrXEj4qyQB0ajvboSNVTykfXsDbJ2A0qVJ
Using cohort and case-control analyses, we identified college misconduct through college records and self-reports on a confidential survey of graduating seniors, and examined precollege behavior as indicated on admissions records, a survey and criminal background checks. Shows screening questions on college applications were not predictive of who would engage in misconduct during college. Cohort analysis of 120 college students at a large public university.
Davis, L. M., et all (2014).
How effective is correctional education, and where do we go from here? The results of a comprehensive evaluation.
Rand Corporation. Retrieved from https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/media/publications/BJA%20-%20How%20Effective%20is%20Correctional%20Education,%202014.pdf
The research described in this report was sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and was conducted in the Safety and Justice Program, within RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment. This report gives conclusions from their comprehensive review on correctional education.
How effective is correctional education, and where do we go from here? The results of a comprehensive evaluation.
Rand Corporation. Retrieved from https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/media/publications/BJA%20-%20How%20Effective%20is%20Correctional%20Education,%202014.pdf
The research described in this report was sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and was conducted in the Safety and Justice Program, within RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment. This report gives conclusions from their comprehensive review on correctional education.
Pierce, M. W., Runyan, C. W., & Bangdiwala, S. I. (2014). The use of criminal history information in college admissions decisions. Journal of School Violence, 13(4), 359-376. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15388220.2013.870061
This study evaluated reasons given by colleges for collecting criminal background information. Schools reporting the collect criminal histories expressed great reluctance to admit students with criminal justice involvement. The results raise concerns on how the information is being used in college admissions.
This study evaluated reasons given by colleges for collecting criminal background information. Schools reporting the collect criminal histories expressed great reluctance to admit students with criminal justice involvement. The results raise concerns on how the information is being used in college admissions.
Ott, M., & McTier Jr, T. S. (2019). Faculty attitudes toward college students with criminal records.
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. Retrieved from https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-50089-001
This inquiry explores university faculty attitudes toward college students with criminal records to better understand whether professors view them differently than the general student body. Utilizing a framework informed by the concept of stigma and existing research on individuals with criminal records in traditional higher education settings, we analyzed faculty responses to nine scenarios related to their encounters with students on campus. The 229 survey participants had relatively supportive reactions, but their views were significantly more negative about college students with criminal records compared with other students. Faculty exhibited particularly stigmatizing attitudes toward college students convicted of serious violent offenses. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. Retrieved from https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-50089-001
This inquiry explores university faculty attitudes toward college students with criminal records to better understand whether professors view them differently than the general student body. Utilizing a framework informed by the concept of stigma and existing research on individuals with criminal records in traditional higher education settings, we analyzed faculty responses to nine scenarios related to their encounters with students on campus. The 229 survey participants had relatively supportive reactions, but their views were significantly more negative about college students with criminal records compared with other students. Faculty exhibited particularly stigmatizing attitudes toward college students convicted of serious violent offenses. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)