I need help to find sources that have statistics for past or current persons who leave prison with their B.A. degree, AA, or vocational degree.
Topic is ex-felon who leave prison with higher education or have some type of secondary diploma for better chance to get hired after release.
Answer
Hello Carl
We have a statistics database ProQuest but I didn't see any information in it that would be helpful to answer your question. So far, I have not actually seen statistics to answer your question. You can try Ebscohost and use Social Science Index FT, and try different subject combinations and see what you can find.
I have looked on the web for some articles that might help. Here are four articles that might start you in the right direction.
http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/ex-offenders-2010-11.pdf
http://www.communityalternatives.org/pdf/Reconsidered-criminal-hist-recs-in-college-admissions.pdf
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/opinion/a-chance-at-college-for-ex-offenders.html?_r=0
Let me know if you have any further questions. You might also try searching on Google Scholar for articles.
Gloria Creed-Dikeogu, Ottawa University Library
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