What is the rationale and findings for providing funding for inmate educational pursuits developed from a Rand Corporation study that was commissioned by the Department of Justice?

What will be an ideal response?


Inmates who participate in correctional education programs had a 43% lower odds of recidivating than those who did not. The odds of obtaining employment postrelease among inmates who participated in correctional education was 13% higher than the odds for those who did not. Offenders who were provided computer-assisted instruction learned reading and math in the same amount of time when provided other forms of instruction. For every dollar that is spent on prison-based education programming, there is a clear minimum of $4 saved in future incarceration costs.

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Which part of a traffic unit involves commanders who design strategies to enhance enforcement and visibility as they reduce traffic violations and traffic crashes?

a. enforcement b. education c. investigation d. engineering

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Citizens of Japanese ancestry in Central America and South America countries were rounded up, handed over to American authorities, transported to the United States, and thrown into concentration camps in the early 1940s.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Currently, which of the following is the most frequently used method of execution in the United States?

A) Lethal injection B) Electrocution C) Firing squad D) Gas chamber

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A _______________ theory seeks to explain variation in crime rates versus variation in individual offending

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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