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Selection of Scholarly Articles

The Center houses the most complete collection of primary and secondary correctional education related material in the world. Online indexing and retrieval capability are an important part of our aspiration to make this material as available as possible to interested educators and researchers. Below you will find a selection of scholarly articles written by faculty associated with the Center.

Correctional Education Professional Development
by Carolyn Eggleston

Care as the Heart of Prison Teaching
by Randall Wright

Correctional Teacher Skills, Characteristics, and Performance Indicators
by Thom Gehring.

Integral Correctional Education Essays (three)
by Thom Gehring and Margaret Puffer.

Army of Change Agents
by Thom Gehring

Going to Teach in Prisons: Culture Shock
by Randall Wright

Recidivism as a Measure of Correctional Education Program Success
by Thom Gehring

Teacher Selection, Moral/Spiritual Education, and Character Formation for Confined Learners
by Thom Gehring

Impact of Immigration and Americanization on Correctional Education
by Carolyn Eggleston

Radical Conversations: Part One—Social-Constructivist Methods in the ABE Classroom
by Bill Muth

A Reading Component Assessment of English Language Literacy Learners in U.S. Prisons
by Bill Muth

Literacy Learners in Prison: Finding Purpose in the 'Second Space'
by Bill Muth

Intergenerational Literacy Programs for Incarcerated Parents and Their Families: A Review of the Literature 
by Bill Muth

Two Ways to Assess Literacy Learners in Prison
by Bill Muth

Janie Porter Barrett (1865-1948): Exemplary African American Correctional Educator
by Bill Muth, Thom Gehring, Margaret Puffer, Camille Mayers, Sandra Kamusikiri, and Glenda Pressley

What Works and Why? And What Doesn't Work and Why? The Search for Best Practices in Correctional Education (Full version)
by Thom Gehring

What Works and Why? And What Doesn't Work and Why? The Search for Best Practices in Correctional Education
(A shorter version from the Spring 2008 JCCASAC Journal) by Thom Gehring and Scott Rennie

San Bernardino Parolee Statistics, Best Practices, and Needs Assessment
by Scott Rennie, Carolyn Eggleston, and Matt Riggs

Service Provision to the Families of Inmates/Parolees
by Scott Rennie