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Vocational Education and Training for Adult Prisoners and Offenders in Australia: Research Readings
Publication year:
2007
| Cataloged on:
Aug. 18, 2008
ANNOTATION: This collection of readings addresses what the research says about vocational education and training (VET) and how to improve VET for adult prisoners and offenders in Australia. Contents are: “International Research and Trends in Education and Training Provision in Correctional Settings” by Raymond Chavez and Susan Dawe; “The Role of VET in Recidivism in Australia” by Victor Callan and John Gardner; “Ex-Prisoners and Ex-Offenders and the Employment Connection: Assistance Plus Acceptance” by Joe Graffam and Lesley Hardcastle; “The Role of Education and Training in Prison to Work Transitions” by Margaret Giles, Anh Tram Le, Maria Allan, Catherine Lees, Ann-Claire Larsen, and Lyn Bennett; “Should Education and Vocational Training Be Compulsory in Corrections?” by Peter de Graaff; “The Provision of VET for Adult Prisoners in Australia” by Sian Halliday Wynes; “Using Research to Inform Practice: Western Australia Correctional Education” by Christine Laird, Chavez, and Melanie Zan; “Throughcare and VET for Adult Prisoners and Offenders within the New South Wales Department of Correctional Services” by Karen Banfield, Steve Barlow, and David Gould, “Improving VET for Adult Prisoners and Offenders in Australia” by Wynes; “Improving Literacy for Adult Prisoners and Offenders” by Bernard Meatheringham, Pamela Snow, Martine Powell, and Michael Fewster; and “Education and Training for Indigenous People in Prisons” by Cydde Miller.