College in prison, reading in an age of mass incarceration, Daniel Karpowitz
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Label
College in prison, reading in an age of mass incarceration, Daniel Karpowitz
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
College in prison
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
948338953
Responsibility statement
Daniel Karpowitz
Sub title
reading in an age of mass incarceration
Summary
"This book tells the story of the Bard Prison Initiative--a unique example of academic excellence unfolding inside high-security prisons across New York. Through the Initiative, hundreds of incarcerated men and women go to Bard College full-time while still in prison, and thrive at the highest academic levels the college has to offer. This remarkable student body is demographically identical to the larger population of people in New York's prisons, and thus quite unlike those students who usually have access to, and succeed in, America's leading liberal arts colleges. Those who have graduated and left prison are thriving in for-private companies, leading service agencies, and completing further study at elite graduate schools for academia and the professions. The rigor and depth of what and how these students learn, and the careers they pursue once home, force us to rethink preconceptions about who is in prison, what American systems of punishment really mean, and the continued relevance of liberal learning"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Introduction: A Note on Text -- 1. Getting In: Conflicting Voices and the Politics of College in Prison -- 2. Landscapes: BPI and Mass Incarceration -- 3. Going to Class: Reading Crime and Punishment -- 4. The First Graduation: Figures of Speech -- 5. Replication and Conclusions: College, Prison, and Inequality in America
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- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology
- EDUCATION / Philosophy & Social Aspects
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
- Bard College -- History
- Prison administration -- New York (State) -- History
- Prisoners + Education (Higher) -- New York (State) -- History
- Education, Higher + Social aspects -- New York (State) -- History
- EDUCATION / Higher
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- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology
- EDUCATION / Philosophy & Social Aspects
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
- Bard College -- History
- Prison administration -- New York (State) -- History
- Prisoners + Education (Higher) -- New York (State) -- History
- Education, Higher + Social aspects -- New York (State) -- History
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