College in Prison : Reading in an Age of Mass Incarceration /

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"The nationally renowned Bard Prison Initiative demonstrates how the liberal arts can alter the landscape inside prisons by expanding access to the transformative power of American higher education. American colleges and universities have made various efforts to provide prisoners with access to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Karpowitz, Daniel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Bard College.
Bard College > History.
Prisoners > Education (Higher)
Prison administration.
Education, Higher > Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
EDUCATION > Higher.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
EDUCATION > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Enseignement superieur > Aspect social > New York (État) > Histoire.
Prisons > Administration > New York (État) > Histoire.
Prisoners > Education (Higher) > New York (State) > History.
Education, Higher > Social aspects > New York (State) > History.
Prison administration > New York (State) > History.
New York (State)
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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
  • Acknowledgments
  • Selected Reading
  • Index.

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