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- Publisher
- Wiley
- Copyright
- 1992 American Counseling Association
- ISSN
- 1055-3835
- eISSN
- 2161-1874
- DOI
- 10.1002/j.2161-1874.1992.tb00080.x
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Abstract
Michael S. Vaughn i a doctoral fellow in the College of Criminal Justice at Sam Houston s State University, Huntsville, Texas. An earlier version of this article was presented at the 1991 meeting of the Western and Pacific Association of Criminal Justice Educators in Reno, Nevada. JOURNAL OF ADDICTIONS AND OFFENDER COUNSELING / APRIL 1992 / VOL. 12 47 and corrections officials than are expensive education programs (Babcock, 1988; Fogel, 1975; Irwin, 1977). Overall, in the correctional world, the “nothing works’’ philosophy has limited the number of inmates who receive prison education. Of those prison inmates receiving education, however, sex offenders participate in a considerable number of educational programs, contrary to the educational decline of the general inmate population (Babcock, 1988; Cox, 1984; Erikson, 1966; Kandel, Ayllon, & Roberts, 1976; McKenna, 1988). Despite the general societal reluctance to fund sex offender rehabilitation programs adequately, some research shows that taxpayers support efforts to rehabilitate prisoners (Gottfredson, Warner, & Taylor, 1988). Evidence also indicates there has been an increased need for inmate educational programs (Duguid, 1989). Some research suggests, however, that prisons are not keeping pace with that increased demand. Petersilia (1980) found in 1974 that although 68% of incarcerated
Journal
The Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling – Wiley
Published: Apr 1, 1992