A Meta-Analysis of Corrections-Based Education, Vocation, and Work Programs for Adult Offenders

By David B. Wilson, C. Gallagher, D. Mackenzie. 2000

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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How Effective Is Correctional Education, and Where Do We Go from Here? The Results of a Comprehensive Evaluation (2014, result): “…techniques, question the conclusions of the earlier work, finding evidence of a relationship between correctional education program participation before release and lower odds of recidivating after release (Wilson, Gallagher, and MacKenzie, 2000; MacKenzie, 2006; Aos, Miller, and Drake, 2006).”
Incarceration Length, Employment, and Earnings (2006, background): “effectiveness do not for the most part suggest large effects (Wilson et al. 2000), and analysis of”
A Quantitative Review of Structured, Group-Oriented, Cognitive-Behavioral Programs for Offenders (2005, background): “The bulk of the studies synthesized by Wilson et al. (2000) failed to adequately control for selection bias.”
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education: A Meta-Analysis of Programs That Provide Education to Incarcerated Adults (2013, result): “This reduction is somewhat greater than what had been previously reported by Wilson, Gallagher, and MacKenzie (2000), which showed an average reduction in recidivism of about 11 percentage points.”
Ex-offender employment programs and recidivism: A meta-analysis (2005, background): “…to build skills and prepare for placement at a future job, the evaluation literature has provided mixed to negative support for the effectiveness of in-prison job training programs, including a meta-analysis of 33 programs (Bushway and Reuter 1997; Gaes et al. 1999; Wilson et al. 1999, 2000).”
The effect of prison-based college education programs on recidivism: Propensity Score Matching approach (2013, unknown): “Similarly, Wilson, Gallagher, and MacKenzie (2000) meta-analyzed the recidivism outcomes of 33 studies and found that participants in the educational, vocational, and correctional work programswere less likely to recidivate than non-participants after release.”
Evaluating the Minnesota Comprehensive Offender Reentry Plan (MCORP): Results from a Randomized Experiment (2012, unknown): “Existing research has generally shown that prison-based educational and vocational programs reduce recidivism and increase the odds of obtaining post-release employment (Harer, 1995; Nuttall, Hollmen, & Staley, 2003; Saylor & Gaes, 1997; Wilson, Gallagher, & MacKenzie, 2000).”
A Signaling Perspective on Employment-Based Reentry Programming Training Completion as a Desistance Signal (2012, unknown): “This idea begins with the well-known fact that graduates of employment training programs recidivate at lower rates than nongraduates, and they perform better in the labor market (Wilson, Gallagher, and MacKenzie, 2000).”