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We went into this evaluation with the hope of doing a good job and providing the evidence “decision makers” need in order to make sound evidence-based decisions about curricula and vocational education. This, in turn, would be focused by the “criminogenic” needs detailed in the Expert Panel’s (2007) report (see Chap. 6, p. XX). During the evaluation, we became big fans of the many people who work hard to make vocational education work in prisons. Indeed we remain fans of the idea that rehabilitation works and should be part of any correctional program.
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Dick, A.j., Rich, W., Waters, T. (2016). Evidence-Based Decision-Making and the Rise and Fall of Rehabilitation in California’s Prisons 2005–2012. In: Prison Vocational Education and Policy in the United States. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56469-6_18
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