Bible College Participation and Prison Misconduct:  A Preliminary Analysis

Grant Duwe; Michael A. Hallett; Joshua Hays; Sung Joon Jang; Byron R. Johnson

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Bible College Participation and Prison Misconduct: A Preliminary Analysis

Grant Duwe, Michael A. Hallett, Joshua Hays, Sung Joon Jang, Byron R. Johnson

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We analyzed whether a Bible college program had an impact on prison misconduct by examining 230 offenders in the Texas prison system. Findings suggest participation in the Bible college significantly improved offender behavior, reducing misconduct by one discipline conviction per participant. The results also showed that participation significantly decreased the risk of incurring a discipline conviction, lowering it by 65 percent for minor misconduct, 80 percent for major misconduct, and 68 percent for any misconduct. The findings are consistent with existing research, which has generally found that participation in prison-based programming, including educational and faith-based programs, produces better misconduct outcomes.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	371-390
Number of pages	20
Journal	Journal of Offender Rehabilitation
Volume	54
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2015.1043481
State	Published - Jul 4 2015

Keywords

Bible college
education
faith-based programming
misconduct
prison

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