Ian A. Silver

Article Summary: The current study examines how academic achievement—measured as verbal and math performance—is associated with prison programming and reentry. We assess how academic achievement might be directly associated with recidivism and whether this occurs through indirectly by moderating the effectiveness of in-prison programs. Using a statewide subsample of incarcerated individuals (N = 13,536) theContinue reading “Academic Achievement and the Implications for Prison Program Effectiveness and Reentry”