Your reaction paper should be between 1100 and 1250 words and combine a brief description or summary of the event...
You must have your topic approved before beginning work on Submission One.
To complete Submission One, you must complete this form AND attach to it an annotated bibliography. e outline should be typed. It is available on Blackboard. this worksheet is NOT intended to represent your completed mastery of your topic. Rather, it is intended to get you started. the goal is for you to understand and be able to identify the major components of your Capstone project, as well as make sure it is feasible from a research standpoint. Submission One will be graded on completeness and quality of sources, as well as proper forming of your Annotated Bibliography.
Topic Question: (“Should the congress repeal the second Chance Act?”)
II. Underlying Social Problems:
A. Education inequality, people who advocate against education for inmates sees that offering education for them is wast of money and misuse of their taxes, so they don't see that education is inmate's right too.
B. “ 50% of American inmates read at 4th grade level” (U.S department of Education)(Stevens)
“ When Inmate participate in correctional program recidivism drop by 29%” (Stevens)
III. Proponent Stakeholders
A. Proponents’ Position
B. General pro stakeholders (use qualifiers)
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C. Specific pro stakeholders
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IV. Proponents’ Issues
, Arguments, Evidence, and Plans/Actions
A. Issue 1 (Label issues as 1-word nicknames arguments):
1. Argument (Stakeholders answer your topic question YES because)
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1. Argument:
C. Issue 3:
1. Argument:
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V. Examples of Proponents’ Values (i.e. self-reliance, security, equality, liberty)
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VI. Opponent Stakeholders
A. Opponent's’ Position ??
They support the second chance act, and the think it's beneficial and it should continue
B. General con stakeholders (use qualifiers)
1. Prisoner
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VII. Opponents’ Issues,
Arguments, Evidence, and Plans/Actions
A. Issue 1 (Label issues as 1-word nicknames arguments):
1. Argument (Stakeholders answer your topic question YES because)
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1. Argument:
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D. Examples of Opponents’ Plans/Actions
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VIII. Examples of Opponents’ Values (i.e. self-reliance, security, equality, liberty)
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IX. Definitions/Explanations: (what specialized or technical terms or bureaucratic processes do your readers need dened in order to understand the topic?)
X. Limits: (what related topics or questions will you exclude for reasons of space and focus?)
Annotated bibliography : sources should be :
policy ( at lease one ), overview (al least two), Social problem( at least two) Pro side ( at least three) Con side (at least three)
i. Messemer, Jonathan E. "College Programs For Inmates: The Post-Pell Grant Era." Journal Of
Correctional Education 54.1 (2003): 32-39. Academic Search Complete. (overview)
In the well written article, College Programs For Inmates, Messemer explains that the purpose of his study is to know what are the college programs that offer for prisoner. Messemer also focus in how the programs being funded. He used survey as method of research. Messemer mailed survey to State Correctional Educational Director in all the states. 90% of the surveys has been replied to. The finding was 25 states offering in-house college programs for prisoner. The in- house college program is funded by six different sources: (1) State and Federal government, (2) corporations/organizations, (3) non-profit foundations, (4) colleges/universities, (5)prison budgets, (6)some inmate support. The studied founded that depends on the attention that state gives to higher education, the state found the in-house collage for inmate.
(2)Shutay, Jeanette C., David Plebanski, and Michael McCafferty. "Inmate Literacy Assessment
Study At The Lake County Indiana Jail." Journal Of Correctional Education 61.2 (2010):
99-113. Academic Search Complete. (Social problem)
This great and well written article discuss and examine the educational attainment and literacy proficiency of the inmates. The authors tested 159 inmates from Northwest Indiana jail facilities. The gender composition of the sample included 91 males and 68 females. The racial composition included 50 Caucasian inmates, 97 African American inmates, 10 Hispanic inmates and two inmates characterized as other. They use exams called Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT). It examines the reading and spelling achievements. Also they examined other basic academic skills.
The overall results of the study is that the the educational attainment and literacy proficiency of the inmates is low. The result very depending on gender and race . Male yielded correlations that were moderate in strength and above while females yielded correlations that were negligible to non-existent. Also African American and hispanic tend to receive less education the white inmates.
(3)Aziz, Tahir, et al. "Need Assessment Of Inmates Of Prisons Through Distance Education." Turkish Online Journal Of Distance Education 15.4 (2014): 322-331. ERIC. Web. 2 June 2015. (Pro side0
(4)Brewster, Larry. "The Impact Of Prison Arts Programs On Inmate Attitudes And Behavior: A
Quantitative Evaluation." Justice Policy Journal 11.2 (2014): 1-28. Criminal Justice Abstracts with
Full Text. Web. 2 June 2015. (Pro side)
(5) Bidwell, Allie. "Report: Prison Education Programs Could Save Money." US News. U.S.News &
World Report, 21 Aug. 2013. Web. 2 June 2015. (Pro side)
(6)"Second Chance Act." CSG Justice Center. Web. 2 June 2015. (Policy)
(7) KAPLAN, THOMAS . "Cuomo Drops Plan to Use State Money to Pay for College Classes for
Inmates." New York Times 2 Apr. 2014: n. pag. Print. (overview)(con side)
Saffron, Jesse. "Free College for Prison Inmates." National Review Online. National Review, 28 Feb. 2014. Web. 3 June 2015. (pro)
Stevens, Angie. "The Importance of Correctional Education – 17 Facts About Inmate Literacy
[INFOGRAPHIC]." - Reading Horizons. 11 June 2013. Web. 4 June 2015. (pro side )