Bible College Participation and Prison Misconduct: A Preliminary Analysis

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-4-2015

Abstract

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.

Publication Title

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volume

54

Issue

5

First Page

371

Last Page

390

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1080/10509674.2015.1043481

ISSN

10509674

E-ISSN

15408558

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