Instructing and Mentoring Ex-Con University Students in Departments of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Issue 2 (3rd April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tewksbury, Richard; Ross, Jeffrey Ian
• Is Part Of: Corrections. Volume 4:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 79
• Page End: 88
• Publication Date: 2019-04-03
• Subjects: Mentoring -- prisoner re-entry -- instruction; Punishment -- United States -- Periodicals; Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States -- Periodicals; 364.60973
• DOI: 10.1080/23774657.2017.1387081
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2377-4657

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Recognizing the growing presence of university students who are also ex-cons, this article discusses the challenges of working with such individuals and offers practical suggestions for ways to enhance such interactions. The effects of institutional socialization, cultural differences, and a range of abilities and motivations presented by ex-con students requires a need to design and implement unique instructional, especially mentoring, approaches that are most likely to be successful.