Degrees of Freedom
Prison Education at The Open University
$131.73
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
18 December 2019
Summary
The first authoritative volume to look back on the last 50 years of The Open University providing higher education to those in prison, this unique book gives voice to ex-prisoners whose lives have been transformed by the education they received. Offering vivid personal testimonies, reflective vignettes and academic analysis of prison life and education in prison, the book marks the 50th anniversary of The Open University.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781447353072 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1447353072 |
| Author: | Rod Earle, James Mehigan |
| Publisher: | Bristol University Press |
| Imprint: | Policy Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 18 December 2019 |
| Weight: | 374g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
‘This important book documents the vital work done by the Open University in the development of prison education and provides valuable insights into the positive impact of this work upon individual prisoners.’ Ivana Bacik, Trinity College Dublin
Rod Earle
Rod Earle is a senior lecturer at The Open University in the school of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care. He is a founder member of the British Convict Criminology group which supports the development of prisoner and ex-prisoner perspectives in criminology. He has published widely on this topic and is on the advisory board of the Prison Reform Trust’s prisoner engagement project.
James Mehigan is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Canterbury and a barrister at Garden Court Chambers. He taught criminology at the OU for 10 years during which time he tutored students across the prison estate in England and Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland. He is a former member of the Independent Monitoring Board at Pentonville Prison.
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