The Effects of Educational Attainment on Incarceration Sentence Length
Loading...
Authors
Johnson, Gilbert
Issue Date
2021-06
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
Keywords
Academic theses , Criminal justice, Administration of , Educational Attainment , Sentences (Criminal procedure) , Prison sentences
Alternative Title
Abstract
Education is known to be valuable, which in turn can be a critical component to the rehabilitation process. Reasoning behind the apparent disparity in sentencing decisions is extrinsic and complicated, although research has provided multiple avenues of explanation. The empirical literature on education and crime has focused almost exclusively on the effects of educational attainment on post-school criminal activity; however, a few studies have attempted to estimate the ‘effects’ of educational attainment on contemporaneous crime. This study will evaluate the level of education that has been attained by federal inmates and see if inmates with some education background have lesser sentences than inmates with no educational background. In order to get the full scope of the independent variable effect on sentence length this study will use crosstabulation. This study plan on using cross-tabulations to describe the relationship between educational attainment and sentence length, while controlling for serious crimes and maximum sentence length. Variable coding will support the analysis. The results from this study showed educational attainment plays a role in sentencing and criminal offenses. The discussion of the findings is important because it will show that educational attainment plays a role in the criminal sentencing process. This study hopes to find educational attainment a key factor in how people are sentenced. Results from this study showed educational attainment play a role in sentencing but it does not do a good job in helping predict sentence length.
Description
Citation
Publisher
License
This dissertation is protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States (Public Law 94-553, revised in 1976). Consistent with fair use as defined in the Copyright Laws, brief quotations from this material are allowed with proper acknowledgement. Use of the materials for financial gain with the author's expressed written permissions is not allowed.