A study of the relationships between literacy levels and institutional behaviors of incarcerated male felons

The purpose of the study was to test the assumption that educational programs had a positive effect upon the institutional behaviors of incarcerated male felons. The sample was the total population of 1,667 offenders located at Indiana Reformatory during 1988. The data were fairly conclusive and supportive of the assumption, at least when offenders participated in a meaningful manner.Findings were based upon the data gathered through inspection of each offender's official institutional records. One-way and two-way analyses of variance and the Scheffe Procedure were used to analyze data. Standard statistical analysis was used to generate the general findings. The .05 level of significance was selected as the critical probability level for the acceptance or nonacceptance of the eight null hypotheses. Seven of the eight null hypotheses were rejected.Department of Educational LeadershipThesis (D. Ed.