We would like to offer our sincere gratitude to Warden Green and the entire MCCF staff for their incredible support and willingness in allowing us to perform this study. Needless to say, this study would have been impossible without the amazing access we were given and without the continual correspondence with the staff. We would also like to acknowledge Dave Mazeika and Nadine Frederique, without whom we would not have findings to present to you today. Thanks also go out to Professor Kool for permitting us to use the Non-Violence Test, to Judy Markowitz for assisting with the literature review, and to the Gemstone staff for their advice throughout the project. We would also like to thank our discussants for joining us today and for their help in the completion of our thesis. Above all, we would like to thank our mentor, Dr. Gaston, whose expertise, support, and encouragement have guided us through these past three years.
Team Peace in Prisons consists of a group of thirteen undergraduate students at the University of Maryland under the guidance of one mentor and the Gemstone Honors Program. To better understand inmates' beliefs about violence, we are conducting experimental research at a local county jail. We hope that our results will eventually be useful in creating a more effective program for inmates to learn nonviolence.
Will various treatment programs within a county jail alter inmate beliefs in favor of nonviolence?
Which programs develop a statistically significant increase in nonviolent beliefs, and which aspects of these programs are responsible for this change?
Email Peace in Prisons at peaceinprisons@gmail.com
Team Peace In Prisons
Class of 2011
