An Explanatory Mixed Methods Content Analysis of Two State Level Correctional Institutions

The study included a review of the ideologies of punishment, correctional education, and Minnesotas and Indianas DOC pre-release handbooks. The methodology implemented was a mixed methods content analysis and the design focused on a sequential explanatory. Quantitative content analysis was implemented with the software NUD.IST. The quantitative constructs discussed and examined were curriculum design and law-abiding citizenship. Curriculum design was supported according to the Functionalist and the Liberal/Enlightenment philosophical education orientations. Law-abiding citizenship was supported by terms from Mann, Lickona, Wynne, Education World, the US Department of Education, and the Josephson Institute of Ethics. The quantitative constructs applied represented the Functionalism and Liberal/Enlightenment philosophical education orientations. The three quantitative constructs that embodied the Functionalism philosophical education orientation were associated with Durkheim and Roosevelt, and the three quantitative constructs that embodied the Liberal/Enlightenment philosophical education were associated with Plato and Nussbaum.