Criminal Justice Dissertation Ideas

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How about something that combines your personal experience in acquiring a degree through distance learning programs and similar options available to prisoners? There is a perception that many prisoners are acquiring degrees while in prison at tax payer expense. However in 1994 a law was passed that barred prisoners from receiving Pell Grants. I'm sure there are lots of questions that arise from this policy that your dissertation could address. You also might have some of your research provided by either UC Davis or Patten University. A program was started by a professor at UC Davis and supported by Patten College. I believe this was before Patten became a for-profit university, but the for-profit Patten University is still the major college providing services to the Prison University Project (PUP).

That is interesting. I always wonder how my clients are going to pay for college when they say they are going to go. They are being released, but the ones with drug convictions do not qualify for federal financial aid. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice offers a lot of trade programs and covers the cost of college tuition at some units. I wonder how much all of that costs in comparison to the Pell Grant.