Keynote Address, Critical Criminology and Justice Studies Conference 2010 Honolulu: Classrooms or Cells1

Chesney-Lind, Meda, Western Criminology Review

Keywords: alternatives to incarceration; costs of incarceration; corrections and higher education spending; incarceration in Hawaii; critical criminology

Hawaii, like many states, is facing a severe budget crisis, and that has meant that public higher education is in crisis. Locally and nationally, that has many thinking about the future of public education as currently funded. Specifically, how do we sustain what is arguably one of the greatest-and undervalued-aspects of American culture.

For me, thinking about public higher education in Hawaii is personal. I received both my MA and my PhD here at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and I've also worked my entire …

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Publication information: Article title: Keynote Address, Critical Criminology and Justice Studies Conference 2010 Honolulu: Classrooms or Cells1. Contributors: Chesney-Lind, Meda - Author. Journal title: Western Criminology Review. Volume: 12. Issue: 2 Publication date: August 2011. Page number: 3+. © Western Criminology Review Apr 2010. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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