Advancing Corrections Journal - Edition #13 - What Else Works ... Volume 1 (ACJ13-A012)

Article 12: The Global Leadership Summit in prison: Innovation in rehabilitation, restoration, and reentry (ACJ13-A012)

Abstract

The Missouri Department of Corrections consistently implements initiatives designed to address diverse, incarcerated population needs, including educational, faith-based, restorative justice, and reentry programs. Of important note is that many of these programs are facilitated by Volunteers in Corrections (VICs) who have direct interaction with incarcerated persons. One successful program incorporates key concepts of leadership as a component of offender development and restoration. This paper outlines a creative approach to offender education and personal development, illustrating the effectiveness of the Global Leadership Summit (GLS) in enhancing offender motivation for change, highlighting the benefit of partnering with external organizations to expand prison programming, and suggesting how GLS has influenced positive changes in prison culture. This interdisciplinary approach expands on discussions of programs that are making a difference in correctional institutions with clear implications for “What Else Works…”

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Authors

Dr. Raleigh Blasdell

Criminologist, Associate Professor, North Central College, United States

Dr. Raleigh Blasdell is a Criminologist who has been teaching at the collegiate level since 2008. She is an Associate Professor at North Central College (Naperville, IL, USA) where she teaches courses on criminology, race and the criminal justice system, and research methods. Raleigh earned her Ph.D. in Criminology from The University of South Florida, and is a graduate of the Tokiwa International Victimology Institute’s (Tokiwa, Japan) Asian Postgraduate Course on Victimology and Victim Assistance. Prior to academia, she worked as a victim advocate and later as a crime analyst. Since 2014, she has volunteered with the Missouri Department of Corrections, and provides direct programming to persons who are incarcerated on topics related to the impact of crime on victims and restorative justice. Raleigh maintains an active research agenda that studies victims/survivors of crime, minoritized populations, and restorative justice. She has presented original research both independently and with students at academic and practitioner-focused conferences across the United States and abroad. Similarly, as a practitioner-scholar, her work has been published in a variety of outlets and formats for both academic and non-academic audiences.

Dr. Michelle Kilburn

Professor, Southeast Missouri State University, United States

Dr. Michelle Kilburn is a full Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, Social Work, and Sociology at Southeast Missouri State University (Cape Girardeau, MO, USA). She currently teaches undergraduate and graduate courses pertaining to the criminal justice system, social justice, law and social control, policy analysis, leadership, research methods, and statistics. Her research is varied focusing primarily on program and policy analysis, victims’ perceptions of victim impact panels, the use of social media in law enforcement, inmate leadership development programs, students’ perceptions of online learning, and innovative pedagogical strategies in criminal justice. Her latest publication was as book co-editor for “Invisible Victims and the Pursuit of Justice: Analyzing Frequently Victimized Yet Rarely Discussed Populations.” She has also volunteered with the Missouri Department Corrections and assisted in programming for incarcerated persons as well as served as the lead researcher in the state-wide evaluation of the state’s probation and parole system.

Laura Krieger-Sample

Instructor, Southeast Missouri State University, United States

Laura Krieger-Sample is an Instructor for the Department of Criminal Justice, Social Work, & Sociology at Southeast Missouri State University (Cape Girardeau, MO, USA). She primarily teaches correctionsbased courses (both institutional and non-institutional) as well as introduction to criminal justice, juvenile justice, victimology, and offender rehabilitation. In addition to her teaching load, she serves as the Criminal Justice Internship Coordinator. Laura has been a certified volunteer in corrections (VIC) for the Missouri Department of Corrections since 2015 and assists in the facilitation of restorative justice, reentry, leadership, and victimization programming. Her research interests are wide ranging, and she has presented and published articles in the areas of law enforcement, corrections, best practices in student learning, student empathy, leadership, and capital punishment. Her latest publication was as book co-editor for “Invisible Victims and the Pursuit of Justice: Analyzing Frequently Victimized Yet Rarely Discussed Populations.”

Advancing Corrections Journal - Edition #13 - What Else Works ... Volume 1 (ACJ13-A012)

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