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Title
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The Implication of Technical, Vocational Education and Training on the Crime Reduction: Examining the Effectiveness of Mobile TVET in Prisons
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Type
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Presentation
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Keywords
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Technical, Vocational Education and Training, Crime Reduction Mobile TVET, Prisons
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Abstract
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Technical, vocational, education and training (TVET) plays a vital role in a society?s economic growth and social development. TVET is defined as organized educational programs offering sequences of courses directly related to preparing individuals for paid or unpaid employment in current or emerging occupations. Programs include competency-based applied learning which contributes to an individual?s academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning, problem solving skills, and the occupational-specific skills necessary for conomic independence as a productive and contributing member of society . This study however, aims to investigate the perceptions and experiences of both prisoners and ex-about the effectiveness of TVET courses on their personal, social and professional empowerment from one hand and its impact on preventing them to commit crime again when they are out of prison.
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Researchers
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Mohammad Jafari (Second Researcher), Nematollah Azizi (First Researcher)
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