Here are some of the articles that have been published or that I have presented to different association meetings. The work covers different areas of interest ranging from work with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections to Unassisted Home Birth.
Holley, Philip D. and Brewster, Dennis R. August, 1996. " The Women at Eddie Warrior Correctional Center: Descriptions from a Data Set ." Journal of the Oklahoma Criminal Justice Research Consortium.
This article describes the women who are incarcerated at the Eddie Warrior Correctional Center of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. The facility surveys all incoming inmates about different aspects of their life--from family issues to reasons for incarceration.
Holley, Philip D. and Brewster, Dennis R. August 1996. " A Description of Speak Outs in Oklahoma Prisons ." Journal of the Oklahoma Criminal Justice Research Consortium .
This article examines the use of convicted felons in telling their "story" to juveniles in an attempt to steer the juvenile away from a life of crime and it's consequences. "Speak Outs" are a decendent of the "Scared Straight" programs with less of the aggressive tactics. While not trying to scare juveniles straight, the program allows juveniles to see first hand the consequences of crime. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections offers this service to the community at all of the correctional facilities run by the state. Different methods of presentations are explored and described in the article.
Holley, Philip D. and Brewster, Dennis R. August 1997. " A Program Description and Development of a Program Evaluation Model for the Drug Offender Work Camp--"Charles E. "Bill" Johnson Correctional Center, Alva, OK ." Accepted for Publication by the Journal of the Okahoma Criminal Justice Research Consortium.
The Drug Offender Work Camp is a new innovation of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. The camp combines the use of boot camp discipline and drug treatment to younger inmates. At the time of the research the camp was in it's earliest stages and the article provides a detailed description of the camp.
Holley, Philip D. and Brewster, Dennis R. August 1997. "An Examination of the Effectiveness of GED Programs Within the Oklahoma Department of Corrections." Accepted for Publication by the Journal of the Oklahoma Criminal Justice Consortium.
The lack of even basic educational skills by offenders has been causally linked to offenders and recidivism. This article takes a preliminary look at the effectiveness of GED programs in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. GED program are offered in all of the state owned facilities.
Holley, Philip D. and Brewster, Dennis R. August 1997. " A Brief History of Women in Oklahoma Corrections: Inmates and Employees ." Accepted for Publication by the Journal of the Oklahoma Criminal Justice Research Consortium.
This article looks at the historical context of the role of female inmates
and employees of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. While not
intended as a scientific endeavor the article does provide the history of
both groups of women. Oklahoma has been a leading innovator of programs,
even with it's high incarceration rate, and women have played a key role
in the innovation.
Holley, Philip D. and Brewster, Dennis. 2000. "Prison Tours: The Experiences of Inmates, Institutional Staff, and Tourists." Papaer presented at the annual meetings of the Southwestern Sociological Association, Galveston, TX.
As society "locks-up" more and more inmates, free-world citizens have
become involved in prison tours, both to see how a prison works and how inmates
must live. This paper provides an examination of the prison tour experience
from the viewpoint of the inmates, the instittuional staff, and the tourist.
Holley, Philip D. and Brewster, Dennis. 1999. "Prison Visitation: A Contemporary Review." Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Oklahoma Sociological Association, Stillwater, OK.
Many people are involved with the growing number of incarcerated men and women in the United States. Prison visits are used by "free-world" people to remain in contact with inmates. Family, lawyers, lawmakers, volunteers, and vendors to prison are involved with visits to prisons. This paper explores the effects of prison visitation on inmates and correctional staff.
Brewster, Dennis. 1998. " A Theory of Trust: An Exposition of Francis Fukuyama's 'Trust' ." Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southwestern Sociological Association.
This theory sketch of "Trust" by Francis Fukuyama provides an examination of the ability of nations and minority groups to compete in the global market. Fukuyama uses the amount of trust each group implores as the basis for the development of large-scale corporations.
Brewster, Dennis. November, 1998. "Vo-Tech: Can a Rehabilitative Model Reduce Recidivism of Women Incarcerated in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections?" Paper Presented at the annual meetings of the Oklahoma Sociological Association.
Vocational Education (Vo-Tech) has been held out as one of the basic programs needed by offenders in order to provide job skills thought to be associated with work. This article examines the effectiveness of Vo-Tech programs in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
Holley, Philip D. and Brewster, Dennis R. November, 1998. " Unassisted Home Birth and Emerging Values and Beliefs: A Description of Re-Invented Family ." Paper Presented at the annual meetings of the Oklahoma Sociological Association.
This paper examines the emerging beliefs and values of those who participate in Unassisted Home Birth. Unassisted home birth shuns the medical model of birth set out by both practitioners and midwives. The group exhibits certain values and beliefs that lend themselves to the practice of unassisted home births.
Holley, Philip D. and Brewster, Dennis R. April, 1999. " The Social Reconstruction of Birth as 'Unassisted Home Birth': Challenges to the Modern Medicalization, Deprivatization, and Desexualization of Birth ." Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southwestern Sociological Association.
As a follow up to the previous paper, this paper examines the ways home birthers counter the modern medical model of birth. Using the Internet as a resource of communications a new social movement may be in the making. While not radically insisting on the methods, home birthers are using the "web" to expose their beliefs and values and provide information to others who might want to use unassisted home birth as a means of delivery.
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