CUNY York College CRITICAL ANAYLSIS The function of coop?rat?ves in ?mpower?ng peopl?

Provide a critical summary of Moriarity, Meegan. 2016. “From Bars to Freedom: Prisoner Co-ops Boost Employment, Self-Esteem, and Support Reentry into Society.”  Rural Cooperatives Vol. 83 No. 1 (January-February), pp.14-18, 37. Discuss what cooperatives are and how the author says they are being used with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people. Discuss any things that surprised or inspired you. Compare and contrast this strategy with other community practices or readings you have studied so far. Post on Blackboard under Assignments, Summary 2. Your summary should include a basic summary plus a critical analysis and commentary of the strengths and weaknesses of the author’s arguments and research, as well as comparison with one other reading. Explain how the article relates to our topic of community justice or community-based approaches to justice. In writing summaries please remember to rephrase the author’s words without changing their meaning; restate the main idea and the supporting points accurately and in your own words. Provide a more condensed but authentic version of the original. Cite any sources in text, and credit the author with original ideas and phrasing. Provide the author’s name and the name of the article in the first paragraph .