Measuring Prison Performance

Government Privatization and Accountability

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Penology
Cover of the book Measuring Prison Performance by Gerald G. Gaes, Scott D. Camp, Julianne B. Nelson, William G. Saylor, AltaMira Press
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Author: Gerald G. Gaes, Scott D. Camp, Julianne B. Nelson, William G. Saylor ISBN: 9780759115361
Publisher: AltaMira Press Publication: September 14, 2004
Imprint: AltaMira Press Language: English
Author: Gerald G. Gaes, Scott D. Camp, Julianne B. Nelson, William G. Saylor
ISBN: 9780759115361
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Publication: September 14, 2004
Imprint: AltaMira Press
Language: English

Gaes and his distinguished coauthors offer a comprehensive analysis of public versus private management of prisons, a competition that originated in the 1980s with the introduction of private facilities into the criminal justice system. The authors argue that prison performance must be measured in reference to the goals of a particular prison system and introduce the technique of multilevel modeling to allow for simultaneous measurement of the individual and the institution. They also show how their analytic framework can be applied to other criminal justice components_prosecution, adjudication, postrelease supervision, policing_and to evaluating the privatization of almost any publicly administered service. They contend that the ability to meaningfully compare public and private prisons can better inform penal policy and improve prison performance and accountability. This book will be a valuable resource for public administrators and policy analysts, corrections personnel and criminologists.

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Gaes and his distinguished coauthors offer a comprehensive analysis of public versus private management of prisons, a competition that originated in the 1980s with the introduction of private facilities into the criminal justice system. The authors argue that prison performance must be measured in reference to the goals of a particular prison system and introduce the technique of multilevel modeling to allow for simultaneous measurement of the individual and the institution. They also show how their analytic framework can be applied to other criminal justice components_prosecution, adjudication, postrelease supervision, policing_and to evaluating the privatization of almost any publicly administered service. They contend that the ability to meaningfully compare public and private prisons can better inform penal policy and improve prison performance and accountability. This book will be a valuable resource for public administrators and policy analysts, corrections personnel and criminologists.

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