Punishment for sale: private prisons, big business and the incarceration binge

America's incarceration binge : the expansion of prisons, budgets and injustice -- The big government "problem" and the Kentucky fried prison "solution" -- The prison-industrial complex : profits, vested interests and politics -- Confronting problems : blame prisoners and co...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Selman, Donna 1967- (Author) ; Leighton, Paul 1964- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham [u.a.] Rowman & Littlefield c 2010
In:Year: 2010
Online Access: Table of Contents (Publisher)
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 4362
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Keywords:
Corrections > Contracting out > United States
Prisons > United States
Privatization > United States
USA > Strafvollzug > Privatisierung
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Summary:America's incarceration binge : the expansion of prisons, budgets and injustice -- The big government "problem" and the Kentucky fried prison "solution" -- The prison-industrial complex : profits, vested interests and politics -- Confronting problems : blame prisoners and contracts then get a bailout -- A critical look at the efficiency and overhead costs of private prisons -- Conclusion : back to the future
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XII, 204 S., graph. Darst.
ISBN:978-1-4422-0172-9
978-1-4422-0173-6