History of privatized corrections
In this historical review of prison privatization, we identify interconnected events in the UnitedStates, Australia, and the United Kingdom and their dis-tinctiveness from other nations. The political and economic catalysts for the post-1980 reemergence of privatization arealso analyzed. Privatizati...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2019
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Criminology & public policy
Year: 2019, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 241-267 |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
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Summary: | In this historical review of prison privatization, we identify interconnected events in the UnitedStates, Australia, and the United Kingdom and their dis-tinctiveness from other nations. The political and economic catalysts for the post-1980 reemergence of privatization arealso analyzed. Privatization exists on a continuum fromancillary service delivery to full custodial operations and management. As privatization seems to have lost some ofits momentum, it is unclear whether its advent has produced the intended system-wide improvements. |
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ISSN: | 1745-9133 |
DOI: | 10.1111/1745-9133.12426 |