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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1. VerfasserIn: Harding, Richard W. 1939- (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Rynne, John ; Thomsen, Lisa
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2019
In: Criminology & public policy
Jahr: 2019, Band: 18, Heft: 2, Seiten: 241-267
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Schlagwörter:
Prisons’ research
Private prisons
Privatization history
Privatgefängnisse
Gefängnisprivatisierung
Geschichte
Gefängniskunde
Gefängnisforschung
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1745-9133
DOI:10.1111/1745-9133.12426