RT Article
T1 Constant costs in the public provision of judicial services
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 6
IS 2
SP 63
OP 78
A1 Mabry, Rodney H.
LA English
YR 1981
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764204573
AB The nature of the cost conditions surrounding the provision of judicial services by state and local governments is examined. It is suggested that these services fit Werner Hirsch’s category of horizontally integrated public services and a priori arguments are presented to support the kypothesis that judicial services are provided under conditions approximating constant costs. Empirical tests for the existence. of scale economies are made which yield results consistent with the constant cost kypothesis. Hence, the conclusion is drawn that differences across states per capita expenditures on count systems ane due primarily to variations in demand factors rather than differences in the sizes of judicial systems.
K1 Constant Cost
K1 Violent Crime Rate
K1 Wage Bill
K1 Criminal Justice System
K1 Unit Cost
DO 10.1007/BF02887398