When prison privatisation began in the United States in the early 1980s, many policy analysts claimed that the result would be higher costs, declining quality, and an erosion of state authority. Bringing together five of the leading researchers of prison privatisation and criminology, this authoritative survey addresses the economic as well as the social implications of prison reform. Economist Ken Avio begins with an analysis of the broader issues surrounding the private-prison debate, such as punishment and recidivism, and crime deterrence. Charles Thomas, the world's leading authority on private prisons, provides the empirical context for understanding the debate, examining their historical origins, present status, and future prospects. Samuel Jan Brakel and Kimberly Ingersoll Gaylord examine the costs and quality of private prisons, and Bruce Benson argues that prison privatisation be instituted in concert with certain aspects of the criminal justice system.
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"Changing the Guard is first-rate analysis of a moribund industry. Real experts point toward a crucial reform." -- Morgan O. Reynolds, former Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Labor
"Changing the Guard is the authoritative and definitive book on prison privatization. It brilliantly examines the full range of issues." -- E.S. Savas, professor, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College, City University of New York
"If you want to understand private prisons . . . you need the information and analysis in this book." -- Adrian T. Moore, executive director, Reason Public Policy Institute
"So much written about private prisons is tendentious and ideological, in contrast to the carefully researched contributions here." -- Charles H. Logan, professor of sociology, University of Connecticut (from the foreword)
"Changing the Guard is the authoritative and definitive book on prison privatization. It brilliantly examines the full range of issues." -- E.S. Savas, professor, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College, City University of New York
"If you want to understand private prisons . . . you need the information and analysis in this book." -- Adrian T. Moore, executive director, Reason Public Policy Institute
"So much written about private prisons is tendentious and ideological, in contrast to the carefully researched contributions here." -- Charles H. Logan, professor of sociology, University of Connecticut (from the foreword)
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Alexander Tabarrok is Research Director for The Independent Institute, Assistant Editor of The Independent Review, and Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University. Dr. Tabarrok is also the editor of the Independent Institute books, Entrepreneurial Economics and The Voluntary City. His scholarly articles have appeared in the Journal of Law and Economics, Public Choice, Economic Inquiry, Kyklos and many other journals. Dr. Tabarrok is the recipient of the Snavely Award, and he has been an Earhart Foundation Fellow and George A. and Frances Ball Foundation Fellow. Charles H. Logan is Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut and an internationally known authority on criminology and private prisons.
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We now have several decades of experience with prison privatization. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
correctional privatization movement, prisoner housing capacity, public correctional agencies, private corrections industry, private management firms, privatized facilities, prison privatization, privatization critics, nondrug crime, facility management contracts, correctional functions, private prisons, criminal justice resources, managed facilities, public prisons, prisoner population, correctional services, released offenders, received prisoners, privatization initiatives, prison space, prison crowding, technological efficiency Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Institute of Justice, New Mexico, Arizona Department of Corrections, Great Britain, New Brunswick, North Carolina, Journal of Political Economy, Rand Corporation, Department of Justice, Economic Inquiry, Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, American Bar Association, Florida Department of Corrections, Los Angeles, Marshals Service, Oxford University Press, Penal Code, Present Status, San Francisco, Corrections Corporation of America, District of Columbia, Eden Detention Center New!
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We now have several decades of experience with prison privatization. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
correctional privatization movement, prisoner housing capacity, public correctional agencies, private corrections industry, private management firms, privatized facilities, prison privatization, privatization critics, nondrug crime, facility management contracts, correctional functions, private prisons, criminal justice resources, managed facilities, public prisons, prisoner population, correctional services, released offenders, received prisoners, privatization initiatives, prison space, prison crowding, technological efficiency Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Institute of Justice, New Mexico, Arizona Department of Corrections, Great Britain, New Brunswick, North Carolina, Journal of Political Economy, Rand Corporation, Department of Justice, Economic Inquiry, Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, American Bar Association, Florida Department of Corrections, Los Angeles, Marshals Service, Oxford University Press, Penal Code, Present Status, San Francisco, Corrections Corporation of America, District of Columbia, Eden Detention Center New!
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- Private Prisons: Cons and Pros by Charles H. Logan on page 121, page 214, and Back Matter
- Privatiing Correctional Institutions by Gary W. Bowman on page 48, page 54, and page 123
- To Serve and Protect: Privatization and Community in Criminal Justice (Political Economy of the Austrian School Series) by Bruce Benson on page 123, page 160, and page 210
- The Legal Dimensions of Private Incarceration by Ira P. Robbins on page 52, page 122, and page 162
- Private Prisons and Public Accountability by Richard Harding on page 120, and page 161
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- Judge and Jury: American Tort Law on Trial by Eric Helland in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Fox in the Henhouse: How Privatization Threatens Democracy (Bk Currents) by Si Kahn in Back Matter
- The Empire Has No Clothes: U.S. Foreign Policy Exposed by Ivan Eland in Back Matter
- Against Leviathan: Government Power and a Free Society by Robert Higgs in Back Matter
- Regulating Place: Standards and the Shaping of Urban America by Eran Ben-Joseph in Back Matter
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