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Changing the Guard: Private Prisons and the Control of Crime (Paperback)

by Charles H. Logan (Foreword), Alexander Tabarrok (Editor) "We now have several decades of experience with prison privatization..." (more)
Key Phrases: correctional privatization movement, prisoner housing capacity, public correctional agencies, United States, New York, Bureau of Justice Statistics (more...)
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Editorial Reviews
E.S. Savas, professor, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College, City University of New York
"Changing the Guard is the authoritative and definitive book on prison privatization. It brilliantly examines the full range of issues."

Adrian T. Moore, executive director, Reason Public Policy Institute
"If you want to understand private prisons . . . you need the information and analysis in this book."

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Inside This Book (learn more)
First Sentence:
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
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