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Measuring Prison Performance

Author : Gerald G. Gaes
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 0759115362
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (591 download)

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Download or read book Measuring Prison Performance written by Gerald G. Gaes and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2004-09-14 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gaes and his distinguished coauthors offer a comprehensive analysis of public versus private management of prisons, a competition that originated in the 1980s with the introduction of private facilities into the criminal justice system. The authors argue that prison performance must be measured in reference to the goals of a particular prison system and introduce the technique of multilevel modeling to allow for simultaneous measurement of the individual and the institution. They also show how their analytic framework can be applied to other criminal justice components_prosecution, adjudication, postrelease supervision, policing_and to evaluating the privatization of almost any publicly administered service. They contend that the ability to meaningfully compare public and private prisons can better inform penal policy and improve prison performance and accountability. This book will be a valuable resource for public administrators and policy analysts, corrections personnel and criminologists.

Measuring Prison Performance

Author : Gerald G. Gaes
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759105874
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Measuring Prison Performance written by Gerald G. Gaes and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2004 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gaes and his distinguished co-authors offer a comprehensive analysis of public vs. private management of prisons, a competition that originated with the introduction of private facilities into the criminal justice system in the 1980s. The authors measure prison performance with the technique of multi-level modeling for simultaneous measurement of the individual and the institution. Their work points the way to improved penal policy and accountability, and will be a valuable resource for public administrators, policy analysts, corrections personnel and criminologists. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Performance Measures for the Criminal Justice System

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Performance Measures for the Criminal Justice System written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Discussion paper from the BJS-Princeton Project.

Handbook on Prisons

Author : Yvonne Jewkes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1843921863
Total Pages : 810 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (439 download)

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Download or read book Handbook on Prisons written by Yvonne Jewkes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an anthology of readings on the management and organization of the U.K. prison system, exploring a wide range of historical and contemporary issues relating to prisons, imprisonment and prison management, and likely future trends.

The Puzzle of Prison Order

Author : David Skarbek
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190672528
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book The Puzzle of Prison Order written by David Skarbek and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people think prisons are all the same-rows of cells filled with violent men who officials rule with an iron fist. Yet, life behind bars varies in incredible ways. In some facilities, prison officials govern with care and attention to prisoners' needs. In others, officials have remarkably little influence on the everyday life of prisoners, sometimes not even providing necessities like food and clean water. Why does prison social order around the world look so remarkably different? In The Puzzle of Prison Order, David Skarbek develops a theory of why prisons and prison life vary so much. He finds that how they're governed-sometimes by the state, and sometimes by the prisoners-matters the most. He investigates life in a wide array of prisons-in Brazil, Bolivia, Norway, a prisoner of war camp, England and Wales, women's prisons in California, and a gay and transgender housing unit in the Los Angeles County Jail-to understand the hierarchy of life on the inside. Drawing on economics and a vast empirical literature on legal systems, Skarbek offers a framework to not only understand why life on the inside varies in such fascinating and novel ways, but also how social order evolves and takes root behind bars.

Prisons and Their Moral Performance

Author : Alison Liebling
Publisher : Clarendon Studies in Criminolo
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Prisons and Their Moral Performance written by Alison Liebling and published by Clarendon Studies in Criminolo. This book was released on 2004 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Penal practices have undergone important transformations over the period from 1990 to 2003. Part of this transformation included a serious flirtation with a liberal penal project that went wrong. A significant contributory factor in this unfortunate turn of events was a lack of clarity, by those working in and managing prisons, about important terms such as 'justice', 'liberal', and 'care', and how they might apply to daily penal life. Official measures of the prison service seem to lack relevance to many who live and work in prison and to their critics. The author proposes that a truer test of the quality of prison life is what staff and prisoners have to say about those aspects of prison life that 'matter most': relationships, fairness, order, and the quality of their treatment by those above them. The book attempts a detailed analysis and measurement of these dimensions in five prisons. It finds significant differences between establishments in these areas of prison life, and some departures from the official vision of the prison supported by the performance framework.

Prison Privatization

Author : Byron Eugene Price
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 639 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Prison Privatization written by Byron Eugene Price and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the current state of both the theory and practice of prison privatization in the United States in the 21st century, providing a balanced compendium of research that allows readers to draw their own conclusions about this controversial subject. This three-volume set brings together noted scholars and experts in the field to provide a comprehensive treatment of the subject of privatized prisons in the United States. It is a definitive work on the topic that synthesizes current thought on both the theory and practice of prison privatization. Volume I provides a broad-brush overview of private prisons that discusses the history of prison privatization and examines the expansion of the private prison industry and the growth of inmate populations in the United States. Volume II focuses on the corrections industry itself, providing essays that explore the business models, profit motivations, economic factors, and operations of the corporations that offer corrections services, while Volume III explores the political and social environment of prison privatization. Academics, practitioners, policy makers, and advocates for and against private prisons will find this work useful and enlightening, while general readers can use the unbiased information to draw their own conclusions in respect to the merits of prison privatization.

The SAGE Handbook of Criminological Research Methods

Author : David Gadd
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1473971705
Total Pages : 852 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (739 download)

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Download or read book The SAGE Handbook of Criminological Research Methods written by David Gadd and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2011-10-19 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conducting research into crime and criminal justice carries unique challenges. This Handbook focuses on the application of ′methods′ to address the core substantive questions that currently motivate contemporary criminological research. It maps a canon of methods that are more elaborated than in most other fields of social science, and the intellectual terrain of research problems with which criminologists are routinely confronted. Drawing on exemplary studies, chapters in each section illustrate the techniques (qualitative and quantitative) that are commonly applied in empirical studies, as well as the logic of criminological enquiry. Organized into five sections, each prefaced by an editorial introduction, the Handbook covers: • Crime and Criminals • Contextualizing Crimes in Space and Time: Networks, Communities and Culture • Perceptual Dimensions of Crime • Criminal Justice Systems: Organizations and Institutions • Preventing Crime and Improving Justice Edited by leaders in the field of criminological research, and with contributions from internationally renowned experts, The SAGE Handbook of Criminological Research Methods is set to become the definitive resource for postgraduates, researchers and academics in criminology, criminal justice, policing, law, and sociology. David Gadd is Professor of Criminology at Manchester University School of Law where he is also Director of the Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice. Susanne Karstedt has a Chair in Criminology and Criminological Justice at the University of Leeds. Steven F. Messner is Distinguished Teaching Professor of Sociology, University at Albany, State University of New York.

Prisons, Penology and Penal Reform

Author : Curt R. Blakely
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820488318
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Prisons, Penology and Penal Reform written by Curt R. Blakely and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2007 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Textbook

The Oxford Handbook of Prisons and Imprisonment

Author : John D. Wooldredge
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019994816X
Total Pages : 816 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Prisons and Imprisonment written by John D. Wooldredge and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on prisons prior to the prison boom of the 1980s and 1990s focused mainly on inmate subcultures, inmate rights, and sociological interpretations of inmate and guard adaptations to their environment, with qualitative studies and ethnographic methods the norm. In recent years, research has expanded considerably to issues related to inmates' mental health, suicide, managing special types of offenders, risk assessment, and evidence-based treatment programs. The Oxford Handbook of Prisons and Imprisonment provides the only single source that bridges social scientific and behavioral perspectives, providing graduate students with a more comprehensive understanding of the topic, academics with a body of knowledge that will more effectively inform their own research, and practitioners with an overview of evidence-based best practices. Across thirty chapters, leading contributors offer new ideas, critical treatments of substantive topics with theoretical and policy implications, and comprehensive literature reviews that reflect cumulative knowledge on what works and what doesn't. The Handbook covers critical topics in the field, some of which include recent trends in imprisonment, prison gangs, inmate victimization, the use and impact of restrictive housing, unique problems faced by women in prison, special offender populations, risk assessment and treatment effectiveness, prisoner re-entry, and privatization. The Oxford Handbook of Prisons and Imprisonment offers a rich source of information on the current state of institutional corrections around the world, on issues facing both inmates and prison staff, and on how those issues may impede or facilitate the various goals of incarceration.

Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1983

Author : Allen J. Beck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1983 written by Allen J. Beck and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Federal Probation

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Federal Probation written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Prison and Jail Administration: Practice and Theory

Author : Peter Carlson
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN 13 : 0763728624
Total Pages : 617 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (637 download)

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Download or read book Prison and Jail Administration: Practice and Theory written by Peter Carlson and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2008 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of Corrections / Peter M. Carlson, Tom Roth and Anthony P. Travisono --American jails / Arthur Wallenstein and Ken Kerle --Prison architecture / Robert S. George --Developing technology / Peter M. Carlson and Sonya D. Thompson --Custody and security / Michael B. Cooksey --Inmate classification / Peter M. Carlson --Education and vocational training / Harold David Jenkins --Recreation / Harold L. Kahler --Health care / Robert R. Thompson --Mental health / Sally C. Johnson --Religious programming / Susan M. Van Baalen --Intake, discharge, mail and documentation / Jeffrey W. Frazier --Food service / Lavinia B. Johnson --Financial operations / Beverly Pierce --Working with the media / Judith Simon Garrett --Community relations boards / Paula McAlister --Political involvement / Judith Simon Garrett --Organization and management / Peter M. Carlson and John J. Dilulio, Jr. --Leadership : executive excellence / Harley G. Lappin --Governing : personnel management / Robert L. Wright --A day in the life of the warden / James A. Meko --Diversity of correctional officers / Peter M. Carlson --Labor relations / Michael H. Jaime and Amanda R. Burruel --Preventing corruption / Sal Souryal --Sexual misconduct / Anadora Moss --Volunteering / Richard L. Stalder --Disciplinary procedures / Clair A. Cripe --Grievance procedures / Lisa Hutchinson Wallace, Kevin I. Minor and James Stephen Parsons --Protective custody / Kevin I. Minor, Lisa Hutchinson and James Stephen Parson --Suicide / Daniel W. Phillips III --The death penalty / Julie C. Eng --Gang management / Mark S. Fleisher --Special needs offenders / Judy C. Anderson --Sex offenders / Gilbert L. Ingram and Peter M. Carlson --Visitation / Reginald A. Wilkinson and Tessa Unwin --Prison work and industry / Steve Schwalb, Robert C. Grieser and J.C Keeney --Drug treatment / James A. Inciardi, James E. Rivers and Duane C. McBride --Prisoner access to the courts / Kenneth C. Haas --Compliance with the constitution.

SNI

Author : National Criminal Justice Reference Service (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SNI written by National Criminal Justice Reference Service (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Oxford Handbook of Gangs and Society

Author : Pyrooz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197618154
Total Pages : 921 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Gangs and Society written by Pyrooz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-15 with total page 921 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Oxford Handbook of Gangs and Society is the premier reference book on gangs for practitioners, policymakers, students, and scholars. This carefully curated volume contains 43 chapters written by the leading experts in the field, who advance a central theme of "looking back, moving forward" by providing state-of-the-art reviews of the literature they created, shaped, and (re)defined. This international, interdisciplinary collective of authors provides readers with a rare tour of the field in its entirety, expertly navigating thorny debates and the at-times contentious history of gang research, while simultaneously synthesizing flourishing areas of study that advance the field into the 21st century. The volume is divided into six cohesive sections that reflect the diverse field of gang studies and capture the large-scale cultural, economic, political, and social changes occurring within the world of gangs in the last century; anticipating immense changes on the horizon. From definitions to history to theory to epistemology to technology to policy and practice, this unprecedented volume captures the most timely and important topics in the field. When readers finish this book, they will be more confident in what we know and do not know about gangs in our society"--

Socially Responsible Outsourcing

Author : Brian Nicholson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 113755729X
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Socially Responsible Outsourcing written by Brian Nicholson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Socially Responsible Outsourcing is an edited collection that focus on the topic of socially responsible outsourcing (SRO) including research frameworks, rich case studies, and an SRO agenda for the future.

The Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment

Author : Wesley G. Jennings
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111851971X
Total Pages : 1452 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment written by Wesley G. Jennings and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 1452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment provides the most comprehensive reference for a vast number of topics relevant to crime and punishment with a unique focus on the multi/interdisciplinary and international aspects of these topics and historical perspectives on crime and punishment around the world. Named as one of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles of 2016 Comprising nearly 300 entries, this invaluable reference resource serves as the most up-to-date and wide-ranging resource on crime and punishment Offers a global perspective from an international team of leading scholars, including coverage of the strong and rapidly growing body of work on criminology in Europe, Asia, and other areas Acknowledges the overlap of criminology and criminal justice with a number of disciplines such as sociology, psychology, epidemiology, history, economics, and public health, and law Entry topics are organized around 12 core substantive areas: international aspects, multi/interdisciplinary aspects, crime types, corrections, policing, law and justice, research methods, criminological theory, correlates of crime, organizations and institutions (U.S.), victimology, and special populations Organized, authored and Edited by leading scholars, all of whom come to the project with exemplary track records and international standing 3 Volumes www.crimeandpunishmentencyclopedia.com