Private Prisons
Cons and Pros
Published on 11. October 1990
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-0-19-506353-0 (ISBN)
Description
The debate over the privatization of criminal justice services, especially of imprisonment, has featured prominently in the ongoing controversy over the proper scope and size of government. In the US, the record of private ownership has been bleak - ridden with political corruption, physical abuse of prisoners, and the single-minded pursuit of profits. Charles Logan here argues that this need not be the case.
Reviews / Votes
'lively and informative book ... It manages to combine academic rigour with advocacy of the use of private prisons, but it covers fairly and full the evidence available at this stage from a number of examples in the United States.'David Keep, Third Way, March `This is a thoroughly researched book set in a cogently - and sometimes eloquently - argued framework ... Given the size and diversity of the United States, what Logan has done at an empirical level is impressive. He offers us the best-researched account so far of the American private prison business.'
British Journal of Criminology
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
tables
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
601 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-506353-0 (9780195063530)
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07/1990
1st Edition
OUP eBook
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