Private prisons and public accountability. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard W. Harding.
• Authors: Harding, Richard, 1939-
• Contents: 1. The growth of private prisons -- 2. Accountability and the political context of privatization -- 3. Accountability, monitoring and capture -- 4. Accountability mechanisms in public sector prisons and their applicability to private prisons -- 5. Letting the contract and setting the terms -- 6. Prison personnel, the administration of punishment and the impact of privatization upon penal policy -- 7. Financial accountability and control -- 8. Comparing public and private prisons -- 9. Special custodial issues and privatization -- 10. Enhancing the prison system: cross-fertilization and market testing -- 11. The future growth of privatization -- 12. A model for public accountability of private prisons.
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 1997
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 365; Prisons; Privatization; Corrections -- Contracting out; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351308021; 1351308025
• Related ISBNs: 9781351308038; 1351308033
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 16, 2018).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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