Measuring prison performance
Subtitle: government privatization and accountability
By: Gerald G. Gaes, ... [et al.]
Contributors: Gaes, Gerald G., 1947-
Series: Violence prevention and policy series -- 2
Publisher: Altamira Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Walnut Creek, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Prisons -- United States; Privatization -- United States; Corrections -- Contracting out -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-211) and index
Table of contents: title: Conceptualizing prison performance; title: Prison audits; title: Understanding the measurement context-qualitative assessment; title: Multilevel models and behavioral performance measures; title: Staff and inmate surveys as performance measures; title: Cost analyses; title: The relationship between cost and performance and the role of prison labor; title: System level measurement; title: A life course perspective of recidivism; title: Prison performance templates, user friendly performance measurement tools, and contract compliance; title: Lessons from the public administration literature; title: Looking backward and looking forward