Punishment for profit
Subtitle: private prisons/public concerns
By: David Shichor ; foreword by Gilbert Geis.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
Subjects: Prisons -- Government policy -- United States; Corrections -- Contracting out -- United States; Privatization -- United States
Description: Shichor (criminal justice, California State U., San Bernardino) offers a review of the literature on privatization of prisons, of interest to researchers, policymakers, correctional officers, and advanced students. He raises fundamental questions about the functions of state and government, the limits of civil liberties, and the relevance of a util.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-282) and index.