Measuring prison performance : government privatization and accountability
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Measuring prison performance : government privatization and accountability
(Violence prevention and policy series / series editor, Mark S. Fleisher, 2)
Altamira Press, c2004
- : pbk
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-211) and index
Contents of Works
- Conceptualizing prison performance
- Prison audits
- Understanding the measurement context-qualitative assessment
- Multilevel models and behavioral performance measures
- Staff and inmate surveys as performance measures
- Cost analyses
- The relationship between cost and performance and the role of prison labor
- System level measurement
- A life course perspective of recidivism
- Prison performance templates, user friendly performance measurement tools, and contract compliance
- Lessons from the public administration literature
- Looking backward and looking forward