Measuring prison performance : government privatization and accountability

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    • Gaes, Gerald G.

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Measuring prison performance : government privatization and accountability

Gerald G. Gaes ... [et al.]

(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

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