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NCJ 100191
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| Title:
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Private Prisons, Private Programs, and Their Implications for Reducing Reliance on Imprisonment in the United States
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| Journal:
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Prison Journal Volume:65 Issue:2 Dated:(Autumn-Winter 1985) Pages:60-74
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| Author(s):
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R Immarigeon
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| Sale:
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National Institute of Justice/
NCJRS paper reproduction
Box 6000, Dept F
Rockville, MD 20849
United States
NCJRS Photocopy Services
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Rockville, MD 20849-6000
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| Publication Date:
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1985 |
| Pages:
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15 |
| Origin:
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United States |
| Language:
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English |
| Note:
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For microfiche, see NCJ-100185. |
| Annotation:
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The analysis of the use of private financing for jail and prison construction and the use of private presentence reports considers their |
| Abstract:
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Little research has focused either on the level of support for expanding private sector involvement in criminal justice or on the viability, potential extent, or implications of the private financing or operation of jails and prisons. Nevertheless, privatization of corrections is increasing. Privatization of corrections has many problems. One of its most serious effects is its active promotion of the existing public policies concerning the use and expansion of imprisonment. On the other hand, the use of private presentence reports is a positive development in encouraging alternatives to incarceration. However, private and probation presentence reports now involve too few offenders to have a significant overall impact. In addition, despite the values they implicitly reflect, they are unlikely to change the context in which they are used. The United States puts too many people in prisons, and imprisonment has not remedied the crime problem. Research recommendations and 35 references. |
| Main Term(s):
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Contract corrections services |
| Index Term(s):
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Alternatives to institutionalization ; Correctional reform ; Privatization |
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