Designing a National Performance Measurement System

The Prison Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 368-393

  Wright, Kevin N ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

performance measurement; performance based management; prisons

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944434011     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885505279389     Document Type: Article

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