Inmate recidivism as a measure of private prison performance

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 482-508

  Spivak, Andrew L ^a   Sharp, Susan F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrections; Inmate; Private prison; Recidivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949167533     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128707307962     Document Type: Article

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