Prison privatization: A meta-analysis of Cost and quality of confinement indicators

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 383-394

  Lundahl, Brad W ^a   Kunz, Chelsea ^a   Brownell, Cyndi ^a   Harris, Norma ^a   van Vleet, Russ ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Prison privatization; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449432949     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731509331946     Document Type: Article

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