Victoria’s Partly-Privatised Prison System: An Accountability Report Card

Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-154

  Sands, Valarie ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 80052201787     PISSN: 23276665     EISSN: 23276673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23276665.2004.10779290     Document Type: Article

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