The Rise and Stall of Prison Privatization: An Integration of Policy Analysis Perspectives

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 412-442

  Culp, Richard F ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

criminal justice policy; private prisons; privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992905540     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403405275837     Document Type: Article

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