A substantial body of literature has been devoted to examine the efficacy of prison
privatization. Unfortunately, the empirical findings to date are equivocal regarding whether …

Recidivism rates after release from prison are high worldwide. While research has not
shown much promise in the ability of incarceration to reduce the risk of reoffending, little …

Justice, Crime, and Ethics, a leading textbook in criminal justice programs, examines ethical
dilemmas pertaining to the administration of criminal justice and professional activities in the …

We review the literature on public sector outsourcing to explore if the theoretical predictions
from the incomplete contracts literature hold up to recent empirical evidence. Guided by …

Probation is the most commonly imposed correctional sanction, is often accompanied by
supplementary costs, and can be operated by the state or private companies. Private …

Objectives To examine differences in recidivism rates between different prisons using two
designs—between-individual and within-individual—to account for confounding factors …

Economic theory predicts that outsourcing public services to private firms reduces costs, but
the effect on quality is ambiguous. We explore quality differences between publicly and …

Increased incarceration over the last thirty years has dismantled family structures, leaving
many low-income African-American fathers physically separated from their children. Jails, in …