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Informationen zum Autor Gerald G. Gaes is visiting scientist at the National Institute of Justice and a criminal justice consultant and was director of the Office of Research (Bureau of Prisons) until his retirement in August 2002. Scott D. Camp is a senior social science analyst with the Office of Research at the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Julianne B. Nelson is a consultant in the corrections field with more than twenty years of experience working on a wide range of topics as an economic and financial analyst. William G. (Bo) Saylor is the lead statistical research methodologist and director of research for the Office of Research and Evaluation (Bureau of Prisons). Klappentext Gaes and his distinguished co-authors offer a comprehensive analysis of public vs. private management of prisons, a competition that originated with the introduction of private facilities into the criminal justice system in the 1980s. The authors measure prison performance with the technique of multi-level modeling for simultaneous measurement of the individual and the institution. Their work points the way to improved penal policy and accountability, and will be a valuable resource for public administrators, policy analysts, corrections personnel and criminologists. Zusammenfassung Offers an analysis of public versus private management of prisons! a competition that originated with the introduction of private facilities into the criminal justice system in the 1980s. The authors measure prison performance with the technique of multi-level modeling for simultaneous measurement of the individual and the institution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction: The Motivation for the Book and a Statement of the Issues Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Conceptualizing Prison Performance Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Prison Audits Chapter 4 Chapter 3: Understanding The Measurement Context-Qualitative Assessment Chapter 5 Chapter 4: Multilevel Models and Behavioral Performance Measures Chapter 6 Chapter 5: Staff and Inmate Surveys as Performance Measures Chapter 7 Chapter 6: Cost Analyses Chapter 8 Chapter 7: The Relationship between Cost and Performance and the Role of Prison Labor Chapter 9 Chapter 8: System Level Measurement Chapter 10 Chapter 9: A Life Course Perspective of Recidivism Chapter 11 Chapter 10: Prison Performance Templates, User Friendly Performance Measurement Tools, and Contract Compliance Chapter 12 Chapter 11: Lessons from the Public Administration Literature Chapter 13 Chapter 12: Looking Backward and Looking Forward Chapter 14 References Chapter 15 Index Chapter 16 About the Author...
