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Author:

Selman, Donna, 1967-

Title:

Punishment for sale : private prisons, big business, and the incarceration binge / Donna Selman and Paul Leighton.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xii, 204 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Corrections--Contracting out--United States.
Prisons--United States.
Privatization--United States.

Other Authors:

Leighton, Paul, 1964-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-193) and index.

Contents:

The crime "problem" and the free market "solution". America's incarceration binge : the expansion of prisons, budgets, and injustice -- The big government "problem" and the Kentucky fried prison "solution" -- Understanding the operations of prison, inc. The prison industrial complex : profits, vested interests, and politics -- Confronting problems : blame prisoners and contracts, then get a bailout -- A critical look at the efficiency and overhead costs of private prisons -- Conclusion: Back to the future.

Series:

Issues in crime & justice

ISBN:

1442201746 (electronic)
9781442201743 (electronic)
1442201738 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781442201736 (pbk. : alk. paper)
144220172X (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442201729 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)428731383

LCCN:

2009030713

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

P1AX906 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Ottumwa (Ottumwa)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)