Prison privatization : a study of the causes and magnitude / Yijia Jing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jing, Yijia.

Series:

Novinka (Series)

Novinka

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisons--United States.

Prisons.

Privatization--United States.

Privatization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (171 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text presents research on prison privatization in the US, with a focus on state prison privatization. The basic thrust is to research the privatization of a governmental function that is traditionally treated as a core function and involves the use of force.

Contents:

Intro

PRISON PRIVATIZATION: A STUDY OF THE CAUSES AND MAGNITUDE

DEDICATION

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

AN EXPLANATION OF STATE PRISON PRIVATIZATION IN THE US

CONTRIBUTIONS TO RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

A ROAD MAP OF THE BOOK

Chapter 1 AN OVERVIEW

1.1. BASIC PATTERNS OF PRIVATIZATION

1.2. DEBATES ON THE CAUSES OF PRIVATIZATION

1.3. A DISCUSSION ON THE PRIVATIZATION OF CORE GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS

1.3.1. Two Privatization-related Properties of Core Functions

1.3.2. Imprisonment as a Core Function

1.4. A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF STATE PRISON PRIVATIZATION

1.5. DEFINITION AND PATTERNS OF STATE PRISON PRIVATIZATION

1.6. CORE CONCEPTS AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS IN THE SPP DECISION

1.7. A REVIEW OF THE CAUSES OF PRISON PRIVATIZATION IN THE US

1.7.1. Theory-based and Case-based Explanations of State Prison Privatization

Political Causes

Pragmatic Causes

Economic Causes

1.7.2. Empirical Literature on the Prison Privatization Decision

(1) Coverage and Integration of Political and Instrumental Factors

(2) Differentiation in the Roles of Political and Instrumental Factors

(3) Measurement of the SPP Decision

1.8. RECAPITULATION

Chapter 2 THE ECONOMIC LOGIC OF STATE PRISON PRIVATIZATION

2.1. PRIVATE STATE PRISONS: MARKET AND SERVICE

2.2. ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF PRIVATE STATE PRISONS

2.3. RECAPITULATION

Chapter 3 THE POLITICS OF STATE PRISON PRIVATIZATION

3.1. CONSERVATIVE SOCIAL CONTROL AND SPP

3.1.1. The Rise of the US Custodial State

3.1.2. SPP as a Constitutive Element of the Custodial State

3.2. NEOLIBERAL ECONOMIC POLICIES AND SPP

3.2.1. Neoliberal Economic Philosophy

3.2.2. Correctional Reforms under Economic Neoliberalism.

3.2.3. SPP as the Ideal-Type of Neoliberal Correctional Reform

3.3. A Path-Dependent View on SPP

3.4. A GENERALIZATION OF THE POLITICAL LOGIC OF SPP

3.5. RECAPITULATION

Chapter 4 AN EMPIRICAL EXPLORATION OF THE MAGNITUDE OF SPP

4.1. MEASUREMENT OF THE MAGNITUDE OF SPP

4.2. ASSUMPTION, MODELS, DECISION FACTORS, AND HYPOTHESES

4.2.1. Variables of Instrumental Concerns

4.2.2. Political Variables

4.2.3. Other Explanatory Variables

4.2.4. Control Variable

4.3. OPERATIONALIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES

4.4. DATA STRUCTURE

4.5. TOBIT ANALYSIS: THE REDUCED AND THE COMPLETE MODELS

4.6. RECAPITULATION

Chapter 5 RESULTS

5.1. THE RESULTS OF THE TOBIT MODELS

5.1.1. Comparison between the Reduced and the Complete Models

5.1.2. A Discussion on the Decision Factors

Rate of Overcrowding

PCE and TSL

Per Inmate Operating Cost

State Policy Liberalism:

South and West

Unionization

Professionalism

Years

Court Orders

5.1.3. Tobit Results across 1999-2003 Period

5.1.4. A comparison between New York and New Mexico

5.2. PROBABILISTIC AND SUBSTANTIVE EFFECTS OF THE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES

5.3. COMPARISON BETWEEN TOBIT, LOGISTIC, GLM, AND OLS MODELS10

5.3.1. Tobit vs. Logistic

5.3.2. Tobit vs. GLM

5.3.3. Tobit vs. OLS

5.4. A PREDICTION AND EXPLANATION OF THE NATIONAL TREND OF SPP

5.5. LIMITS OF THIS RESEARCH

5.6. RECAPITULATION

Chapter 6 CONCLUSIONS

6.1. WHY HAVE STATE GOVERNMENTS PRIVATIZED PRISONS?

6.2. POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A. EMPIRICAL RESEARCH COMPARING PER INMATE OPERATING COSTS BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PRISONS

APPENDIX B. CONVICTION-BASED DISENFRANCHISEMENT STATE LEGISLATION.

APPENDIX C. FEDERAL AND STATE PRISONERS IN PRIVATE FACILITIES IN 2002-2003

APPENDIX D. THE CORRELATION MATRIX OF INDEPENDENT VARIABLES

APPENDIX E. VARIANCE INFLATION FACTOR (VIF) COEFFICIENTS

APPENDIX F. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TOBIT MODEL

APPENDIX G. AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE DECOMPOSITION OF TOBIT EFFECTS

APPENDIX H. LOGISTICS RESULTS OF SPP DATA

APPENDIX I. GLM RESULTS OF SPP DATA

APPENDIX J. OLS RESULTS OF SPP DATA

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-128) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61470-959-9