Competition for Prisons : : Public or Private? / / Julian Le Vay.
A quarter of century has passed since Margaret Thatcher launched one of her most controversial reforms, privately- run prisons, and the role of the private sector in delivering public services continues to be one of the big political issues of our time. This book, by a critical professional insider,...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Complete eBook-Package 2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (332 p.) :; 42 Black and White |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- List of tables and figures
- List of acronyms
- Preface
- Origins
- Evolution
- Related markets: immigration – two sectors, no competition
- Youth custody
- Related markets: electronic monitoring – fall of the giants
- The quasi-market: characteristics and operation
- Comparing public and contracted prisons
- Comparing quality of service
- Costing the uncostable? Civil Service pensions
- Costing the uncostable? PFI
- Comparing cost
- Impact of competition on the public sector
- Objections of principle
- Related markets: probation – how not to do it
- Has competition worked?
- Has competition a future?
- Appendix: Prescription of operating procedures in prison contracts
- Bibliography
- Index