Cashing in on Crime : : The Drive to Privatize California State Prisons / / Karyl Kicenski.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Kicenski, Karyl,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (198 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; 1 The Emergence of Private Prisons --; 2 Transformations of the Prison Landscape --; 3 Economic Issues --; 4 The Political-Legislative Sphere --; 5 Taking Account of Ideologies --; 6 Why Privatization Failed --; 7 The Mythology of Privatization --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781626372979; 9783110784244
• DOI: 10.1515/9781626372979
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Karyl Kicenski.

What explains the boom in private prisons—especially since the record of privatization for rehabilitating prisoners and saving taxpayer dollars is, at best, mixed? Karyl Kicenski examines the privatization of California state prisons to illuminate the forces that shape and distort our criminal justice policies. Tracing the growth of private prisons from 1980 to the current day, Kicenski explores the role of political and economic factors, as well as the impact of changing public attitudes toward crime and governance. The result is a clear set of lessons for the uneasy partnership between public safety and for-profit enterprise.