Punishment for Sale Private Prisons, Big Business, and the Incarceration Binge

Name: Punishment for Sale Private Prisons, Big Business, and the Incarceration Binge
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ISBN: 9781442201736

ISBN-10: 1442201738

ISBN-13: 9781442201736

Edition: 2009

Authors: Donna Selman, Paul Leighton

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Punishment for Sale is the definitive modern history of private prisons, told through social, economic and political frames. The authors explore the origin of the ideas of modern privatization, the establishment of private prisons, and the efforts to keep expanding in the face of problems and bad publicity. The book provides a balanced telling of the story of private prisons and the resistance they engendered within the context of criminology, and it is intended for supplemental use in undergraduate and graduate courses in criminology, social problems, and race and ethnicity.

Book details

List price: $49.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/16/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.08" wide x 9.08" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English



Tables, Figures, and Boxes


Preface


Introduction



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


Appendix: Using the Securities and Exchange Commission Website to Research Private Prisons


References


Index


About the Authors