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Do Private Prisons Really offer Savings Compared with their Public Counterparts?

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  • Amy F. Lipton

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  • Richard J. Kish & Amy F. Lipton, 2013. "Do Private Prisons Really offer Savings Compared with their Public Counterparts?," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(1), pages 93-107, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ecaffa:v:33:y:2013:i:1:p:93-107
    DOI: 10.1111/ecaf.2013.33.issue-1
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    2. Rogge, Nicky & Simper, Richard & Verschelde, Marijn & Hall, Maximilian, 2015. "An analysis of managerialism and performance in English and Welsh male prisons," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 241(1), pages 224-235.
    3. J. R. Shackleton, 2014. "Comment," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(2), pages 235-237, June.
    4. Guy Opperman, 2014. "Change Your Prison, Change Your Outcomes, Change Your Community," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(2), pages 224-234, June.
    5. Mattheus Wassenaar & Raymond Gradus & Toon Molleman, 2017. "Public vs Nonprofit Incarceration: The Case of The Netherlands," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 17-023/VIII, Tinbergen Institute.
    6. Daniel D. Oladejo & Kruti R. Lehenbauer, 2018. "Revisiting Hawes: Social Capital and Racial Disparity in Incarceration Rates," Proceedings of the 11th International RAIS Conference, November 19-20, 2018 08DO, Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies.
    7. Weston White & Anita Alves Pena & Stephan Weiler, 2020. "Going private: Are private prisons cost‐saving options for states?," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 51(3), pages 1000-1016, September.

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