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Competition for Prisons: Public or Private?
Julian Le Vay
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Description for Competition for Prisons: Public or Private?
Paperback. This book re-assesses the benefits and failures of competition, how public and private prisons compare, the impact of competition on the public sector's performance, and how well Government has managed this 'quasi-market'. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKVP1; JPQB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
It is 25 years since the Thatcher government launched privately-run prisons. This book offers an assessment of their successes and failures, analysing the benefits of competition, and considering how well the government has managed the unusual quasi-market that the privatization push created. Drawing on first-person interviews with key players and his own experience, Julian Le Vay presents a valuable look at the results of prison privatization for government, citizens, and prisoners.
It is 25 years since the Thatcher government launched privately-run prisons. This book offers an assessment of their successes and failures, analysing the benefits of competition, and considering how well the government has managed the unusual quasi-market that the privatization push created. Drawing on first-person interviews with key players and his own experience, Julian Le Vay presents a valuable look at the results of prison privatization for government, citizens, and prisoners.
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447313229
SKU
V9781447313229
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99-50
About Julian Le Vay
Julian Le Vay was Finance Director of HM Prison Service for five years, responsible for competitions to build and run prisons, then Director for Competition in the National Offender Management Service. Later he worked for two companies providing criminal justice services to Government. He is well placed to write about competition, having worked at different times on both ... Read more
Reviews for Competition for Prisons: Public or Private?
This is an intelligent, challenging analysis demonstrating very clearly what has been lost, in terms of making prisons more effective and more humane, by the abandonment of competition. Much the best history of the period I've read. Sir Martin Narey, first CEO of National Offender Management Service and adviser to the Secretary of State for Justice [A] detailed ... Read more