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Detention Privatization

Detention Privatization is the policy practice in which governmental authorities delegate the administration and operation of detention facilities to private corporations under contractual agreements, distinguishing it from publicly operated detention by introducing market-driven management and profit incentives.

21

Publications

776

Citations

28

Authors

20

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

2

Parents

Publications

21

Private Prisons: Cons and Pros.

Timothy J. Flanagan, Charles H. Logan · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1991 · 110 citations

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Comparing the Quality of Confinement and Cost-Effectiveness of Public Versus Private Prisons: What We Know, Why We Do Not Know More, and Where to Go from Here

Dina Perrone, Travis C. Pratt · The Prison Journal · 2003 · 81 citations

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Neo-Liberalism, Privatization and the Outsourcing of Migration Management: A Five-Country Comparison

Georg Menz · Competition & Change · 2011 · 66 citations

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The criminalization of immigration and the privatization of the immigration detention: implications for justice

Alissa R. Ackerman, Rich Furman · Contemporary Justice Review · 2013 · 65 citations

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The Privatization of Immigration Detention: Towards a Global View

Michael Flynn, Cecilia Josephine Cannon · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2009 · 61 citations · Full text

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Authors

28

  1. DS
    David Shichor

    California State University, San Bernardino, United States

    2 publications · 31 citations

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  2. KM
    Karen Manges Douglas

    The University of Texas at San Antonio, United States

    1 publications · 39 citations

    1

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  3. JW
    John Wooldredge

    University of Cincinnati, United States

    1 publications · 14 citations

    1

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  4. RS
    Robert Stokes

    University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 42 citations

    1

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  5. RC
    RICHARD C. BRISTER

    1 publications · 12 citations

    1

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Institutions

20

  1. California State University, San Bernardino

    San Bernardino, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    31 citations

  2. Montefiore Medical Center

    Bronx, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  3. University of Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  4. University of South Carolina

    Columbia, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

  5. Washington State University

    Pullman, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    81 citations

  6. Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

    Geneva, Switzerland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    61 citations

  7. International Center for Transitional Justice

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    61 citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

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Venues

  1. The Prison Journal

    TPJ · 3 publications · 103 citations

    3

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 3 publications · 103 citations

    3

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  3. Criminology & Public Policy

    2 publications · 70 citations

    2

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 47 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. Competition & Change

    1 publications · 66 citations

    1

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