Private vs. Public Operation of Juvenile Correctional Facilities (Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship)

Armstrong, Gaylene Styve

ISBN 10: 1931202001 ISBN 13: 9781931202008

Publisher: Lfb Scholarly Pub Llc, 2001

Synopsis

Armstrong studies the environmental quality of confinement in private and public juvenile correctional facilities using data from 48 facilities, representing 4,590 delinquents, 1,362 staff, and 48 administrators in 19 states (16 private and 32 public facilities). Her results demonstrate that neither staff nor juvenile delinquents perceived the environmental quality to be significantly different between private and public facilities. Further, compared to public facilities, private facilities were smaller, newer and had a more intensive admission process for juvenile delinquents. Public and Private correctional staff differed significantly on age and prior work experience. Differences in the juvenile populations were minimal.

About this title

About the Author:

Gaylene Styve Armstrong is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of the Administration of Justice at Arizona State University West, Phoenix. She earned her Ph.D. in 2000 from the University of Maryland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lfb Scholarly Pub Llc
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1931202001
• ISBN 13: 9781931202008
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 188