Journal article
Prisons, jobs and privatization: The impact of prisons on employment growth in rural US counties, 1997–2004
Abstract
In this study of prison privatization we draw on the insights of a recent body of literature that challenges a widespread belief that prisons help to spur employment growth in local communities. We look to these studies to provide an empirically and theoretically grounded approach to addressing our research question: what are the benefits, if any, to employment growth in states that have privatized some of their prisons, compared to states with …
Authors
Genter S; Hooks G; Mosher C
Journal
Social Science Research, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 596–610
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
May 2013
DOI
10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.12.008
ISSN
0049-089X