| Description |
xviii, 461 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
7. Veil of secrecy -- Gaining access to the field -- The compilation of data -- Matching data -- Similarities and differences between Borallon and Lotus Glen -- General comparative composition of Borallon and Lotus Glen -- Analysing private prisons in Queensland : some practical and theoretical issues -- Structural dimensions -- Centralisation of power -- Legalisation of secrecy -- The barriers go up -- Summary -- 8. Comparing Borallon with Lotus Glen -- The problem of identifying quality Comparing interpersonal relationships -- At Borallon -- At Lotus Glen -- Analysis of interpersonal relations -- 'Comparing management styles - the influence of the profit motive -- At Borallon -- At Lotus Glen -- External relationships: how Borallon and Lotus Glen interacted with the QCSC -- The impact of management styles -- 9. Conclusion: reflections on private sector reform -- Internal reform -- External reform -- Towards a more intricate model of private sector reform -- Some final reflections -- Appendix 1: Separation of the allocation of punishment from its administration (UK and US )-- Appendix 2: Choosing methods-- Appendix 3: interview profile - Endnotes -- Bibliography |
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Introduction: The research task -- Overview -- 1. A background to private prisons in Australia -- Queensland -- Other Australian jurisdictions -- Against the trend -- Northern Territory -- Western Australia -- South Australia - 2. Introducing private prisons in Australia -- Different notions of privatization -- A brief history of developments elsewhere -- France -- Belgium -- United States -- Canada -- United Kingdom --Early Australian developments - Summary -- 3. Contemporary political, economic and social factors in Queensland -- Private prisons in Queensland : a clearer direction or inconsistent policy development? -- Policy developments 1988-1990 -- Parliamentary debates --Queensland -- New South Wales -- The Queensland Corrective Services Commission's role: selling privatisation policy? -- Summary -- 4. Industrial issues -- Lotus Glen's place in industrial reform -- Union responses -- Industrial strategies in the United Kingdom -- Private companies' perspectives: testing and expanding the market -- Summary -- 5. Borallon's place in the reform process -- Private sector involvement and reform -- Identifying specific factors -- Summary -- 6. Delegating punishment - sovereign power and corporate interests -- Sovereign power and corporate interests -- Sociopolitical interpretations and unlimited Delegation -- Shifting towards the source of quasi-judicial power -- UK approaches: swallowing the bitter pill -- Australian approaches 1988-1990 -- Parliamentary interpretations of how far allocation should proceed -- Shifting towards a jurisdictional basis for distinguishing between the allocation and the administration of punishment -- Identifying a division between allocating and administering punishment: sociopolitical and legal limitations - |
| Analysis |
Borallon Correctional Centre (Qld) |
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Case studies |
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Interstate comparisons |
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Management |
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Prison conditions |
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Private prisons |
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Private sector public sector comparisons |
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Privatisation |
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Reform |
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State issue |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-451) and index |
| Subject |
Borallon Correctional Centre
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Lotus Glen Correctional Centre
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Corrections -- Contracting out -- Australia.
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Prisons -- Law and legislation -- Australia.
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Prisons -- Australia.
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Privatization -- Law and legislation -- Australia.
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| Author |
Australian Institute of Criminology.
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| LC no. |
00344314 |
| ISBN |
1864030968 (paperback) |
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