Private Versus Public Sector Operation: A Comparison of the Environmental Quality in Juvenile Correctional Facilities, Final Report

Expansion in the operation of private sector correctional facilities has sparked a number of debates. A primary concern is that environmental quality for offenders incarcerated in privately operated facilities will be poorer than publicly operated facilities due to the profit motivation of the private sector. This study examined data collected from 48 residential juvenile correctional facilities in 19 states (16 private and 32 public facilities). Self-report surveys, including cognitive assessments of 13 conditions of confinement, were administered to juvenile delinquents (N = 4,121) incarcerated in these facilities. Data from facility records were also incorporated in the analysis. A hierarchical linear model analysis of the juveniles' cognitive assessments indicated that no significant differences between private and public facilities in environmental quality existed.

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Drug and Alcohol Treatment in Juvenile Correctional Facilities

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e440942005-001 ◽

2002 ◽

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Treatment ◽

Correctional Facilities ◽

Drug And Alcohol Treatment ◽

Juvenile Correctional Facilities ◽

Drug And Alcohol

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, (Features of the Level of Subjective Control of Minors Serving Punishments in Juvenile Correctional Facilities)

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2509842 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Elena Smoleva

Keyword(s):

Correctional Facilities ◽

Juvenile Correctional Facilities

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Children in Custody: 20-Year Trends in Juvenile Detention, Correctional, and Shelter Facilities

Crime & Delinquency ◽

10.1177/0011128798044004004 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 44 (4) ◽

pp. 526-543 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Bradford Smith

Keyword(s):

At Risk ◽

Violent Offenders ◽

Juvenile Detention ◽

Correctional Facilities ◽

Residential Placement ◽

Statistical Series ◽

Juvenile Population ◽

Juvenile Correctional Facilities ◽

Using Data

Using data drawn from the Children in Custody (CIC) statistical series, this article presents 20-year trends (1) in the number and characteristics of juvenile correctional facilities, (2) in the number and characteristics of youth held in juvenile correctional facilities, and (3) in the costs of confinement of youth held in juvenile correctional facilities. A brief history and some of the limitations of the CIC data are presented. The new Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement that replaced CIC in 1997 is briefly described. The article concludes that, even after controlling for the size of the at-risk juvenile population and inflation, there were more juveniles, more males, more minorities, and more violent offenders in more crowded, secure, and costly juvenile correctional facilities in 1995 than there were in the preceding years.

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