Are nonprofit prisons an alternative?:Some experiences in the Netherlands
Outsourcing of detention is complex due to quality risks from incomplete contracts, the public responsibility for sentencing and execution, and related social opinions. In the Netherlands, prison services are extensively outsourced-particularly for juvenile detention and internal forensic psychiatric care-to nonprofit organizations. In the Dutch experience, we have not found differences between public and nonprofit execution with respect to the type of contract, costs, performance indicators such as escapes and violence against personnel. The Dutch experience shows that outsourcing to nonprofi... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2018 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | Wassenaar , M , Gradus , R & Molleman , T 2018 , ' Are nonprofit prisons an alternative? Some experiences in the Netherlands ' , Nonprofit Management and Leadership , vol. 28 , no. 4 , 6 , pp. 529-537 . https://doi.org/10.1002/nml.21306 |
| Schlagwörter: | Contracting out / Nonprofit organizations / Prison services / /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions / name=SDG 16 - Peace / Justice and Strong Institutions |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27230434 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/df6a92eb-d803-45a8-b2a7-d63e6513b7c2 |
Outsourcing of detention is complex due to quality risks from incomplete contracts, the public responsibility for sentencing and execution, and related social opinions. In the Netherlands, prison services are extensively outsourced-particularly for juvenile detention and internal forensic psychiatric care-to nonprofit organizations. In the Dutch experience, we have not found differences between public and nonprofit execution with respect to the type of contract, costs, performance indicators such as escapes and violence against personnel. The Dutch experience shows that outsourcing to nonprofit organizations can be an alternative to outsourcing to private entrepreneurs.