Jail Overcrowding: Who Makes Policy?
- 1 August 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
- Vol. 6 (3) , 167-175
- https://doi.org/10.1177/104398620000600306
Abstract
This article discusses the current problem of overcrowding in local and county jail facilities in the United States. Going beyond traditional explanations of the problem, the authors argue that overcrowding is amenable to control by locally elected decision-makers. Policy guidelines are suggested to control the “growth mentality” of criminal justice personnel.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- What Can County Commissioners Do About Their Jails?The Prison Journal, 1981
- Negative LabelsCrime & Delinquency, 1973