An analysis of managerialism and performance in English and Welsh male prisons |
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Authors: | Nicky Rogge Richard Simper Marijn Verschelde Maximilian Hall |
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Institution: | 1. Faculty of Economics and Business, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium;2. Centre for Risk, Banking and Financial Services, University of Nottingham, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, UK;3. SHERPPA, Department of General Economics, Universiteit Gent and Faculty of Economics and Business, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium;4. School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, Ashby Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK |
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Abstract: | This paper fills a noticeable gap in the current economic and penology literature by proposing new performance-enhancing policies based on an efficiency analysis of a sample of male prisons in England and Wales over the period 2009/10. In addition, we advance the empirical literature by integrating the managerialism of four strategic functions of prisons, employment and accommodation, capacity utilization, quality of life in prison and the rehabilitation and re-offending of prisoners. We find that by estimating multiple models focussing on these different areas some prisons are more efficient than other establishments. In terms of policy, it is therefore necessary to consider not just an overall performance metric for individual prisons, as currently undertaken annually by the UK Ministry of Justice, but to look into the administration and managerialism of their main functions in both a business and public policy perspective. Indeed, it is further necessary to view prisons together and not as single entities, so as to obtain a best practice frontier for the different operations that management undertakes in English and Welsh prisons. |
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Keywords: | Data envelopment analysis OR in government UK penology |
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