The Practice of Social Research (MindTap Course List)
The Practice of Social Research (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305104945
Author: Earl R. Babbie
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Quality of Operations at Private and Public Prisons: Using Trends in Inmate Misconduct to Compare Prisons, a study made for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, is a flawed study. Only one low-security private prison was included in the study, while all federal prisons provided data. The study compared rates of violent and drug misconduct committed by inmates over a three year period.

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