An Assessment of the Capacity to Measure Performance Among the Nation's Prison Systems.
This research assessed the current capacity of departments of corrections to participate in a national reporting system, finding that almost all prison systems possess the capacity to measure and report about the aggregate prisoner population under supervision, while most also collect information ab...
| Published in: | Federal Probation Vol. 68; no. 1; pp. 51 - 59 |
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June 2004
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| Summary: | This research assessed the current capacity of departments of corrections to participate in a national reporting system, finding that almost all prison systems possess the capacity to measure and report about the aggregate prisoner population under supervision, while most also collect information about escapes, homicides, and suicides. Beyond these measures, significant disparity exists. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. |
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