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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | AN ANALYSIS OF COSTS BY SIZE OF JAIL FOR SELECTED COUNTIES IN IOWA
Autores: | Edelman,   Mark A.; Mayer,   Adrian J.
Data: | 1998-02-24
Ano: | 1997
Palavras-chave: | Jails; Costs; Economies of size; Community jails; Regional jails; Corrections; Public Economics.
Resumo: | Officials from eight counties selected according to jail size were interviewed.  Parameters from site visits were used to estimate jail costs. The jails selected ranged in capacity from 5 to 41 prisoners. In addition, costs from the sample of local jails were compared to costs from studies of larger jails and state prisons.   Jails with 5 to 41 bed capacity exhibited a U-shaped cost curve. Jail costs varied from a low of $35.20 per prisoner day for the 10 bed jail to $56.63 per prisoner day for the 40 bed jail. Therefore, costs vary by $21.43 per prisoner day for the sample of local jails examined in this study. The threshold economies of size achieved by smaller jails is due primarily to the shared staffing systems, a high degree of integration between jail functions and law enforcement / communications dispatcher functions, and variation in square footage of space per inmate.
Tipo: | Working or Discussion Paper
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

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http://purl.umn.edu/18275

Editor: | AgEcon Search

Relação:

Iowa State University&gt;Department of Economics&gt;Staff Papers

Staff Paper 289

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