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An analysis of managerialism and performance in English and Welsh male prisons

Rogge, Nicky; Simper, Richard; Verschelde, Marijn; Hall, Maximilian

Authors

Nicky Rogge

Richard Simper

Marijn Verschelde

Maximilian Hall



Abstract

© 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 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.

Citation

Rogge, N., Simper, R., Verschelde, M., & Hall, M. (2015). An analysis of managerialism and performance in English and Welsh male prisons. European Journal of Operational Research, 241(1), 224-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2014.08.014

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 7, 2014
Online Publication Date Aug 14, 2014
Publication Date Feb 16, 2015
Deposit Date Jun 28, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal European Journal of Operational Research
Print ISSN 0377-2217
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 241
Issue 1
Pages 224-235
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2014.08.014
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1098299
Publisher URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221714006493?via%3Dihub

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